tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post6591046792938070344..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Brooklyn the ExoticOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34062671116976195392020-01-06T23:28:02.694-05:002020-01-06T23:28:02.694-05:00Hi Triss. Welcome! When I lived in Brooklyn--back...Hi Triss. Welcome! When I lived in Brooklyn--back when dinosaurs roamed Brooklyn Heights--I always thought of it as a foreign land. Thank you for bringing back so many memories of that distant land and the many characters abounding there, plus of course, your insight on the brave new world it's become. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6855365217500255892020-01-06T23:13:57.147-05:002020-01-06T23:13:57.147-05:00I grew up in Bay Ridge. Went to the school that...I grew up in Bay Ridge. Went to the school that's laughingly referred to as "New York's Hogwarts" in Brooklyn Heights. Fled both screaming, as soon as I was married. So to say my relationship with Brooklyn is complicated doesn't begin to cover it. But thanks Triss, for opening up the discussion on a borough with an incredibly complex history. Just FYI, did you know that after the 1865 draft riots African Americans fled Manhattan/Harlem for Brooklyn, which was a separate city at the time?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768338657394469361noreply@blogger.com