NYT storry about Toddler Paradise Williamsburg

The Big Wheel was the original fixie.

"Families are discovering that Williamsburg is much more than a playground for the postcollege, skinny-jeans set"

Well, the skinny jeans crowd was bound to reproduce at some point.... unfortunately. ;-)

Are these people retarded:
"[some idiot couple] were also looking for more space to raise their twins, Miu and Teo. Then living in the financial district, they considered Park Slope, but Mr. Signer was turned off by the brownstone-lined streets and child-friendly restaurants"

Yes, I totally HATE taking my kids anyplace its appropriate (and attractive)!

"Signer was turned off by the brownstone-lined streets and child-friendly restaurants"

huh?

There you have it. It's official...Billyburg is the greatest!
Not just for 'would be' hipsters and hygiene adverse tattoo collectors.
It's great for families, babies, old people, immigrants (legal and illegal), orthodox Jews, central Americans....you name it...it's the greatest! The New York Times says so, so it must be true.

They failed to mention the best part. Residents of the f'kin amazing Billyburg will never have to worry about the future of Medicare, social security or, retirement. That's a peace of mind you can't put a price on.

niffler, yeah, it's a puff piece - the "children in Williamsburg" story is inexplicably a story. I mean, kids in a neighborhood? What's next? Dogs? I'd be more surprised to find a neighborhood devoid of children, to be honest.

"Yes, I totally HATE taking my kids anyplace its appropriate (and attractive)!"

It probably didn't occur to you that he might mean he'd like to go to restaurants where people don't bring their kids, from time to time.

"Anyone care to comment how much of a puff piece this is???"

my only comment is all those parents sound too damn old to have toddlers. does no one get knocked up the old fashioned way anymore? by accident? except that eve girl, she sounds cool.

hey, who doesn't love to judge on a sunday. heh.

White people with kids are moving there because they can afford more space and have their own washer/drier (a very important amenity if you have kids), and there are no housing projects nearby.

The Samar have had no issues raising children in Williamsburg by the dozen for decades.

...Satmar

Yes, and living in housing projects in Williamsburgh for decades.

Housing projects with the weirdest type of window gates I have ever seen.
Who are they expecting on the 10th floor? Spiderman?
Someone told me the gates are to keep them from jumping out.
Very strange indeed... You know it's the Satmars that keep the tattoo avarage in Billyburg down to 4.7 tattoos per person.

what's the tooth to tattoo ratio? that's the key metric. you know a yuppie locale when people have six or more teeth for each tattoo.

Good marketing strategy for, families!

What a way to conclude!

"A little noise now and then is the price you have to pay, Mr. Moshan said. “That’s the neighborhood. It’s not Park Slope.”

"In some of the neighborhood’s most expensive buildings, like the Edge, developers are getting as much as $1,000 a square foot for some units. Despite all of the new inventory hitting the market, there is still plenty of demand, said Jonathan J. Miller, the president of Miller Samuel."

Is there any truth to this?