FIRST LET ME SAY that I've never been to Brooklyn.  I spent a weekend in Manhattan back in '61 at a college newspaper editor convention, but saw little of NY even then.  I did see the Ramsey Lewis Trio & Dick Gregory on the same bill at Basin St. East, but that was the highlight of the weekend, other than a sweet girl from Minnesota...
SO ANYWAY, I was a Brooklyn Dodger fan from an early age, only because my father and g'father were Dodger fans.  So I've always had this romantic, non-fact-based vision of Brooklyn as a special place.  Even more special as of now:  my oldest daughter has just moved there with her husband and her little girl.  Hubby has taken a job in NYC.  Much as I abhor travel, I'm assuming that at some point before long I'll grit my teeth and go visit them and actually SEE BROOKLYN. 
MIXED EMOTIONS flow.  For a rural rube like me, the Big City carries with it connotations of both fear and wonder.  But they have chosen an excellent neighborhood and I have to feel all's well.  Unlike me, making do with the simple life, they will have EVERYTHING at their disposal.
Perhaps the most I have to worry about is the prospect of my granddaughter growing up with a NY accent...