East Coast vs West Coast

I know this has been a long time thing but we have seen it with rappers, with clothes, other kinds of music, actors...and everyone knows there is a thing between the East and West Coasts. I am from the east coast but a friend from the west coast told me that we are behind and start things late. We're not original. I am not gonna bad talk the West Coast...but the east gets it in, if you know what I'm saying. Which coast are you one?

Brooklyn born and raised

Every time someone asks where I am from, I say "New York", they say "What part?" I say "Brooklyn", they say "Ohhh." I am from Brooklyn, New York and some people say they can tell before I even speak. They see it in the way I dress, in my attitude, in the way I move. I can't help it. Brooklyn is where I was born and raised.

There are times, however, when people do try to compete and tell me that wherever they are from is better than New York, and often better than Brooklyn. I have heard people say that NY is too impersonal, that people are rude, cab drivers are the worst. My response to them is that NY is the best preparation for the world abroad. It is a place that teaches you how not to get your feelings hurt, how to move on from something quickly and efficiently, and how to get where you need to be without others being in your way. Yes, NY is fast paced, but I just think other places need to catch up.

When people think of NY, they think of the rats. There are rats, and they may be the size of raccoons, but come on. You have to expect a little bit of culture everywhere. LOL. So what I want to know is, what makes Brooklyn "Brooklyn" for you if are from Brooklyn and what makes wherever you are from better if you are not?

So I went back to Brooklyn this weekend...

I went to Brooklyn this weekend and so many things have changed. The mall known as Kings Plaza now has two floors in Forever 21, there have been so many changes and additions...but the faces are still the same. I saw people from high school and thought...I see you guys all the time, but that's Brooklyn. It's so big and yet you seem to see the same people everywhere. I find it funny when I see someone who has spoken to me before but may not have remembered, tries to speak to me again. Yea, that happened. I said, I remember you from so many years ago, I remember that tattoo on your arm, and this character said..."No, that couldn't have been me."

Either way, the streets of Brooklyn are still crowded per usual, there a new place, a new party, a new store to shop in every other day. It sucks how fast business get sold out because there was a Circuit City not too far from my house and by the time I came back again, there was a sign in the window that read "AJ Wright Coming Soon" in place of the Circuit City that lasted a few days to my recollection....maybe but not really. The point is, things in Brooklyn change so fast but the people are always the same. I went to Miami, granted it was Carnival weekend, but what are the odds that I am staying next door to someone I met a few months before at a concert in Six Flags, bet you could guess this person was from Brooklyn. Is it that Brooklyn people tend to do the same thing most of the time, or is it that we are all alike and just so Brooklyn? Who knows...all I know is that is home.