Statistician Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com has named Park Slope the best place to live in the city, coming in just ahead of the Lower East Side and Sunnyside, Queens. The research, done for the latest New York Magazine, is based on things like cost of living, access to bars and restaurants, diversity and safety. Of course, Park Slopers are ready to burst out of their baby bjorns with joy. "I like what it was, I like what it's become, I like the people that live here. I like the sense of tolerance," resident Louise Fisher Cozzi told the Daily News. Sure there's tolerance, just as long as you don't try to keep their babies out of the bars.
The Lower East Side got second place because of the myriad nightlife options, and Sunnyside came in third mainly because of affordability. Two-bedrooms run around $1,300, and it's pretty quiet. One student said, "There's not a lot of chain stores. There's a lot of mom-and-pops. You see the skyline of Manhattan, the bridge." Brooklyn's Boerum Hill and Greenpoint take the 4th and 5th spots on the list. Central Harlem came in down at 50 on the list. Resident Dashawn Jackson said Silver must have missed something about the neighborhood. "They should have looked at fashion. People up here know how to dress."
