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A blend of whimsy and frivolity, spiced with a few more serious notions, presented in an easy-to-answer format, and we come up with an interesting ex-Brooklynite "profile". Just how did living in Brooklyn affect their personalities? If you can believe the trends portrayed by the results, you'd have to agree that a Brooklyn background will develop a cheesecake-loving, bargain-hunting, moderately-successful good driver who likes ethnic food more than kids or baseball, but has a good sense of humour. . Hmmm.... Sounds like some people I know from the Bronx!
We received a sizeable response in a short period: 136. Four of those had to be discarded because some individuals responded more than once. The percentages shown were calculated as a proportion of the responses to each question, since not everyone answered all them. 56% of the usable responses were from males, 41% from females, and 3% didn't provide an answer to the gender question. 60% of the responses were from ex-Brooklynintes who left before they were 31 years old, and 40% from those who left after 30. Thanks to everyone for participating!
| BECAUSE I LIVED IN BROOKLYN... | Percentage responding TRUE |
Percentage responding FALSE |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| I like ethnic food | 93% | 07% | |
| I can drive in any traffic conditions | 88% | 12% | More men responded TRUE to this than women by a 4-to-1 margin. |
| I know what good cheesecake tastes like | 96% | 04% | This question drew the most uniform responses of all, getting a TRUE from men and women and from those who left Brooklyn before age 31 and those who left after, all in relatively equal proportions. |
| I'm more tolerant of racial differences | 74% | 26% | Many more males who left Brooklyn after age 30 responded FALSE to this than others. |
| I'm more tolerant of religious differences | 87% | 13% | More females responded TRUE to this than males by a 2-to-1 margin |
| I speak with a distinct accent | 68% | 32% | Thirty-two percent say FALSE? You've got to be kidding... |
| I have a sense of humor | 96% | 04% | In pure numbers, this question received the largest number of TRUE responses, beating the Cheesecake question by 1. |
| I know what real suffering is | 47% | 53% | |
| I appreciate the arts | 60% | 40% | More women answered TRUE to this than men by a 3-to-1 margin. |
| I'm successful in life | 74% | 26% | |
| I'm weird | 52% | 48% | |
| Other people think I'm weird | 63% | 37% | |
| I know what a real bargain is | 80% | 20% | Although this received a fairly large number of TRUE responses, most were from those who left Brooklyn before age 31. |
| I have lots of friends | 63% | 37% | |
| My feet hurt me all the time | 24% | 76% | Almost all women made up the TRUE contingent on this one. |
| I can't be taken advantage of | 59% | 41% | |
| I have a bad temper | 39% | 61% | |
| I love children | 71% | 29% | Those who left Brooklyn before age 31 comprised the bulk of the TRUE responses to this one. |
| I love baseball | 58% | 42% | This was the most surprising result in the bunch. I expected 99% true. |
| I've never owned my own home | 06% | 94% | |
| I can still relate to The Honeymooners | 79% | 21% | |
| I know where I'm going | 69% | 31% | I guess a lot of those good drivers get lost occassionally... |
Taken in a more universal manner, the last question may sum up the karma that Brooklyn instilled: two-thirds of you feel that living there was responsible for knowing where you're going after all these years. But then again, it also gave a quarter of you foot pains!