My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My wife and I live in Brooklyn, N.Y., not too far from where my Long Island childhood happened.
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.
On a personal note, I was born in Brooklyn. My folks moved out to Long Island when I was quite young, but once a Brooklynite, always a Brooklynite.
I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.
I love living in Brooklyn. Originally I moved there because I could enjoy a bigger space for less money than I would ever get in Manhattan.
I was born in Brooklyn, but I never lived there.
I grew up in Brooklyn.
I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.
I grew up in Manhattan, and now I live in Brooklyn.
I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.