Becoming Quote by Kemp Muhl

It's hard to compete with everything that Brooklyn has to offer as a city.

— Joe Harris

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

— Neil Diamond

What I love about Brooklyn is there are more wonderful little joints than anywhere.

— Arthur Schwartz

There's this myopia among American venture capitalists to not go anywhere beyond Silicon Valley and New York.

— Dave McClure

A lot of times when you're an investor, it's very easy to lean back and say, 'Well, people should come to me in Silicon…

— Michael Seibel

Brooklyn is a hub; people move to Brooklyn because of what's already in Brooklyn.

— Caroline Polachek

Brooklyn has become a brand, and it represents something, and there is this tension between the old and new world.

— Eliza Hittman

There are lots of different sides to Brooklyn. It has so much character.

— Stephanie Beatriz

Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan.

— Jonathan Franzen

I think a lot of people in New York are businessmen or Wall Street guys by day and underground basketball coaches by night.

— David Lee

These big Silicon Valley companies that are popping up are projecting growth skyrocketing in a few years. So they need a space they can…

— James Pearse Connelly

People are more up front about what they want. That's what I love about New York in general.

— EJ Johnson