“It’s a broke down area that could use some revitalization.”

Brooklyn, NY – Calling it “an embarrassment” and product of years of mismanagement and neglect, Brooklyn residents have begun actively rooting for gentrification to displace their NBA team and maybe bring a better one.

The Nets play at the highly desirable intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, where the chic and increasingly expensive neighborhoods of Park Slope, Fort Greene, and Prospect Heights all intersect.
“[The Barclay’s Center is] a great location,” said Park Slope resident Jamie Mothersill, “but I wouldn’t want to go there after dark. When you hear stories of the kind of people you see in the Barclay’s Center at night…”