What Makes a <em>Real</em> Brooklynite?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Actress and native Brooklynite Rosie Perez called into yesterday’s show and a debate started about when you can call yourself a real Brooklynite. Listeners weigh in on the question: Is it how long you’ve lived there? Do you have to have been born there? What makes a Brooklynite?

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