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A ____ Grows In Brooklyn
I get that there are never really any new ideas, but this trope of "a ____ grows in Brooklyn" has got to stop. I walked past a store the other day called "A Shoe Grows in Brooklyn" and actually said to myself—out loud—This has got to stop. I mean, a shoe can't grow in Brooklyn. Shoes don't grow! They're not trees.