My mother is allergic to New York. She is particularly allergic to Brooklyn. The fact that flannel and high-waisted jeans are hot trends with the kids strikes her as both ridiculous and suspect. When homeless people yell at her, she is inclined to yell back. When I explain that there’s a service that will deliver your groceries, and another that delivers cleaning supplies, and another that delivers pet supplies, she says, “I don’t understand how people up here are so skinny but so lazy. I ain’t wastin money on that shit.
