is gowanus the new williamsburg?

Since moving to Park Slope a few months ago, I've kinda fallen for Gowanus, the totally industrial, smelly, sketchy area to the West. I think I've written about the Gowanus Canal before, which is so steeped in oil and industrial sludge that it's developed its own strain of gonorrhea. There's grafitti, broken windows, and empty streets. And, now, hipsters.

I've recently become familiar with the Yard, an outdoor venue that borders the Canal on Carroll St. DJs spin on Sundays to the hipster crowd that sips beer on picnic tables. If hipsters had a country club, this would be it.

Now, it seems, more venues are coming to the area. I love it. Gowanus could be the new sketchy area the cool kids make cool. Oh wait, does that mean it will turn into Williamsburg? Eeep!