Guess what? We don't give a fuck that you are from NYC...

[Cubsfan]

My wife and I were watching that Bobby Flay Throwdown show on Food Network last night and it was a competition over donuts. Well they bring in the 2 judges and one of them is a police detective. But not just any cop, hes a NEW YORK CITY POLICE DETECTIVE. He made sure to let us know that he's no run of the mill copper. He's one of those special ones from NYC. The tougher ones.

This happens ALL the time. People from NYC must feel the need to let everyone know they are from NYC for some clique factor or like it's some special secret society. Your not just a fireman, they're a NEW YORK CITY fireman. My professor didn't just grow up like the rest of us. He grew up in NEW YORK CITY and he lets us know at least once a day. I'm not just a garbage man, I'm a NEW YORK CITY garbage man. I'm not just a housewife, I'm a NEW YORK CITY housewife.

My wife and I were talking about it and we agreed that these NYC folk need to get over themselves because it doesn't make you extra special or make us care about you any more just because you are from NYC. This is the only location on the planet that spits out people with this compulsion. You rarely ever hear someone say "I'm a LOS ANGLES cop" or "I'm an ATLANTA fireman".

They'fve always done this but it's increased x10 since 9/11. It's getting old and it's making NYC folks look foolish and full of themselves.

Just stop because none one gives a fuck that you are from NYC other than yourselves. And that's coming from an air force officer, not just any Air Force officer but a CENTRAL ILLINOIS Air Force Officer.

[Rune]

Yes, but what about New York City crack whores. I hear they are the meanest.

[Biggirl]

You watched a show with Bobby "I'm A Dick" Flay and you're complaining about the police officer? Priorities, man!

[An Arky]

Amen, Biggirl. God, why the hell is that guy on TV. anyway? What freakin' focus group gave him the greenlight? Is there really that big of a market for dickheads? ::looks at US Executive Branch Org Chart:: Ummmm, never mind...

And yeah, I don't understand why everyone lines up to fellate the NYPD/NYFD, either.

[twickster]

Originally Posted by An Arky

And yeah, I don't understand why everyone lines up to fellate the NYPD/NYFD, either.

It's a post-9/11 phenomenon.

[Jackmannii]

Originally Posted by Stinkpalm

I'm a NEW YORK CITY garbage man.

Well, that's not ordinary garbage we're talking about.

Sooner or later, all that stuff buried deep at the Fresh Kills landfill is going to interact in some very unusual molecular combinations, and a major rupture in the earth's crust is likely to ensue. Mark my words.

[monstro]

Originally Posted by twickster

It's a post-9/11 phenomenon.

True. I've noticed that quite a few NYers play the "I'm from NYC" card whenever the topic of conversation turns to 9/11, as if the rest of us can't really understand the tragedy.

[Cubsfan]

That's the thing though. It's not just cops and firemen that do this. It's EVERYBODY from NYC. And it's not in an informative "Hey I'm from NYC where are you from" way either. It's in a tone that lets you know that they are tougher/smarter/cooler/special/better than the avg earthling because they reside in NYC. We've all heard it. Hell, you hear it every time someone from NYC is being interviewed on TV. You hear it every time you are at a meeting or start a new class and they go around the room and ask your background. Every in the room may mention where they went to school and where they have worked but the guy from NYC will stat off letting you know he grew up in Brooklyn or whatever other dumb shit that no one cares about but him.

It's tiring and it really grates on me now.

As far as Bobby Flay goes, it was on the tube and we just watched the last 5 minutes of the show. My wife hates him because he is a grown man and still insists on being called "Bobby".

[Cluricaun]

TV is guilty of this all the time. How many shows are set in New York? Sometimes it seems like pretty much all of them, as if interesting things don't happen outside of the five boroughs. It's a shame really, since Chicago is really a much better city, with better pizza and hot dogs plus the added side benefit of not smelling like urine.

[D_Odds]

Originally Posted by An Arky

And yeah, I don't understand why everyone lines up to fellate the NYPD/NYFD, either.

As a native of NEW YORK CITY (ok, one of the outer boroughs), I have never fellated, let alone lined up to fellate, any member of the NYPD, NYFD, NY EMS, or any other city employee.

[THespos]

Originally Posted by monstro

True. I've noticed that quite a few NYers play the "I'm from NYC" card whenever the topic of conversation turns to 9/11, as if the rest of us can't really understand the tragedy.

Yeah, it's a 9-11 phenomenon. Like people from New York weren't fucking proud and obnoxious before 9-11...


As for the 9-11 thing, if you happen to be talking to someone about the terrorist attacks, wouldn't you want to know that they're from one of the places that got hit? Might make sense to know they might have first-hand experience with the tragedy. Would you rather they sit there quietly and not relate those experiences?

Suppose you were talking about Woodstock. Yeah, you might have seen the movie, but suppose someone participating in the discussion had seen it live? Wouldn't it make sense for them to pipe up? Jeez.

The propensity for New Yorkers to let people know where they're from is something that goes back a lot further than 2001.

[An Arky]

Oh, and another thing. I live in Arlington, VA, where one of the planes struck on 9/11. Arlington's police and fire departments (along with others) performed heroically on that day, saving lives while risking their own. I don't see anybody wearing Arlington PD/FD baseball hats or t-shirts around.

[THespos]

Originally Posted by Cluricaun

TV is guilty of this all the time. How many shows are set in New York? Sometimes it seems like pretty much all of them, as if interesting things don't happen outside of the five boroughs. It's a shame really, since Chicago is really a much better city, with better pizza and hot dogs plus the added side benefit of not smelling like urine.

I'll concede the urine thing. But you're kidding about the pizza and the hot dogs, right?

[Ludovic]

That guy's from NEW YORK CITY!

Crowd: "NEW YORK CITY"? Get a rope!

[DaddyTimesTwo]

Originally Posted by An Arky

Oh, and another thing. I live in Arlington, VA, where one of the planes struck on 9/11. Arlington's police and fire departments (along with others) performed heroically on that day, saving lives while risking their own. I don't see anybody wearing Arlington PD/FD baseball hats or t-shirts around.

Do you know where one could purchase such a thing?

[LavenderBlue]

As a transplanted New Yorker living in the NJ suburbs I have it the other way around. My neighbors think I'm very strange because don't own an SUV, take the bus frequently, walk everywhere, eat food with spices and get a little freaked out by deer and skunks in people's backyards. We live twenty miles outside of Manhattan but they act like the city is some vast and dangerous place halfway to Mars that one should only set foot in with a gun in your back pocket.

[An Arky]

Originally Posted by DaddyTimesTwo

Do you know where one could purchase such a thing?

There are such things available...link, but it would seem there's a bit less interest in schlepping them, for some reason...

[Sattua]

Give New Yorkers a break. They live in tiny, noisy holes-in-the-wall, have to walk on dirty, smelly streets every day of their lives, can't buy the kinds of basic household items that the rest of us take for granted without getting on a bus to New Jersey, need two hours for a two mile commute, are constantly victimized by lazy if not malicious service workers, and get to pay an outrageous cost of living for the privilege of doing so.

If they want to be all cocky about coming from America's Third World, they can go ahead and do that.

[D_Odds]

Originally Posted by An Arky

Oh, and another thing. I live in Arlington, VA, where one of the planes struck on 9/11. Arlington's police and fire departments (along with others) performed heroically on that day, saving lives while risking their own. I don't see anybody wearing Arlington PD/FD baseball hats or t-shirts around.

That's another thing that's better in NYC: marketing!

[Plynck]

It's probably because people with delusions of moral superiority like to point to New York City as a den of vice and corruption. So if you're from there you can either grin and agree, or you can get in someone's face and be proud about it.

New York City wasn't targeted by terrorists twice by coincidence. The World Trade Center was a symbol to the world. Like it or not, NYC is how a lot of the world views us. Warts and all, I'd still rather that than being lumped in with a bunch of fundamentalist Christians burning Harry Potter books.

[Anaamika]

Hey, how do you think us from upstate feel? I have talked to many people from NYC who don't know Albany is the capital of the state, don't know how to spell it or pronounce it, and think all Upstate is a bunch of bumblefucks.

But I still love NYC, I gotta admit.

[Bosstone]

What, you think John McClane would've been able to kick terrorist ass three times in a row if he was from the sissy East Coast? The LAPD couldn't do shit about Nakatomi Plaza! You don't fuck with the NYPD, man.

[astro]

Originally Posted by Sattua

Give New Yorkers a break. They live in tiny, noisy holes-in-the-wall, have to walk on dirty, smelly streets every day of their lives, can't buy the kinds of basic household items that the rest of us take for granted without getting on a bus to New Jersey, need two hours for a two mile commute, are constantly victimized by lazy if not malicious service workers, and get to pay an outrageous cost of living for the privilege of doing so.

If they want to be all cocky about coming from America's Third World, they can go ahead and do that.

What's difficult to buy in NYC?

[Beware of Doug]

Not exactly a Basic Household Item, but I was in JCPenney in Ames, IA, yesterday and found denim shirts. (I like me a denim shirt when the fall chill comes on.) Eddie Bauer had 'em for awhile in NYC, but styles change.

Except at Penneys.

[D_Odds]

Originally Posted by Anaamika

Hey, how do you think us from upstate feel? I have talked to many people from NYC who don't know Albany is the capital of the state, don't know how to spell it or pronounce it, and think all Upstate is a bunch of bumblefucks.

That's not true. You're just Canadians who migrated too far south.

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by D_Odds

That's not true. You're just Canadians who migrated too far south.

Eh?


But I am not Canadian. *kicks D_odds*

[Beware of Doug]

About NYPD/FDNY:

For some time now they have been considered (how rightly I don't know) the elite of their respective professions by fellow-members of those professions across the country.

The NYC Police Commissioner, Chief-of-Dep't., etc. can go on to run any big-city force (Bill Bratton, Boston; John Timoney, Miami). It's almost as if no other Commish has the opportunity to do well and get noticed for it.

[monstro]

Originally Posted by THespos

Yeah, it's a 9-11 phenomenon. Like people from New York weren't fucking proud and obnoxious before 9-11...


As for the 9-11 thing, if you happen to be talking to someone about the terrorist attacks, wouldn't you want to know that they're from one of the places that got hit? Might make sense to know they might have first-hand experience with the tragedy. Would you rather they sit there quietly and not relate those experiences?

Suppose you were talking about Woodstock. Yeah, you might have seen the movie, but suppose someone participating in the discussion had seen it live? Wouldn't it make sense for them to pipe up? Jeez.

The propensity for New Yorkers to let people know where they're from is something that goes back a lot further than 2001.

On this board, I've seen New Yorkers arrogantly assume that a person is not from New York City simply because that person is against how the War on Terrorism is being carried out. It's this kind of attitude that I object to. A New Yorker's opinion on 9/11 is not any more or less important than anyone else's. Being from Brooklyn does not make you a terrorism expert.

I was right across the river in Newark when it happened. I saw the smoke for almost a week from the Turnpike. At least twice a month, prior to that day, you could find me coming out of the World Trade Center...and when the towers collasped, I instantly imagined myself under the weight of all that rumble. But I don't think these facts give me any more claim to 9/11 than anyone else. 9/11 was an attack on our country. But hearing some New Yorkers, you'd think the whole thing was about them.

If we're debating TWAT, hearing about how your next-door neighbor's cousin's best friend's orthodontist was killed in the World Trade Center will not help you win the debate. It will only make me wish I was talking to someone else.

[Maeglin]

Originally Posted by astro

What's difficult to buy in NYC?

Shit from Ikea. He found us out: we have to go to NJ to buy garbage. Life is so difficult here.

[Acsenray]

I've noticed that people from Texas do the same thing -- mention their Texan origins in every breath.

[Sattua]

Originally Posted by astro

What's difficult to buy in NYC?

Any number of things that are easy to buy here in cow country: hardware bits and pieces, Oxyclean, etc etc etc. Ordering things is maddening, too--hope you trust your postman and doorman, and that you're home during business hours.

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by THespos

I'll concede the urine thing. But you're kidding about the pizza and the hot dogs, right?

I'm born-and-bred Chicagoan, and I will concede you the pizza (I've never had a bad slice in New York; plenty of awful pizza joints around here), but the dogs? Uh uh. And don't start on the "hot dog dragged through a garden" crap, either, because that's not the only traditional way to serve 'em here. A nice natural casing all-beef Vienna Beef or Chicago Red Hot with onions, relish, and mustard beats any New York dog any day. And I've had my fair share of dogs in New York.

[yBeayf]

I've noticed that people from Texas do the same thing -- mention their Texan origins in every breath.

As a native Texan, I'd take issue with this statement. It's just not seemly to be constantly mentioning that I'm from Texas -- it's too much like bragging. Being Texan, I feel sorry for these New Yorkers the OP mentions; clearly, the fact that they're not from Texas like I am must weigh heavily on their minds, so they emphasize their New York origins as a way of compensating for the fact that, unlike me, they're not from Texas. Breaks this Texan's heart, it does.

[Bobotheoptimist]

I'm afraid I have to disagree - I deeply appreciate both NYC and Texans advertising their origins.






Makes 'em easier to avoid

[Jackmannii]

It's indisputable - being from New York City makes a guy irresistibly attractive:

"He's really down and he's no
Clown yeah yeah
He has the finest penthouse
I've ever seen in town yeah, yeah
And he's cute in his mohair suit
And he keeps his pockets full of
Spending loot yeah, yeah
Oo ee, yeah we're all right
Yeah, oo oo"

(Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City)


I think it's the mohair suit.

[Boyo Jim]

Originally Posted by monstro

...On this board, I've seen New Yorkers arrogantly assume that a person is not from New York City simply because that person is against how the War on Terrorism is being carried out. It's this kind of attitude that I object to. A New Yorker's opinion on 9/11 is not any more or less important than anyone else's. Being from Brooklyn does not make you a terrorism expert.....

Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but didn't NYC (and EVERY major urban area) vote solidly AGAINST Bush in 2004? I take that as evidence that New Yorkers are pretty much not in favor of how the war on terrorism is being fought, just like most others in places where there is a significant;y greater chance of a terrorist incident.

_________________

A co-worker of mine who lived in NYC for some time told me I would thrive there.

From my experience of having visited there half a dozen times, I thought he was calling me an asshole. I assured me it as a compliment, but...

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

A co-worker of mine who lived in NYC for some time told me I would thrive there.

From my experience of having visited there half a dozen times, I thought he was calling me an asshole. I assured me it as a compliment, but...

Mostly it just means you have a steel spine. Living in any large metropolitan area is tough, and NYC is way, way filthier than Boston or some of the other large cities I've seen. And when I say filthy, I mean dirty.

[Caridwen]

Originally Posted by An Arky

Amen, Biggirl. God, why the hell is that guy on TV. anyway? What freakin' focus group gave him the greenlight? Is there really that big of a market for dickheads? ::looks at US Executive Branch Org Chart:: Ummmm, never mind...

And yeah, I don't understand why everyone lines up to fellate the NYPD/NYFD, either.

Can't say I haven't thought about it. Some of the NYPD/NYFD are pretty hot.
I wouldn't stand in line though.

[THespos]

Originally Posted by pulykamell

I'm born-and-bred Chicagoan, and I will concede you the pizza (I've never had a bad slice in New York; plenty of awful pizza joints around here), but the dogs? Uh uh. And don't start on the "hot dog dragged through a garden" crap, either, because that's not the only traditional way to serve 'em here. A nice natural casing all-beef Vienna Beef or Chicago Red Hot with onions, relish, and mustard beats any New York dog any day. And I've had my fair share of dogs in New York.

Two words - Gray's Papaya.

[Hampshire]

NYC doesn't have the reduced crime rate it has because of the stellar police force. It got it the same way they got a world class baseball team, it bought it.

NYC spends more on uniformed officers (to put one on every corner) than almost every major city. Compared to say an LAPD officer, or Detroit, or Atlanta, I'd say a NYPD officer probably has a cake job.

I've heard more than one major city policechief say "Yeah, well, we could have a decreased crime rate like NYC does too if we spent the money to have as many beat cops as they do.

[Count Blucher]

And No, I'm Not from NYC:

People in this thread dis NYC residents for being arrogant, and perhaps rightly so. But they don't have a corner on the 'chip on your shoulder' arrogance market... not by a long shot.

Example:

What Ignorant and Arrogant Hick developed (or even laughed at) the Pace Salsa commercial. "Its from Noo-Yurk-City...hang 'em high, Ezekiel!!!"


Looking at where some of you people are posting from, I'd say you've got a Lot of Damn Gall calling people from NYC arrogant...

"Another cup of Tea, Dear?"
"Oh, is the kettle black already?

[D_Odds]

Originally Posted by pulykamell

I'm born-and-bred Chicagoan, and I will concede you the pizza (I've never had a bad slice in New York; plenty of awful pizza joints around here), but the dogs? Uh uh. And don't start on the "hot dog dragged through a garden" crap, either, because that's not the only traditional way to serve 'em here. A nice natural casing all-beef Vienna Beef or Chicago Red Hot with onions, relish, and mustard beats any New York dog any day. And I've had my fair share of dogs in New York.

You've been lucky. There are some bad pizza shops. I've often wondered how they stay in business. I can't speak about hot dogs, as I'm not a frankfurter connoisseur. There's only one place in NY where I had good deep dish, but that wasn't NYC and they are no longer in business.

[Larry Borgia]

Originally Posted by Sattua

Give New Yorkers a break. They live in tiny, noisy holes-in-the-wall, have to walk on dirty, smelly streets every day of their lives, can't buy the kinds of basic household items that the rest of us take for granted without getting on a bus to New Jersey, need two hours for a two mile commute, are constantly victimized by lazy if not malicious service workers, and get to pay an outrageous cost of living for the privilege of doing so.

If they want to be all cocky about coming from America's Third World, they can go ahead and do that.

Not to mention putting up with the pimps and the C.H.U.D.s

[NoClueBoy]

A Gulf Coast Texan living in the Heart of the Homeland (OKC) chiming in here.

NYC is interesting. It has a lot of history, both good and bad. A lot of very influential and/or famous people have come from there. It has urban legends dating back centuries. It has (or had, haven't been there since my brother moved out of Brooklyn Heights) great water. It defies one's imagination to envision all the utilities under the ground (cared for by C.H.U.D.s, a dark secret the city gov doesn't want you to know). It has miles of skyscrapers. It has Park Ave and Wall St. Macy*s is on Hearld Square. The Yankees, love them or hate them, they ARE baseball to many worldwide. It has American symbols, like the big copper gift from France, the big thing King Kong fell off of, and the first place many immigrants saw of the USofA. It's the City That Never Sleeps. If I can make it there... Yeah, bite the Big Apple. Don't mind the maggots! Ooh ah, ooh ah, doot doot ditty, talkin bout the boy from Cleveland? NO! New York City!

Still, they do talk funny. And the D train smells bad.

[Balduran]

Originally Posted by Count Blucher

What Ignorant and Arrogant Hick developed (or even laughed at) the Pace Salsa commercial. "Its from Noo-Yurk-City...hang 'em high, Ezekiel!!!"

Out of curiosity I did a search for this commercial. Here is one of them I think. Notice the advertising firm: Young and Rubicam, Headqurters New York City.

[NoClueBoy]

One thing that does bug me, tho. Why did the victims and families of 9/11 get voted millions of dollars, but the victims and families of April 19th, 1995, got nothing? Is a dead NYC accountant worth more somehow than a dead OKC office worker?

Hijack, but it still bothers me.

[GargoyleWB]

Originally Posted by astro

What's difficult to buy in NYC?

Freshly picked blackberries.

The truth hurts, doesn't it.

[Troy McClure SF]

Yah, I'm with the OP. I'll defer to NYers on matters regarding the WTC attack, to an extent. But otherwise, dear god am I tired of hearing about it. Doesn't help that everyone from anywhere south of Boston claims to be from NYC, even if they just spent two years at a JC there, and lived in Newark. That's why I never wanted to visit until recently. Any place with so many people tripping over themselves to tell you "OMG IT'S SO AWESOME!" must be overcompensating for something. (I'll assume it was the fact I couldn't get a gorram beer at midnight on a Sunday in the East Village.)

[D_Odds]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

One thing that does bug me, tho. Why did the victims and families of 9/11 get voted millions of dollars, but the victims and families of April 19th, 1995, got nothing? Is a dead NYC accountant worth more somehow than a dead OKC office worker?

Hijack, but it still bothers me.

I answered this upthread. Before it was light-hearted humor, now it's dark humor / sad reality: marketing.

[Barbarian]

Originally Posted by Sattua

Any number of things that are easy to buy here in cow country: hardware bits and pieces, Oxyclean, etc etc etc. Ordering things is maddening, too--hope you trust your postman and doorman, and that you're home during business hours.

You are so wrong it's laughable. There's a Home Depot next to Bloomingdale's, assuming you can't find a hardware store in your 'hood (I had three in a 10-minute walk). And yeah, I trusted my doormen, or I'd have lobbied to get them fired. They do work for the tenants, you know.

Yeesh. Next you'll be telling me that New York doesn't have stores that sell nothing but umbrellas...

Oh yeah.

My NYC baby girl is cuter than all the rest of your kids put together!