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.
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.
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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.
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What’s difficult to buy in NYC?
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.
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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.
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That’s not true. You’re just Canadians who migrated too far south.
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That’s not true. You’re just Canadians who migrated too far south.
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Eh? 
But I am not Canadian. kicks D_odds
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.
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Yeah, it’s a 9-11 phenomenon. Like people from New York weren’t fucking proud and obnoxious before 9-11… :rolleyes:
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.
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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.
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What’s difficult to buy in NYC?
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Shit from Ikea. He found us out: we have to go to NJ to buy garbage. Life is so difficult here.
I’ve noticed that people from Texas do the same thing – mention their Texan origins in every breath.
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What’s difficult to buy in NYC?
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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.
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I’ll concede the urine thing. But you’re kidding about the pizza and the hot dogs, right? 
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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.
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.
I’m afraid I have to disagree - I deeply appreciate both NYC and Texans advertising their origins.
Makes 'em easier to avoid 
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.
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…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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Can’t say I haven’t thought about it. Some of the NYPD/NYFD are pretty hot.
I wouldn’t stand in line though.
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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.
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Two words - Gray’s Papaya.
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.