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There are a number of complaints regarding NY’s overpopulation on TV and in the movies, as if this was some NYC conspiracy. TV and movie writer’s take shortcuts. Rather than spend a lot of screen time trying to explain a character, they’ll stereotype based on region, ethnicity, clothing, hair color or any other of a number of factors. NY is portrayed because most of the time writers, who may or may not be NYers, are lazy or pressed for time. Don’t blame NYers for their overpopulation, unless you want to blame us for having an urban stereotype. It’s like blaming blonds for the stereotype of dumb, slutty blonds on sitcoms. It’s just a cheap storytelling device.
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I don’t care about characters on TV shows. I’m talking about all real-life New Yorkers feeling compelled to tell you they are from NYC in the first few sentences of knowing them.
How did it get on the subject of NYC residents portrayed on TV?
Not just New York, but Brooklyn, which is New York with even more Attitude.
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I think the term you are looking for is “Bridge & Tunnel”.
One of my New York buddies moved to Texas and married some Texan gal a few years back. It was certainly interesting havin’ all dem Texan’s and all does New Yorka’s there in the same room.
Telling people you are from New York City is shorthand for many things:
-Get to the FUCKING POINT, I’m in a hurry!!
-Your quaint stupid restaurant doesn’t impress me
-However exciting that is to you, it is boring the shit out of me
-You don’t know what wealthy is
-You don’t know what expensive is
-You don’t know what good pizza is
-$6 for a beer is not pricy
-I pay more for one room than you pay for your entire house and I like it that way
-I don’t drive a car
-I’m used to seeing girls who are hot as models…waiting for a bus
-What the hell is ‘cooking’?
It’s not really being boastful telling people you are from NYC. It’s basically telling them you live a lifestyle completely different from what they are used to and that you probably don’t think like they do about things.
[QUOTE=msmith537]
I think the term you are looking for is “Bridge & Tunnel”.
One of my New York buddies moved to Texas and married some Texan gal a few years back. It was certainly interesting havin’ all dem Texan’s and all does New Yorka’s there in the same room.
Telling people you are from New York City is shorthand for many things:
-Get to the FUCKING POINT, I’m in a hurry!!
-Your quaint stupid restaurant doesn’t impress me
-However exciting that is to you, it is boring the shit out of me
-You don’t know what wealthy is
-You don’t know what expensive is
-You don’t know what good pizza is
-$6 for a beer is not pricy
-I pay more for one room than you pay for your entire house and I like it that way
-I don’t drive a car
-I’m used to seeing girls who are hot as models…waiting for a bus
-What the hell is ‘cooking’?
It’s not really being boastful telling people you are from NYC. It’s basically telling them you live a lifestyle completely different from what they are used to and that you probably don’t think like they do about things.
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Jeeeesus, just when you think New Yorkers couldn’t get any more arrogant…or provincial.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but New York is not the biggest, baddest, or best thing out there. Nor are you as different or special as you like to think you are. Just to name London, the one comparably big city I happen to have lived in:
It’s even more expensive than New York is.
It has ten times more history than New York does.
It has more interesting and beautiful architecture and neighborhoods than New York does.
Its major museums are FREE.
And even if you disagree with the more subjective points above, London undoubtedly has the major edge of being a hop skip and a jump from many, many more interesting destinations than New York does. Paris, a major world capital in its own right, is practically a day trip from London. Budget airlines have made the rest of continental Europe easily accessible from London – Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, etc. Where do you go from New York – New Jersey??
Even within the US, New York is not nearly as special as it thinks it is. We have a lot of cities, a lot of places with great pizza, wealthy people, interesting things, and hot girls. New Yorkers reaaaaally need to get out a bit more.
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Not exactly a Basic Household Item, but I was in JCPenney in Ames, IA, yesterday <snip>.
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Would that be the North Grand Mall? I lived in Ames for a couple of years in the late 90s, but didn’t find out until after I’d left that North Grand Mall opened on the very same day I was born.
[QUOTE=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.
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You’ve obviously never had a Nathan’s hotdog. Poor thing.
[QUOTE=Rodgers01]
Jeeeesus, just when you think New Yorkers couldn’t get any more arrogant…or provincial.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but New York is not the biggest, baddest, or best thing out there. Nor are you as different or special as you like to think you are. Just to name London, the one comparably big city I happen to have lived in:
It’s even more expensive than New York is.
It has ten times more history than New York does.
It has more interesting and beautiful architecture and neighborhoods than New York does.
Its major museums are FREE.
And even if you disagree with the more subjective points above, London undoubtedly has the major edge of being a hop skip and a jump from many, many more interesting destinations than New York does. Paris, a major world capital in its own right, is practically a day trip from London. Budget airlines have made the rest of continental Europe easily accessible from London – Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, etc. Where do you go from New York – New Jersey??
Even within the US, New York is not nearly as special as it thinks it is. We have a lot of cities, a lot of places with great pizza, wealthy people, interesting things, and hot girls. New Yorkers reaaaaally need to get out a bit more.
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I’ve been to London numerous times and I agree with most of your points except,and this is a big exception, the girls are much hotter in NYC.
And they bathe everyday.
I’ve noticed how many out of towners call New York “New York City”. To us it’s the ONLY city so the last word is redundant.
I’m only kidding - please put down the tomatoes.
There are a lot of out of towners with stinky attitudes claiming to be New Yorkers. My neighbors were all sweethearts - well except for that one old lady - but that’s another story.
[QUOTE=Sublight]
Like, "I’ve got a lot to learn about what a big city really is.
Personally, I find New Yorkers quaint.
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New York never made any claims of being biggest. Just best.
And there you have it.
Whether you like New York or not, there is not any other city in the US that is quite like it. The major difference between New York and most other cities is that the a large number of New Yorkers LIVE in the city. The city is over 3x as dense as London. Most New Yorkers don’t even own a car.
Most other major cities have a commercial downtown that clears out at 6pm as people dispurse to the suburbs. Yes, there are other great cities in the US. I’m kind of partial to Boston and Seattle and I’d probably like Chicago. They’re just different kinds of cities from New York.
