I find the response to my saying I had a hard time getting used to the abruptness of New Yorkers interesting. It was not meant to be derogatory. I did not say New Yorkers were bad, or wrong, or even rude. I was just describing my experience. I grew up in a place where people rarely raised their voices and moved to a place where raised voices were the norm. It took me a while to deal with that. And I must say, I never really did feel at home there. There were wonderful things about New York. The sense of humor. The vibrancy of the place. The way people pulled together after 9/11. But the response of New Yorkers to my use of the word "abrupt" is kind of proving my point.
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