What's with New Yorkers?

[NYVette]

Maybe we should start a new thread? If we understood why a person from one region does something in a different way than a person from a someplace else we would understand each other a little better. It might be very interesting. Just because a local custom is a bit different doesn't mean it's wrong. After all....we are all Villagers now...full time, part time, or would like to be.

I think many of the NY stereotypes originate in Hollywood. That isn't an insult to any west coast people but movies and television are how most people see places like NY. My relatives in Texas think almost all of NY state looks like Times Square on New Years Eve. They were surprised when I told them NY state's biggest product is cheese....just like Wisconsin we are a dairy state with grass and mountains. I've never seen a cow on the subway. That isn't an insult to Texans...only to my distant relatives.

[tony]

New Yorkers? What's different about New Yorkers?

They love to talk, and you just have to talk to them. They may seem unpleasant and distant, but instead they are distracted and going about there daily life. In the appropriate situations you talk to them and they are extremely helpful. Ask them how to get someplace. You'll learn more that you expected.

I spent a week at meetings in Manhattan and decided on the first Sunday morning to visit the local breakfast joint down the block rather than staying in the hotel. By Tuesday I was treated as a "regular" and getting questions about my family, and hearing about theirs. Getting good advice on where to go for dinner. When I said goodbye on Friday morning, I felt I was leaving friends behind.

They are a friendly bunch, and they all come from a small town in New York. New York City is just ten thousand small towns. You just have to get the flavor of the town and its people, and then enjoy yourself.

I love New York. Where have I heard that before?

[Donna]

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[sschuler1]

I just watched the Tony Awards from Sunday night (had to tape them because we were watching the US Open), and it always makes me want to go back to New York to see some more shows. I love New York!

[Shirleevee]

:agree: :agree:

We really are very nice people...........

Shirleevee & Sailor

[KathieI]

They love to talk, and you just have to talk to them.
I love New York. Where have I heard that before?

Anyone who knows me, knows that Tony is right! I LOVE TO TALK! NEVER SHUT UP! Remember, Chatty Cathy, that's meeeee.

We are a friendly bunch, loyal and true to our friends. But DON'T cross us!

I love New York too, Tony and I do miss it SOMETIMES!! KathieI (da Bronx)

[graciegirl]

Maybe we should start a new thread? If we understood why a person from one region does something in a different way than a person from a someplace else we would understand each other a little better. It might be very interesting. Just because a local custom is a bit different doesn't mean it's wrong. After all....we are all Villagers now...full time, part time, or would like to be.

I think many of the NY stereotypes originate in Hollywood. That isn't an insult to any west coast people but movies and television are how most people see places like NY. My relatives in Texas think almost all of NY state looks like Times Square on New Years Eve. They were surprised when I told them NY state's biggest product is cheese....just like Wisconsin we are a dairy state with grass and mountains. I've never seen a cow on the subway. That isn't an insult to Texans...only to my distant relatives.



I almost started a thread called WHAT'S WITH MID WESTERNERS.

Some people from other parts of the country sometimes take people from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia as slower witted and country bumpkins. They may think we all live in rural areas and don't have much chance to eschew culture or read what's on the New York Times best seller list, let alone the NEW YORK TIMES.

Actually midwesterners are a little like the British who will be polite to you, sweet and kind and mannerly until just before they kill you.

[NYVette]

Tony.....
Exactly right. Manhattan is like many small towns all mixed together into one big city. (Real NY'rs don't actually say "Manhattan" they just say "the City" and everyone knows you mean Manhattan. Same as "the Island" is Long Island). Also very true.....you can come from anywhere and in a short time you fit right in. There are to many people to worry about where someone is from or why they are there. Maybe that's why my Texas relatives think we are rude for not saying "hello" or "good morning" to strangers....if NY'rs did that, just imagine 8 million people giving a morning greeting to each other! But that's in "the city" ...on "the Island" people will sometimes say hello but probably only if you have eye contact.

I know exactly what you mean Graciegirl....
The same way you feel that often people think a Midwesterner is slow and dim witted I always feel when I say that I'm from NY the other person is predisposed to thinking I'm rude or in a hurry. (Last name ends with a vowel, maybe I'm a gangster?) Also.....I never heard, read, or thought Midwesterners were slow. That's a new stereotype to me. I don't recall any slow Midwest jokes. In fact I have relatives outside Indianapolis. That's the good side of the family.

[Sidney Lanier]

We always describe ourselves as being from 'upstate New York,' which makes people from places like Rochester and Syracuse laugh--appropriately--since we're actually from the Mid-Hudson Valley. But we say 'upstate' because we've found that too many people from west and south of New Jersey assume that when you say you're from 'New York,' it means that huge city that comprises only the smallest southern tip of the state--and it is a huge state for an eastern state! When you head north from New York City on the New York Thruway, the first sign showing the mileage to distant cities says that Montreal is closer than Buffalo!...

[tony]

GracieGirl,

You wrote about Midwesterners being slow. I'm from Pennsylvania. You will have to type that m u c h s l o w e r s o I c a n u n d e r s t a n d, p l e z e.

[Sidney Lanier]

Tony, Tony, Tony....

[jadebox]

I love everyone BUT many New Yorkers--not all but many are in a hurry. Beep horns and are rude at times. This is many--- NOT all! Maybe they don't realize how they appear. Oh boy am I going to get slammed for this :). I have seen this year after year. Probably they calm down after living here for awhile. Now sock it to me!!!!!!!

[Boomer]

I almost started a thread called WHAT'S WITH MID WESTERNERS.

Some people from other parts of the country sometimes take people from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia as slower witted and country bumpkins. They may think we all live in rural areas and don't have much chance to eschew culture or read what's on the New York Times best seller list, let alone the NEW YORK TIMES.

Actually midwesterners are a little like the British who will be polite to you, sweet and kind and mannerly until just before they kill you.



GRACIEGIRL!!! FELLOW BUCKEYE!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'??? WHAT ARE YOU SAYIN'???

You well know that I was besmirched right here on TOTV not too long ago when somebody (I will not mention any names. I am too polite.) -- anyway, when SOMEBODY Muncle spread a rumor that I am Cruella DeVil. Well, I thought I managed to salvage my sullied reputation when I barged into the "Pet Discussion" forum where I told a heartwarming tale of my geriatric dog Annie and her beautiful full-length tail. It was a close one, gg. But I thought my good name was back intact.

BUT NOW!!! THIS!!! AND FROM YOU??? I just CANNOT believe this is happening.

But here I am, besmirched once more. Boomer. Besmirched Boomer. Besmirched, Befuddled, Bewildered Boomer the Buckeye Bumpkin.

Et tu, graciegirl? Et tu, my fellow Buckeye?

Boomer (aka BBBBBB)

[chelsea24]

Graciegirl, that's too funny! 1rnfl And so right! Illinois here. LOL

[NYVette]

Hope.....
Your comment is exactly why I started this topic. Because people from one region might do things differently than those of another region and we can try to explain how some of these stereotypes started. Also...you are correct. We NY'rs do look like we are in a hurry. This is probably more applicable to the "down state" folk...those in and close to "the city". Think of it this way....everything you do that involves getting from one place to another usually starts by considering the time of day, day of the week, route, and TRAFFIC! An example. My wife teaches in a high school in Hicksville. She might say to me, "I have to go to a short seminar at Adelphi University after school today. How long should it take?" My thoughts would be....weekday after 3pm , distance about 8 miles, "You better allow about 30 to 40 minutes by time you get a parking spot". So....that short 8 mile trip automatically puts her into hyper mode where she knows there is a deadline but that big variable of what will the traffic and parking be so I can't waste time. Both my sons live and work in "the city". Owning a car and driving is next to impossible so they rely on public transportation. #1 son takes a subway a few stops then transfers to a different subway line. If the first train is a few minutes late then he could miss the connection for the transfer...so he would have to wait about ten minutes for the next train. Now he has to really hurry to get to his office on time. That one minute delay cost him minutes. The alternative is to make certain he gets the first train very early. If that train also makes the second connection early then he gets to the office 20 minutes early. When do kids of any age get someplace earlier than they have to? I'd bet he's the guy you see running in a business suit. Unfortunately this attitude about time becomes a lifestyle.

[Sidney Lanier]

NYVette, just reading about your son; thanks for the reminiscence! Although I was born and grew up in New York City, earned all my degrees there, worked there in various capacities, and can still find my way around there with my eyes closed, it's a reminder to me why I now live in a town in the Mid-Hudson Valley (Gardiner) that I describe as 'so small that people who live there don't even know where they are!' So, having 'been there and done that,' the city lifestyle is fine for many (including many of our friends) but not for me. However, I am still a New Yorker, though this might be disputed by city friends who are surprised to learn that we do have indoor plumbing and central heating.... '-)

It continues to be a small world, though; this morning we were on a tour of Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation just outside of Page, AZ, and another man on the tour recognized my Gunks tee-shirt (see <www.classicsunderthegunks.com>) and mentioned that he's an alumnus of SUNY New Paltz--where HB is a member of the Alumni Board! There's no escape....

[graciegirl]

GRACIEGIRL!!! FELLOW BUCKEYE!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'??? WHAT ARE YOU SAYIN'???

You well know that I was besmirched right here on TOTV not too long ago when somebody (I will not mention any names. I am too polite.) -- anyway, when SOMEBODY Muncle spread a rumor that I am Cruella DeVil. Well, I thought I managed to salvage my sullied reputation when I barged into the "Pet Discussion" forum where I told a heartwarming tale of my geriatric dog Annie and her beautiful full-length tail. It was a close one, gg. But I thought my good name was back intact.

BUT NOW!!! THIS!!! AND FROM YOU??? I just CANNOT believe this is happening.

But here I am, besmirched once more. Boomer. Besmirched Boomer. Besmirched, Befuddled, Bewildered Boomer the Buckeye Bumpkin.

Et tu, graciegirl? Et tu, my fellow Buckeye?

Boomer (aka BBBBBB)




Boomer, grabbing you by the elbow and taking you over here and whispering.............

Boom, listen up, There are some people that think we drive slow, and obey too many traffic signs, and don't know HOW to flip somebody the bird. They don't speak our language. They don't understand when we say "Please?" instead of "HUH?" and they are confused when we walk in front of them while they are studying the greenbeans at Publix (as if no one else is in the store) and we say excuse me. WE, meaning you and me and some other Buckeyes. Boomer, you just can't be so naive. Some people don't understand why we smile and say hi to everyone, even before we came to TV. For Gawds sake don't tell them we don't lock our doors up north. We will all get used to each other sooner or later. DON"T BRING UP WOODY HAYES!

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Donna, I hope you don't mind my using your great icons! I also love NY. From times square to the hudson valley. We were a 3 hour drive from manhatten and went often. Christmas time to see the tree, skating, and the wonderful dept. store window dressings, Macys Thanksgiving Day parade, Museums, ART!, Central park zoo, NBC studios, GREAT Music in The Village, Yankee Stadium, a ride up the hudson river valley, camping and fishing on Lake George, horseback riding, a beautiful state with something for everyone.......many many wonderful times and memories!

[Boomer]

Boomer, grabbing you by the elbow and taking you over here and whispering.............

Boom, listen up, There are some people that think we drive slow, and follow too many traffic signs, and don't know HOW to flip somebody the bird. They don't speak our language. They don't understand when we say "Please?" instead of "HUH?" and they are confused when we walk in front of them while they are studying the greenbeans at Publix (as if no one else is in the store) and we say excuse me. WE, meaning you and me and some other Buckeyes. Boomer, you just can't be so naive. Some people don't understand why we smile and say hi to everyone, even before we came to TV. For Gawds sake don't tell them we don't lock our doors up north. We will all get used to each other sooner or later. DON"T BRING UP WOODY HAYES!


gg, thanks. But I gotta tellya. I know some great hand signs. They are much better than just the mundane bird sign. You see, when I was at Miami all those many years ago, I dated a guy from Cleveland. Anyway, he knew the most glorious hand signs. Those signs he made when somebody hacked him off, oh gg, it was like a beautiful dance. Those signs were so expressive. It was a language all unto itself. I don't know what ever happened to Dominic. I sent him on his way. Heck, he is probably somewhere in TV, making those lovely hand signs from his souped up golf cart.

I can teach you some of those signs if you want me to.

Boomer

[NYVette]

Sidney.....
Don't you often feel that people don't give enough credit to upstate NY? It truly is beautiful countryside. As I mentioned in a prior post...people who don't know the state often perpetuate the reputation that the entire state is over crowded and dirty. Simply not true.
Also.....My sister graduated from SUNY New Paltz way back when it was NY State Teachers College at New Paltz. 1967 I think.

Ronda...
All you said about NYC might contribute to why we appear to be in a hurry. There is always something to do if you want to take advantage of it. If we go into "the city" to visit our sons we try to plan several things to do during the visit. LIRR to Penn, jump on the 8th Ave "A" train to Museum of Natural History, walk through Central Park to get lunch in the cafateria of the "Met" and see if they have a special exibit, take the Lex line back toward the Theater District and meet the kids for dinner. We get a lot into one day so if a tourist saw us they would think we are running like mad for no reason, when actually we are running because there is so much to do.

[NYVette]

For those that have never seen Long Island...or those that might like seeing a few old landmarks on "the Island" I came across this video. Keep in mind I'm not a huge fan of NY. If I were I would not have invested in TV. However most of the state is a better place than many people think.

http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/VideoLIW/nyvideo640.wmv

The video only shows the really nice things.

I suppose I could scan and post my 10k plus property tax bill to give equal time to the dark side.

[SteveFromNY]

I live in Staten Island, one of the 5 boroughs of NYC, which to the folks here is "the Island". Long Island is an isolated place on the other side of Brooklyn and Queens, and quite the ride most of the time. I have made it from my house in Staten Island to Washington, DC in less time than it took me one summer Saturday afternoon to get to Islip, a pretty little place on Long Island!

;D

Unfortunately, my life here is almost always in a rush. I still work, and my day and night these days is full of stuff to do. We are in the process of moving, we have one son outside of Philadelphia (I can get there quicker than some places in Queens), another son and a daughter in SI. The rush never seems to stop. We're always doing something. Being in a hurry is just a way of life. When I go away, it takes me s few days to unwind and settle into a slower pace. For folks who live at that slower pace, I probably still seem like I'm in a hurry. Perhaps I miss why that makes me a bad person? I'm really not, just trained to be n a hurry. No I don't say hello to everyone in NY, but I do when I'm in a golf cart in TV. People and local cultures are different, and I really enjoy meeting folks from other parts of the country.
I remember being in Wyoming going on a boat ride in Grand Teton NP, and the young lady settling us into the rental boat kept saying "Are you REALLY from NYC?"
Oh, one of the real down sides of being a city dweller (and I'll bet this is true for most of the larger cities) I tend to not trust folks - if seem too nice, they must be after something. Tends to make me not be a joiner too quickly - I need to get to know folks before I open up at all.
But I'm really an OK person.

And driving, well, I just can't understand how everyone goes so slow out there!

[Shirleevee]

NYVette,

Thank you, absolutely beautiful! There was a time when we were young that Jones Beach was our summer getaway, (we were Brooklyn kids, and Coney Island was so over). My husband spent his childhood summers in Lake Ronkonkoma. The last time we visited there on L.I., it took hours from our home on Staten Island. But then, it takes hours to get anywhere in the five boroughs and L.I. from here.

Thanks for the memories ;D

Shirleevee

[stjade]

I have just returned from a long weekend in TV ,getting our house ready for our sept. move. We loved every minute of it ,even thou it was hot and rained every afternoon. Right now i'm at work on Staten Island,the weathers good and i love NY, but I'm counting the days until I retire and get back to TV. Steve ;D ;D

[NYVette]

Steve....
You said it very well about the NYC area and how it can induce a stressful feeling.
I can drive from Fla all the way to NJ and feel relaxed..except maybe for a little while circling Baltimore/WashDC. When I'm halfway up the NJ Tpke the stress begins. Comming from the west it will start when you see the electronic signs on Rt 80 telling you how long the wait is for the GW Bridge. If it's a long wait then you can count on that big parking lot called the Cross Bronx Exway. That's another good thing about TV...it's not an island, no bridges.

[SteveFromNY]

Steve....
You said it very well about the NYC area and how it can induce a stressful feeling.
I can drive from Fla all the way to NJ and feel relaxed..except maybe for a little while circling Baltimore/WashDC. When I'm halfway up the NJ Tpke the stress begins. Comming from the west it will start when you see the electronic signs on Rt 80 telling you how long the wait is for the GW Bridge. If it's a long wait then you can count on that big parking lot called the Cross Bronx Exway. That's another good thing about TV...it's not an island, no bridges.


NYVette - try this for a little less stress on the ride -
Take 301 from just below the Del Mem Bridge (40 will take you there). Take it all the way to Carmel Church VA (that's exit 104 on I95 in VA). Completely bypasses DC & Baltimore. I learned of it from truckers when I drove my camper back and forth to Disney. There's a stretch in MD with stores and lights, but stay left and it moves. It's a little longer, but in my opinion worth it. I've hit traffic on the belt in DC that goes for 20 or 30 miles into VA. Worth trying once anyway.
I guess you pass thru my island to get to your island? ;D
And I can't wait for the laid back life of a retiree - I can just about count the days!

[NYVette]

SteveFromNY

Thanks for the alternate route. I've looked at maps many times but I probably never took your route thinking it might be low speed limit roads. Even if it a bit lower speed and maybe a little longer in the car overall, it's worth it if you are moving along instead of being in big city traffic on the Beltway. Yes...Ive passed through SI many many times. My parents at one time lived in NJ. Verrazano Br to 440 South and Outerbridge Crossing was the usual route taken.

[SteveFromNY]

SteveFromNY

Thanks for the alternate route. I've looked at maps many times but I probably never took your route thinking it might be low speed limit roads. Even if it a bit lower speed and maybe a little longer in the car overall, it's worth it if you are moving along instead of being in big city traffic on the Beltway. Yes...Ive passed through SI many many times. My parents at one time lived in NJ. Verrazano Br to 440 South and Outerbridge Crossing was the usual route taken.

Most of 301 in MD from the DE state line south is 4 lane divided highway with a highway speed limit (55 or 60). It's a BEAUTIFUL road -smooth and empty and flat. You pass thru mostly farmland. Once you cross the Annapolis-Bay Bridge (not the Bridge tunnel - that's a different route but easy to confuse) and get near DC the traffic picks up and the area is more suburban. Then you head south and hit the few miles of stores until you cross into VA. Then its forest and farmland again. It's a few miles longer (I think mapquest says 15) but it moves well, unlike I-95 at times. Every now and again I try I-95 straight thru, and almost every time I wish I hadn't.

[JoC]

Sidney, Hi from Rhinebeck. Have you ever been to the "Purple House" in Gardiner or the Cajun dance at the library? If so, we might have seen each other. I wonder if there's a Mid-Hudson Valley club in TV. I've heard that a lot of people from this area have moved there.

[jojo]

Boomer and Gracie Girl, As you know I'm a fellow Buckeye. However, I have been working in New York City on a consulting project for the past four years. It was a culture shock. I enjoy my colleagues there after I got used to the abrupt language and straight talk. However, the cab situation is still an adventure. This week I was taking a cab in from LaGuardia and my driver and another cabbie decided to play chicken in the Midtown Tunnel. Mine flipped the other the bird (noted that discussion earlier on this thread). When we exited the tunnel, they rolled down the windows and continued to argue cross town. I would have appreciated arriving with a bit less stress.

[ConeyIsBabe]

AWww...... y'all are making me homesick :'( Born in Coney Island Hospital, lived in Brooklyn, Da Bronx, The Village, Queens, and left in 1966 ::)

[graciegirl]

Boomer and Gracie Girl, As you know I'm a fellow Buckeye. However, I have been working in New York City on a consulting project for the past four years. It was a culture shock. I enjoy my colleagues there after I got used to the abrupt language and straight talk. However, the cab situation is still an adventure. This week I was taking a cab in from LaGuardia and my driver and another cabbie decided to play chicken in the Midtown Tunnel. Mine flipped the other the bird (noted that discussion earlier on this thread). When we exited the tunnel, they rolled down the windows and continued to argue cross town. I would have appreciated arriving with a bit less stress.


JoJo

I know of course that people are the same where ever you are, but I have a New York story too.

For a couple of years I had to fly to New York once a month to meet with department store buyers from here in Cincinnati. (Go figure!)

On one trip I was catching a cab at rush hour in Manhattan to go to the Port Authority to take a bus to the Newark airport. I hailed a cab and one pulled over and some woman came up and pushed me aside and got in the cab. (Actually it was pretty close to a body block)

I was dumbfounded because no one ever would think to do that in Ohio. No one gets in line ahead of you and rarely does anyone cut you off in traffic.

Now. There were plenty of WONDERFUL people, but they spoke differently, just as you described.

They probably thought there was something wrong with ME.

GracieGirl

[Floridagal]

I'm and New Yorker and PROUD of it.

[Donna]

Gracie,

Another funny one..
I have lived in the Pocono's for about 18 years...NY all my life..When ever I talk to someone I don't know, they ask if I like visiting here..Johns friends say I sound like the girl from My Cousin Vinny...

There are always new Delis opening up with the name NY Deli or similar to it..
One day John and I went in and I saw nothing from NY..I asked if they had things I longed for, and she had no clue what I even meant..
NY Deli..I doubt it..
John told the woman, the only thing from NY in here, is my wife...LOl..John never opens his mouth it was very funny to hear him say that..The Deli owner died laughing,...

[stjade]

I also sound like, my cousin Vinny, and am proud of it. Just like i think everyone should be proud of their regional accents,after all its part of our heritage. Staten Island is famous for having a Deli-Bagel store every 1/2 mi. In the morning you can get the bagels hot from the oven. And usually not far from the bagel store is a Pizzeria, or a Nail salon. Steve

[Donna]

stjade ...Where on SI did you live???

[stjade]

Donna--85th st in B'klyn--then Victory b'lvd in westerliegh in S.I.

[Donna]

stjade...

76th Street Bklyn...Then Todt Hill, S.I, then Great Kills.......Small world :bigthumbsup:

[njgranny]

I know many times people in the "city" may seen rude and abrupt, but they're usually in a hurry.

When my mother-in-law passed away there a few years ago, people couldn't have been nicer. Everyone from the funeral director, to the hospital personnel, to the post office personnel, to the bank personnel were so helpful and kind and went out of their way to help us.

While I wouldn't want to live in a city, NYC is a vibrant and exciting place to visit. My grandkids love it, and we are fortunate to be only 100 miles away.

Jan

[Sidney Lanier]

NYVette: While it's true that people give short shrift to the rest of New York State, focusing instead on 'The City,' we who are elsewhere in the state really don't care very much, as we know where we are and what we have. For anyone who wants to see what we see from our house, check out the photo gallery in this link:

http://home.hvc.rr.com/smhp/

And if your sister graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 1967, so did Hyacinth Bucket ('HB'), who is on the SUNY New Paltz Alumni Board and who will be happy to hit your sister up for a donation to the Alumni Association.... '-) Seriously, please PM her or me with your sister's name and email address; they might well have known each other.

[samhass]

I have found most New Yorkers to be vibrant, passionate, fun loving, and opinionated. They're great!!! ;D

[Sidney Lanier]

JoC: We know the purple house in Gardiner well; it was--and may still be--owned by an acquaintance of ours. In fact, we once had dinner there, having bid on it as part of a fundraiser for the Gardiner Library, which I've been very involved with in fundraising and other activities over the years. Not familiar, though, with the cajun dance at the library. Do you mean the Gardiner Library or Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz (which also has fundraisers which I'm also involved with)?

There is indeed a Mid-Hudson Valley Club which we attended a meeting of in March in Pimlico Rec Center; they meet only bimonthly, and when we went, we met people who had for decades worked closely with good friends of ours (now retired teachers from the Wallkill School District). We will certainly be attending again when we snowbirds return for the late fall, winter, and early spring.

The first week we were in our Villages home in Belvedere, there was a knock on the door and a man called in, 'Did you bring any apples from Wright's?' which is one of our local orchards in Gardiner. Turned out to be a neighbor behind us who also retired to TV from Rhinebeck and who, after his retirement from his lifetime career, took a job driving the sports buses for Rhinebeck School District and so knew Gardiner well. Another of our neighbors two houses from us in TV (close friends of ours since 1964!) had mentioned to him where we had moved from.

Definitely a small world!

[Sidney Lanier]

samhass: Thank you, thank you! How could I not agree?...

[Donna]

I have found most New Yorkers to be vibrant, passionate, fun loving, and opinionated. They're great!!! ;D

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[njgranny]

I have a cab story. When my father-in-law died, my MIL had trouble walking, so we got her a cab to go to the funeral home (which was just a few blocks away). We put our 8 & 10 year old girls in the cab with her and, before we could give the guy directions, he went zipping away. My MIL spoke no English (gosh knows what the cab driver spoke). We were so relieved when they made it to the funeral home.

We laughed later, but, at the time, it didn't seem funny. :-)

[Donna]

Cute story.. :bigthumbsup:

[Just Susan]

I was born and raised in the Midwest, a Mn native...home of "Minnesota Nice"...(that means you always smile and say Hi nicely while running over the toes of someone you don't like with your shopping cart.)

I spent most of my adult life in Northern California, San Francisco and East Bay. In CA, the world is contained within the boundaries of the state...with one exception only 1/2 of the state is cool...which 1/2? Whichever 1/2 you lived in...

People from San Francisco and L.A, (they don't even use their city's whole name), like New Yorkers, when asked while traveling, where they are from, don't answer the United States, they say their city name.

What do I love about New Yorkers? They are sooo upfront. They tell it like it is, they are tough survivors of whatever life doles out and their passion is awesome to watch. They scare me a little, but they are also such fun to be around.

[Donna]

What do I love about New Yorkers? They are sooo upfront. They tell it like it is, they are tough survivors of whatever life doles out and their passion is awesome to watch. They scare me a little, but they are also such fun to be around.


What the heck do you mean by that??? 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

You are right Susan...We are upfront... :o

[graciegirl]

New York is just fine however...........

I love Ohio and Florida!

[johnfarr]

In my other life I worked for Eastern Airlines at JFK, and most of our passengers originated there. It seemed we had about 1 "ugly American" per 100 passengers, and that stereotype followed the rest of us. There are a lot of very good people there - just like everywhere else. For example, it is not uncommon for several men to stop on a parkway to assist a woman who happened to break down in a bad neighborhood.

Anyway, one day I was waiting to load passengers on a flight and was chatting with the six Atlanta-based flight attendants, five of whom I knew. One was brand new and soaking it all in. We liked each other and talked about our families, etc.

When it was time to load passengers I got up to leave and found the new flight attendant following me to the aircraft door. When she was out of earshot of the others she, in the cutest Georgia drawl, asked where I was from. I told her NY. She responded "but, but you are so niiice!"