Maggers Wrote:Now I know how people feel when then run into a New Yorker who thinks there is no other place on the planet. I'm a native New Yorker, and unlike yourself and most of my family, I've chosen to live here my entire life. Heaven help me, I hope I don't sound so arrogant when I speak about NY, but I probably do.
Yes, NYC is unique. It's big, it's bold, it's beautiful, it's an in-your-face city like no other. But that doesn't make it better than any other city, town or hamlet, just different.
Thanks for the eye-opener, NYCJoe. Gave me some insight into how I must sound from time to time.
P.S. It's a lot easier to read posts in which you are responding to someone when you use the quote brackets that automatically highlight the quotes to which you are replying. Otherwise it's very confusing to follow the flow of your thoughts.
Are you SURE you're from New York? You sound awfully sensitive!
If you substitute "erudite and articulate" for "arrogant," then I hope you do sound the same.
"Different" is a word with myriad connotations. For example, my kin in Arkansas use the word "different" in a different way. When asked, "How did you like the new Chinese restaurant down at the mall." They might say, "Well, it was different." This is a Southern (polite) way of saying, "It was weird and strange and I did not like it!"
New York City is so much more than "different." It is unique in a way that only a handful of American cities and a dozen in the world are. It is not arrogant to express fact and the uniqueness of New York City does not detract from the indvidual aspects of other cities, nor does it denigrate other cities by comparison, unless you allow it do do so. Another fact, more songs have been written about New York City than any other city in the world! If it is arrogant to state that fact, well then . . . EXCUUUUUUSE ME!
Will Rogers once said, "It ain't braggin', if you can really do it." I say, "It isn't arrogance if that's the fact, JACK!"
NewYorkjoe