Quote: "New York isn't a background. I am sure the majority of New Yorkers all come from somewhere, either 1st or second generation. Anyone can move there and think they're better than people who live in, say, Toronto."
I never said I was better than anyone, and I've never heard re faze say that either. We're just proud of where we live and happy that we live here. But I think you need to live here for some set period of time to
really be a NYer
I've met lots of people who move here from one of the flyover states and three rides on the subway and two nathan's hotdogs later, they're complaining about Bloomberg and cheering for the Yankees. Most of us get kinda annoyed at people like that, lol.
Quote: "Most of us? Well, sorry but my I am part Indian, so my ancestors were here waaay before you came here, but then again my other ancestors did do some sort of immigration. I don't know"
So part of you is native-american, but the other part of you robbed, lied, cheated, stole, and murdered to steal land just like many of our ancestors did... those ones, the mean ones, probably came in through New York harbor
My ancestors on my Dad's side, equally evil, just stayed in New York and didn't go out on the praerie (sp?)... cooking in Brooklyn beats building log cabins in the woods any day, imho anyway
My mom's ancestors were stolen from their homeland and forced into labor here working on farms and stuff, so they don't count into the whole immigration thing, although I've met people who claimed slaves were immigrants too.. there's an arguement in the making, lol.
Quote: "Sure, you love New York, so I could say I love California, but I don't rant off enough about it making everyone annoyed "
Don't you live in Texas? Anyway, where I come from "ranting" is a different thing than "mentioning." I don't think I've ever gone on a tangent about NY, and if I did I'm sorry, and I don't think I've ever tried to make myself sound cooler than anyone else because it's where I'm from... we're just people, like you are. But we're proud of where we come from... I don't see the crime in that. If you talked about the city you're from a lot, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't care... in the least, I'd come away from it knowing a bit about what life is like where you live and how it's different from here. My girlfriend is from Idaho and when she came here she never had a decent slice of pizza, never heard of funnel cake or gyros, didn't understand that hot dogs can be a delicacy, and had no understanding of what calzones, stromoli, or cannolis were... and I was fascinated by that. I guess either I'm not uptight about what people mention in their posts, or I don't have a reason to be jealous of where someone else lives (except for all of the English people on here... because england seems totally awesome). anyway, seriously, you shouldn't take it so seriously. Calm down, eat a cannoli, and ignore me if it bugs you so much
But if it bothers
everyone that badly, I'll try to monitor myself in future posts
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