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Pauline (not verified) says:
Anonymous1 posted the following at 6:48 p.m:
"...New York became the great city that it is because noone is actually from New York..."
Uh, ok...
I was born in Manhattan and most of my friends were as well. My family goes back three generations here. I guess all of the children I grew up with and went to school with don't count? I'll never understand why some transplants to this city insist that they outnumber the natives.
In fact, if you check the Department of City Planning's stats you will see that out of 8 million or so in this city, about half of us are from NYC originally. About 40% of the city consists of foreign born people and less than 10%, or about 700,000 people in this city are from flyover states, California, Florida or wherever else.
I guess it makes sense if you consider that most transplants hang out with other transplants in a select few neighborhoods, the Lower East Side, Williamsburg, etc.
My advice to you anonymous is to get out and explore the city a bit more. Get to know some actual New Yorkers. You'll be surprised how many of us there are. Good luck!
Anonymous1 posted the following at 6:48 p.m:
"...New York became the great city that it is because noone is actually from New York..."
Uh, ok...
I was born in Manhattan and most of my friends were as well. My family goes back three generations here. I guess all of the children I grew up with and went to school with don't count? I'll never understand why some transplants to this city insist that they outnumber the natives.
In fact, if you check the Department of City Planning's stats you will see that out of 8 million or so in this city, about half of us are from NYC originally. About 40% of the city consists of foreign born people and less than 10%, or about 700,000 people in this city are from flyover states, California, Florida or wherever else.
I guess it makes sense if you consider that most transplants hang out with other transplants in a select few neighborhoods, the Lower East Side, Williamsburg, etc.
My advice to you anonymous is to get out and explore the city a bit more. Get to know some actual New Yorkers. You'll be surprised how many of us there are. Good luck!