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i'm growing tired of this claim from some people. many who are throwing this around are not 'from' here at all. they may currently live here and have lived here for an appreciable number of years. they reside here; they may even be domiciled here. but, they are not 'from' here. it makes a difference. if you grew up here and went to high school here (especially a public high school), you have a different take on issues that effect the city, your neighborhood, and your neighbors than someone who did not. i think the distinction is useful because people come here looking for advice, and they should know the basis for the advice they are given. claiming to be 'from' nyc when you're not does them a disservice.
i'm growing tired of this claim from some people. many who are throwing this around are not 'from' here at all. they may currently live here and have lived here for an appreciable number of years. they reside here; they may even be domiciled here. but, they are not 'from' here. it makes a difference. if you grew up here and went to high school here (especially a public high school), you have a different take on issues that effect the city, your neighborhood, and your neighbors than someone who did not. i think the distinction is useful because people come here looking for advice, and they should know the basis for the advice they are given. claiming to be 'from' nyc when you're not does them a disservice.
I only semi-agree with this. If you've moved to NY in the past few years and never experienced the rough periods this city went through, and have only been exposed to the New York characterized by the Disneyfication of Times Square and gentrification, then yes, your perspective will be quite different than someone who's lived here for their entire lives.
But what about someone who moved here for college in the 60s and decided to stay and make it their home for the next 40+ years? Does their opinion count less than a native New Yorker not born until the late 70s or 80s? Or what about my grandparents who moved to NYC from Italy in 1950? They weren't raised here. They didn't go to school here. Are they not New Yorkers even though a larger percentage of their lives was actually spent here rather than Italy?
You raise an interesting point, but I'm not sure you can make a blanket statement about what constitutes a New Yorker and what doesn't.
When if ever can I claim that I am a New Yorker? 10 years down the road, or can I never do such a thing? I'm a transplant from L.A., but feel such at home in NYC.
When if ever can I claim that I am a New Yorker? 10 years down the road, or can I never do such a thing? I'm a transplant from L.A., but feel such at home in NYC.
as far as i'm concerned, you could claim that you're a new yorker. you're an nyc resident. after 10 years, you're clearly an nyc domiciliary. it's not about not being a new yorker. but, you can never claim that you're from here. there will always be certain issues that you cannot understand in the same way that someone who is from here can.
I suppose if I was raised in Manhattan, I grew up here, too. I went to school in Manhattan (private), college in Massachusetts, but medical school/graduate school back in Manhattan (Columbia), as well as my internship, residency and fellowship. I worked for 1.5 years in Princeton, but came back at the first opportunity....I've seen it all here.
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