“The City” (Roosevelt, Inwood, Hamilton: living, work, cats)

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by mvres

Sure they do. Manhattanites can say "I live in the city." Those from the outerboroughs do not.

Roosevelt Island is part of Manhattan, so they say they live in the city too?

Are you a native?

[l1995]

Originally Posted by TizOnly1

I'm from Brooklyn, we always said "the city". This isn't new.

If you're only like 30 then that's not old enough

[TizOnly1]

Originally Posted by l1995

If you're only like 30 then that's not old enough

30 years ago isn't enough to qualify something as "not new"?

I've got a Walkman I can sell you for $200, if you're into the latest tech.

[Aeran]

Originally Posted by BPt111

People in NYC metro area call Manhattan the city like Long Island, Westchester, Northern New Jersey, Western CT.

“We are going to the city later”

Yep.

[upthere22]

Originally Posted by TizOnly1

30 years ago isn't enough to qualify something as "not new"?

I've got a Walkman I can sell you for $200, if you're into the latest tech.

ummm you seems to confuse quantity with quality.
i know people in the Bronx that have lived there for 40 years and dont know downtown for example.
you can "learn" NYC a lot in 10 years, some people are born here and never get to know it.

[TizOnly1]

Originally Posted by upthere22

ummm you seems to confuse quantity with quality.
i know people in the Bronx that have lived there for 40 years and dont know downtown for example.
you can "learn" NYC a lot in 10 years, some people are born here and never get to know it.

Great. That's got nothing to do with a term being used for 30 years being considered "new".

[l1995]

Originally Posted by TizOnly1

30 years ago isn't enough to qualify something as "not new"?

I've got a Walkman I can sell you for $200, if you're into the latest tech.

Well I'm 23 and I certainly don't claim to remember the lexicon of the 90s and early 2000s just because I was alive then

[RICANRICAN]

Originally Posted by BPt111

NYC metro area slangs

North of 96th street = Uptown areas like Harlem, East Harlem etc
South of 96th street = “The City” refer to area south of 96th street or Manhattan in general
BX or The X = The Bronx
BK = Brooklyn
The East or Going to East = East New York area or Eastern Brooklyn
LIC = Long Island City
Strong Island = Long Island
SI = Staten Island
Westchester = Westchester County areas like Yonkers, MT Vernon, White Plains
The City = can refer as NYC or Manhattan also if live in within metro area not in NYC
Midtown = 34th Street to 59th Street area

You forgot The lower = the low eastside1

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by mvres

Sure they do. Manhattanites can say "I live in the city." Those from the outerboroughs do not.

If I'm upstate I say I'm from "the city." If I'm in Manhattan I say I'm from Queens.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by gladhands

Why not?

Too far north.