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Every few months we get one - yes its been said forever by normal people and idiots alike. Yes they are only talking about Manhattan and no Manhattan isn't the only part of NYC
Many are unaware but Brooklyn was not only its own independent city prior to the consolidation that created "New York City" with its five boroughs. Indeed before this Brooklyn was in the top five (IIRC) urban areas of the United States.
Brooklyn didn't need Manhattan. It has plenty of its own industries, farming, waterfront, and most importantly unlike Manhattan it was attached to mainland USA. Brooklyn thus had easier access to the rich farm areas of Long Island (which when you get down to it includes Queens), and so forth.
Many Brooklyn residents had bitter harsh feelings over their "city" being gobbled up into "NYC". Those divisions lasted years after the consolidation, and in some cases right up to modern times. Thus many are quite happy that Brooklyn is now coming back into its own after years of being seen as second fiddle to Manhattan.
So yes, the "city" would refer to Manhattan, but Brooklyn was its own city as well, but no one referred to it that way.
Brooklyn also had the Dodgers, and thus didn't need Manhttan's "Giants" baseball team.
As a proud Brooklynite I must say I love when people know the history of the borough. It had an identity before 1898 and It still has it today. I also love how Brooklyn was the last piece to the puzzle.
But literally only the Bronx is connected to the mainland lol.
Furthermore I mostly hear older natives refer to manhattan as the city still. Most millennials just specify where in manhattan we're going. SoHo, the Village, Midtown etc. But it's def not a transplant thing to refer to Manhattan as the city.
Just a question - why is it that every other transplant says, "I'm going to the city" - meaning when they come into Manhattan from let's say, Brooklyn? As I understand it, "The City" is all five boroughs not just Manhattan.
Someone - who's not even from the US was actually telling me that, "the city" is only Manhattan. I disagree, and I'd never say, "Im leaving the city" when I go to Brooklyn, the Bronx or Queens.
I grew up here and so did almost every other single person that I know and we all say "the city" in terms of Manhattan. No one ever said, "I'm going to Manhattan today." I think transplants would do the opposite until they hear other people saying it and then follow along.
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Originally Posted by SeventhFloor
I remember this thread 10 years ago
I think there was one in the past couple of months.
I know some people who grew up in Inwood and think that it's the Bronx, not Manhattan. It probably has more in common with the Bronx than most of Manhattan..but it's obviously on Manhattan Island.
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