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Demographics of Brooklyn: specifically Bensunhurst, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Bayridge, Borough Park, Sunset Park, and Coney Island. Italians, Irish, Jewish, Port Rican and Norwegian dominated these neighborhoods and remnants still exists today. Although, more frequently now, Russians, eastern Europeans, middle easterns, Chinese, Pakistani's, Bangli's, Mexicans, central Americans, and Central Asians from the former soviet republics are beginning to have increased in these neighborhoods, you still see orginall Brooklynites with their native Brooklyn accent. Bensunhurst, once an Italian enclave seems like an international fair.
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Dyker Heights is still Italian, Brooklyn has changed, you hardly see any Guido's, Italians that have remained in Brooklyn have learned to coexsist with other nationalities.
I love visiting New York City but would never want to live there. But I could picture retiring to New York State to be close by the City for all it has to offer. When I was younger I interviewed for quite a few jobs at companies in suburban New York and New Jersey and found the people brash. They had that famous New York and New Jersey attitude. I always wondered how far one has to get away from New York City before the majority of people are more low keyed, friendly and lack that famous City attitude.
(Yes, I know many people living in New York are friendly nice people, but I still feel THE ATTITUDE)
I spend alot of time in Buffalo, NY and find the people in that City to be so different than those in New York City. Though I would like to move closer to the City but far from the attitude.
Close to New York City but far from THE ATTITUDE, where?
Does Dewitt count? I went furniture shopping yesterday at Raymour and Flannigan. Wow, some nice stuff. And, not too costly. Much nicer than Chinatown. Ooh oh, I hope no CHinatown employees are monitoring this website.Hehe. My GPS is a godsend. Lots of one way streets downtown remeind me of Troy.
Thanks for asking.
The "New York" attitude is not defined, nor has it ever been defined by the city walls of nyc. It is a state wide phenomenon, one that includes the eastern tip of long island to niagara falls.
The attitude comes from housing the most cultually dominant city, in the most cultually dominant state, in the most culturally dominant country.
I think part of it is definitely the blue-collar Italian history thats rooted in the city fabric. Its not just limited to the city either. Anywhere with Italian Americans: Upstate, LI, New England, Jersey, Philly, etc.
To answer the OP's question, live in the Lehigh Valley/Poconos area. only 45-hour west of the city, but youre not caught up in the attitudes for the most part. Its PA. A lot of people commute from that far.
I think part of it is definitely the blue-collar Italian history thats rooted in the city fabric. Its not just limited to the city either. Anywhere with Italian Americans: Upstate, LI, New England, Jersey, Philly, etc.
Think the answer to the OP's question looks something like this:
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Interesting.
