New yorkers still don't fit

[blueskies49]

Originally Posted by Willys

Aren't they locally, well, nationally also, referred to as congressmembers?

Good one!

[wisdom4me]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

The only people that I know that seem to think they "don't fit" are those that move here from any other state, not just NY, and constantly whine and complain. Like to go around spouting how much better it is where they come from, say Texas is flat (lol, that one always cracks me up, like Florida has lots of mountains HA), has no trees (w/in the city limits of Dallas is one of the largest native hardwood forests AND a native palm tree area), etc. Say things like "Texans" can't drive when over 1/2 the people that live IN Texas are not from here. These are the only ones that seem to think they "don't fit". Otherwise people that move here that are open to something new and don't want to compare their new home to their old one are just fine.

Maybe I didn't fill in the rest, but I have lived in Texas 30 years I gave birth to my 4th child here and buried my first born son here. I couldn't feel more at home then if I was born here.. but I wasn't and a NY state of mind never leaves you.

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by wisdom4me

I hear there are many northerners who have moved to Texas. I have lived here 28 years and only met a handful. It's not just "yankees" that feel a little home sick at times It's people from all over the USA. It's only natural that we miss the place where we were born and raised. I have developed a good life here in the Woodlands Texas, I have raised 4 kids and now own a restaurant, but in all these years I still feel like a fish out of water. When I go to the store and talk with my Brooklyn accent I still get stares comments.I have not met a Texan who "get"s a sienfeld sense of humor" they just look at you like you have two heads, and try and ask for a cannoli in the grocery store. Don't get me wrong, I have met a lot of great texans, I just miss the ya da ya da ya da...

You should have moved to Dallas. There are tons of New Yorkers here; they flooded in in the 1970s and 1980s. We DO get Seinfeld, too.