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Oh, every city THINKS it's NYC's rival. But it's rarely reciprocated.
NY is big enough for multiple rivalries. Some people in the city hate Jersey above all else. Baseball fans will hate Boston more. A football fan will hate either Philly or New England based on the team they root for. A basketball fan will harbor resentment toward LA or MIA.
The only city I read that sounds a bit outlandish is London. How many actual New Yorkers (not transplants) would actually wear a "F London" shirt? Probably not many.
The only city I read that sounds a bit outlandish is London. How many actual New Yorkers (not transplants) would actually wear a "F London" shirt? Probably not many.
The rivalry with London is not a sports rivalry... Its an actual city competition. We have many local laws in place and people on payroll dedicated to specifically counter what is done in London and vice versa. Honestly, thats the only rivalry that actually matters, since it effects actual peoples jobs.
The rivalry with London is not a sports rivalry... Its an actual city competition. We have many local laws in place and people on payroll dedicated to specifically counter what is done in London and vice versa. Honestly, thats the only rivalry that actually matters, since it effects actual peoples jobs.
......to who? The bureaucrats?
The people make up the personality of the city and New Yorkers don't go to London looking to pick a fight or vice versa.
I get your point but you're not looking at it from the perspective that matters. Wearing London paraphernalia in NYC may breed curiosity. Wearing anything related to Philly, Boston or Jersey will usually get some kind of negative response.
Same thing with a Yankees hat in Philly or Boston.
Economic rivalry, for sure; you have to give it to London, Beijing or HK (and even then, NYC has recently stolen the tech title on the EC from Boston and is competing with Silicon Valley). But let's not act like outside of a small percentage of the population it matters.
Chicago and Detroit, Chicago and Green Bay. It mainly stems from sports rivalries, but there is a general distaste for one another because of, and it often runs deeper than just the sports rivalry.
Los Angeles and New York City aren't big rivals, whatsoever. Maybe California and New York State, but not LA and NYC.
Los Angeles and San Francisco, on the other hand...
I don't really think LA and SF are big rivals as its really only SF that looks down on LA. SF was Californias first global city, and since LA has passed it up in population and global rankings, I think there is some bitterness present. People in LA don't really have resentment towards any other major city, and many in LA love having a city as great as SF to share their state with.
Ask someone in SF what they think about LA, however, and most of the time they will have a million reasons to think its the scum of the earth.
Also AZ and NM, one is anti-Mexican, the other full out Hispanic and has Mexico in the name. New Mexico wants more of Arizona's Colorado-water, and Arizona wants more of New Mexico's film industry.
In recent years, New York City has gotten into a "reluctant" rivalry with Washington DC. It is mainly because federal government regulations have increasingly been keeping Wall Street in check. The big banks don't seem to like Dodd Frank very much, for example.
However, I'm still trying to figure out the New York City media's fascination with Washington DC institutions - which seems to have also increased in recent years.
Oh my gosh, Houston vs Dallas, check out the 12k post thread on the Texas forum! Even threads about other areas often devolve into a Dallas/Houston fight.
I really only think of New Mexico as a place to visit not a rival. I did spend an unpleasant trip on a shuttle bus years ago listening to the driver trash everyone from Texas, so maybe the rivalry is from their side. I also don't feel a rivalry with CA. The animosity comes from native Texans toward CA residents who move to Texas then complain and want to change everything to what they left. I don't know if I'd call that rivalry and it doesn't really extend to transplants who embrace Texas or at least keep their hatred to themselves.
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