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I am a native Midwesterner and am curious about NY attitudes towards Midwestern transplants. Why does it seem like there is so much hate? In NYC people call out my 'Michigan accent'... something I've never experienced anywhere else. I'm told I sound nasal, high-pitched, and annoying. Wish that were a joke. Ironically, this was mentioned by someone originally from Ohio.
It's not hate; it's curiosity. If someone says something to me about a Brooklyn accent, my standard reply is, "Accent? What accent? I don't have an accent--you do!"
I hate transplants who will refuse to go out to dinner unless the location is in Manhattan (below 96th Street of course). I hate transplants whose parents pay their rent and don't understand why you don't live in Manhattan. I hate transplants that will turn down a date with a guy because he lives in an outer borough. I HATE transplants that dare call people "bridge and tunnel" and sneer at them in disgust. However, if they are here to see the REAL New York and realize that Manhattan does not compromise the whole city, then I welcome them with open arms.
I am a native Midwesterner and am curious about NY attitudes towards Midwestern transplants. Why does it seem like there is so much hate? In NYC people call out my 'Michigan accent'... something I've never experienced anywhere else. I'm told I sound nasal, high-pitched, and annoying. Wish that were a joke. Ironically, this was mentioned by someone originally from Ohio.
This sounds like a comment from someone who was picking on you, didn't like you for some reason, or wanted to try to prove how much better they are than you.
I suspect the comment could have consisted of any kind of insult -- like your clothes being ugly, your nose too big, your job not cool enough, your neighborhood not hip, etc. This person probably just chose the first insult he/she could think of.
I am a native Midwesterner and am curious about NY attitudes towards Midwestern transplants. Why does it seem like there is so much hate? In NYC people call out my 'Michigan accent'... something I've never experienced anywhere else. I'm told I sound nasal, high-pitched, and annoying. Wish that were a joke. Ironically, this was mentioned by someone originally from Ohio.
I am a native Midwesterner and am curious about NY attitudes towards Midwestern transplants. Why does it seem like there is so much hate? In NYC people call out my 'Michigan accent'... something I've never experienced anywhere else. I'm told I sound nasal, high-pitched, and annoying. Wish that were a joke. Ironically, this was mentioned by someone originally from Ohio.
Sounds more like transplant vs. transplant hate to me.
As a native NY'er, I think fellow native NY'ers are a-holes. I love nice midwestern tranplants a lot more. At worse they are passive-aggressive, unlike rude a-hole natives.
As a native NY'er, I think fellow native NY'ers are a-holes. I love nice midwestern tranplants a lot more. At worse they are passive-aggressive, unlike rude a-hole natives.
Not really. As a native, the other natives I've met over the years are actually very chill and easier to get along with. Somehow i also become friends with natives easily.
As for the OP. I really have nothing against transplants or midwesterners...all my co-workers are from the West Coast or Mid west. My only bad experience was with this group of recent midwestern transplants a few years ago that I found to be rude and self-absorbed...ya know, the pretentious hipster type. After living here for a few years, I'm sure they've mellowed out and have become more chill.
As a native NY'er, I think fellow native NY'ers are a-holes. I love nice midwestern tranplants a lot more. At worse they are passive-aggressive, unlike rude a-hole natives.
NYers are stuck up and Midwesterners are laidback, very!
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