Did you realize that when you are from New York... (home, live)

[Americasman]

and you move anywhere else you are still from New York. No matter how long you live someplace else you are still from New York. The people elsewhere always consider you from New York and to be quite honest New York never leaves you. It is just part of who you are and you feel like an outsider anywhere else...Just thought i would share my experience...

[11KAP]

^ no doubt!! and when you get back home to nyc,
even random people act like they missed you and
make you feel like you belong.

[Vic Future]

My Queens accent gives me away as a NYer every time!

[Gesarsenal]

LOL I get uncomfortable when I am out of town and people say hi or good morning!! Like what are they up to? LOL

[ja1myn]

Originally Posted by Gesarsenal

LOL I get uncomfortable when I am out of town and people say hi or good morning!! Like what are they up to? LOL

And then they call you rude for wondering lol.

[11KAP]

^ I'm cool with hospitality but nosiness gotta go.

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by Americasman

and you move anywhere else you are still from New York.

Got that $h1t right. Like a stranger in a strange land.

[Fred314X]

Originally Posted by Americasman

and you move anywhere else you are still from New York. No matter how long you live someplace else you are still from New York. The people elsewhere always consider you from New York and to be quite honest New York never leaves you. It is just part of who you are and you feel like an outsider anywhere else...Just thought i would share my experience...

I knew that! On the other hand, I'm not the kind of person who'd even attempt to deny that I'm a native New Yorker. Quite the contrary.

[Miss J 74]

I find it funny that when I'm here people think I'm from someplace else because I don't have the typical accent. It only comes out when I'm pissed off.

However the minute I leave the city, people always ask me right away if I'm from NY. So I must have some kind of accent that I'm not aware of.

I'll always be from New York. However here's a question. Let's say I move to another state and stay there for a few years. Do I then say I am from there by way of NY, or originally from NY. Because so many people who move here are so quick to identify themselves as New Yorkers as if they're ashamed of their hometowns and where they originally came from.

[11KAP]

^ just give them the short answer. that way you don't have to give your life story.