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Like that Cheetos commercial with the annoying snobby woman.
Ya know she was definitely supposed to be a NY woman because she's brunette (equals "ethnic" in Hollywood). If she were a blonde then I'd say they were ragging on Cali females.
It's about money and class, not geography. The vast majority of hip young things moving to the city are from Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut, not "the Midwest." New Yorkers have perpetual anxiety not about money, per se, we're accustomed to being around the very rich, but about real estate. If prices were lower and people had more control over their housing options, no one would care where someone else was born.
I have a friend who was born in Elizabeth, NJ. He went to Columbia (undergrad and law school) and now lives in Manhattan. Is he a "real" New Yorker or merely a poseur from the hinterland?
I have another friend who was born in Woodside, Queens. She is now a professional theater artist in Manhattan. If you passed her on the street you might think she is some rich kid from Wisconsin merely pretending to be an actor/hipster. Her parents are classic, lower-middle-class New Yorkers.
You can never really know someone's story just by looking at him/her. Using code words like "Midwesterner" is both misleading and pointless.
I was just throwing a location out there. I don't know where hipsters come from. Hell I thought they were branching out from Manhattan and didn't wanna seem like yuppies so instead of getting a job at daddys firm, they just take a check every month and pretend to be bohemian artist in brooklyn.
It's about money and class, not geography. The vast majority of hip young things moving to the city are from Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut, not "the Midwest." New Yorkers have perpetual anxiety not about money, per se, we're accustomed to being around the very rich, but about real estate. If prices were lower and people had more control over their housing options, no one would care where someone else was born.
I have a friend who was born in Elizabeth, NJ. He went to Columbia (undergrad and law school) and now lives in Manhattan. Is he a "real" New Yorker or merely a poseur from the hinterland?
I have another friend who was born in Woodside, Queens. She is now a professional theater artist in Manhattan. If you passed her on the street you might think she is some rich kid from Wisconsin merely pretending to be an actor/hipster. Her parents are classic, lower-middle-class New Yorkers.
You can never really know someone's story just by looking at him/her. Using code words like "Midwesterner" is both misleading and pointless.
the kids from the burbs are usually the yuppies since they have the right connections to get those kinds of jobs
At least the yuppies had jobs. These hipster kids from kansas live off their moma and daddy.
Yuppies are the people in Park Slope. Hipsters are the people in Williamsburg.
Yuppies didn't disappear. They're just different people. A different subculture and set of shared values. The two groups have some similarities but a lot of differences too.
i see . the people in New Yorkers is very beautiful and sweet
in my county (kuwait) i see many people in New Yorkers and usa . i like it
Once upon a time, I worked in an office where the boss used to bring in German "interns" every summer. These kids were unfailingly jealous of us--because we weren't just visiting; we could call New York City home. It turns out that people all around the world think of NYC in truly glowing terms. It's only here in the United States where other people are always looking to say terrible things about New York.
I've lived here all my life, and I'll admit I'm usually in a hostile mood because i'd love to enjoy the city more. But I cant becuz the dang hipsters who live off daddys dime are driving up the rent prices, overcrowding the city, and taking good jobs. Maybe we'd be more appreciative if transplants didn't ruin it all. (yes RUIN, all this new construction ruining cool authentic places becuz people will not stop living out their Sex and the City dream)
The transplants/hipsters sometime seem like they're trying to prove that they've got a NY Attitude. I've seen a lot more of them yelling, pushing, cursing and complaining than true NYkers.
Once upon a time, they were yuppies. Now they're hipsters. They'll probably acquire a new designation in a few years, but the type remains consistent.
And before that they were "preppies".. (which included "real" New Yorkers too).
I just really like New Yorkers, the accents, styles and attitude. But that doesn't mean I dont like out of towners either. I have a bunch of friends from other places and have for decades, so I also dont find myself feeling "snobby" or negative about people from other parts of the country. The Eurotrash can get annoying. Sorry.
I try not to get upset when the tourists block the sidewalk, it is an annoying habit but they seem to be so light-hearted and well-meaning, its a shame to be mean and grumpy about it.
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