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MarathonKnitter
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Re: "thats not really NY"
let me throw a little bit of fuel to this one (since it's a slow day at work)
**born in queens, grew up out west, now i live in nj**
the statue of liberty isn't in new york, she's technically in new jersey.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by MissJones
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Maybe because I am from Queens but didn't the person just mean that you aren't from NYC - which technically, Long Island isn't part of the five boroughs so it isn't part of NYC. . .am I being dense here? 
Yeah, but Queens and Brooklyn are still ON LI. Not that it really matters, but it cracks me up when people forget that really, we all live on LI 
i will deny it 'til my dying day.
 
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by pmpkn087
When I went to Hawaii, everyone I came in contact said, "where are you from, you have a funny accent?" When I would reply New York, they would say "where, upstate?"
I'm like NO, NYC. How many people from upstate NY really go to Hawaii? AND, upstate NY is NOT famous like NYC is. I don't get it.
just curious as to why you would think that people from upstate would not be going to Hawaii? 
Its refreshing though to hear that OOT's can relate to other parts of NY besides LI and NYC considering they only make up a very small part of the state.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by MissJones
Posted by Tilde
Maybe because I am from Queens but didn't the person just mean that you aren't from NYC - which technically, Long Island isn't part of the five boroughs so it isn't part of NYC. . .am I being dense here?
Yeah, but Queens and Brooklyn are still ON LI. Not that it really matters, but it cracks me up when people forget that really, we all live on LI
To me, that's kind of like saying if you are American but you say you are from Canada. Being adjacent does not mean it is the same thing.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
I am guilty of feeling that way towards upsate NYers... not Westchester but like waaayyy upstate.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
nope, I can't say that I have ever heard that statement before 
I've heard it being said about upstate though. and anyone who says it is a moron.  check the map people
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pmpkn087
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Re: "thats not really NY"
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Posted by pmpkn087
When I went to Hawaii, everyone I came in contact said, "where are you from, you have a funny accent?" When I would reply New York, they would say "where, upstate?"
I'm like NO, NYC. How many people from upstate NY really go to Hawaii? AND, upstate NY is NOT famous like NYC is. I don't get it.
just curious as to why you would think that people from upstate would not be going to Hawaii?
Its refreshing though to hear that OOT's can relate to other parts of NY besides LI and NYC considering they only make up a very small part of the state.
I'm not saying they don't go to Hawaii. What I mean is do they really meet THAT many people from upstate NY? One would think they meet more people from NYC, since it is more densly populated, at least I would. AND, why would they say "upstate NY" like it is the neighborhood. If you have from upstate, you don't say 'upstate' you would usually say WHERE upstate, the county or town or whatever. KWIM?
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by pmpkn087
When I went to Hawaii, everyone I came in contact said, "where are you from, you have a funny accent?" When I would reply New York, they would say "where, upstate?"
I'm like NO, NYC. How many people from upstate NY really go to Hawaii? AND, upstate NY is NOT famous like NYC is. I don't get it.
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Nicole728
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Re: "thats not really NY"
I get that a lot, especially since i live down south...when people here NY, they immediately think the city...
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by pmpkn087
When I went to Hawaii, everyone I came in contact said, "where are you from, you have a funny accent?" When I would reply New York, they would say "where, upstate?"
I'm like NO, NYC. How many people from upstate NY really go to Hawaii? AND, upstate NY is NOT famous like NYC is. I don't get it.
Actually, you're not from NYC (New York City) if you're from Long Island. From NY, yes, but not NYC.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
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Posted by pmpkn087
When I went to Hawaii, everyone I came in contact said, "where are you from, you have a funny accent?" When I would reply New York, they would say "where, upstate?"
I'm like NO, NYC. How many people from upstate NY really go to Hawaii? AND, upstate NY is NOT famous like NYC is. I don't get it.
Actually, you're not from NYC (New York City) if you're from Long Island. From NY, yes, but not NYC.
I'm not from LI.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
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Boobobunny
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by jxnoscar
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I've met some "upstaters" (way upstate) who said NYC AND Long Island were not really New York, according to them.
that's why our licence plates got changes to images of niagra falls, etc.
Because New York State residents thought the Statue of Liberty was too New York City-centric.
actually the statue of liberty was removed from NY plates because as of 1998..(I think that was the year) it was declared that NJ actually owns lady liberty...and Ellis Island is in NY
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Emily
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
 You're defintely a Nyer Em !
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Goldi0218
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Boobobunny
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Posted by MichelleR
I've met some "upstaters" (way upstate) who said NYC AND Long Island were not really New York, according to them.
that's why our licence plates got changes to images of niagra falls, etc.
Because New York State residents thought the Statue of Liberty was too New York City-centric.
actually the statue of liberty was removed from NY plates because as of 1998..(I think that was the year) it was declared that NJ actually owns lady liberty...and Ellis Island is in NY
I never thought of the statue as NY-centric - I think of it as AMERICA-centric.
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Emily
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
beinf "from" new york and being a "new yorker" are different. no one is denying youre a new yorker.
you are FROM Ohio, but LIVE in NY. you are a New Yorker, but not FROM New York.
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Jesaroo
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Goldi0218
Posted by Boobobunny
Posted by jxnoscar
Posted by MichelleR
I've met some "upstaters" (way upstate) who said NYC AND Long Island were not really New York, according to them.
that's why our licence plates got changes to images of niagra falls, etc.
Because New York State residents thought the Statue of Liberty was too New York City-centric.
actually the statue of liberty was removed from NY plates because as of 1998..(I think that was the year) it was declared that NJ actually owns lady liberty...and Ellis Island is in NY
I never thought of the statue as NY-centric - I think of it as AMERICA-centric.
thats what i said!
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by Emily
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
beinf "from" new york and being a "new yorker" are different. no one is denying youre a new yorker.
you are FROM Ohio, but LIVE in NY. you are a New Yorker, but not FROM New York.
Ok
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Re: "thats not really NY"
YEP!! People only think of NYC when you say NY
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Re: "thats not really NY"
I teach in Queens and people always say that.... and they live in Queens or Brooklyn I always say well I guess you don't either since you are living on LI as well
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Jesaroo
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Emily
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Posted by Emily
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
beinf "from" new york and being a "new yorker" are different. no one is denying youre a new yorker.
you are FROM Ohio, but LIVE in NY. you are a New Yorker, but not FROM New York.
Ok
why the eyeroll? youre from Ohio... whats the problem?
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by Emily
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
beinf "from" new york and being a "new yorker" are different. no one is denying youre a new yorker.
you are FROM Ohio, but LIVE in NY. you are a New Yorker, but not FROM New York.
So when someone asks me where I'm FROM should I say Philadelphia, since I was born there, but only lived there until I was 6?
Or Delaware, since I was raised there?
Or State College, since I lived there for 4 years?
Or Long Island since I lived there for five years?
Or NJ since I live here now?
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Jesaroo
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Re: "thats not really NY"
Posted by leighla
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Posted by Emily
Well, I am from Ohio and been here 7 years....
I pay NY taxes..so that makes me a new yorker. So deal with it.
eta: I have a NY License, too. Look it says I am from NY...
beinf "from" new york and being a "new yorker" are different. no one is denying youre a new yorker.
you are FROM Ohio, but LIVE in NY. you are a New Yorker, but not FROM New York.
So when someone asks me where I'm FROM should I say Philadelphia, since I was born there, but only lived there until I was 6?
Or Delaware, since I was raised there?
Or State College, since I lived there for 4 years?
Or Long Island since I lived there for five years?
Or NJ since I live here now?
i think where you were raised is where you are from.
like i was born in one town , but i grew up in another and then moved on form there. but i always say hte town i'm "from" is teh one i grew up in.
eta: for example, i have lived in Brooklyn for 5 years now, but i dont say i am "from" brooklyn. i say i'm from hauppage, long island
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