A TRUE NEW YORKER

[MasterWolf1]

Only those that grew up in New York can relate and understand the meaning of ... Being a New Yorker



THERE IS NO NORTH AND SOUTH. IT'S 'UPTOWN' OR 'DOWNTOWN.' IF YOU'RE REALLY FROM NEW YORK, YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
 
CONCEPT OF WHERE NORTH AND SOUTH ARE...AND EAST OR WEST IS 'CROSS-TOWN.'
 
YOU'RE 35 YEARS OLD AND DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
 
YOU RIDE IN A SUBWAY CAR WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SEATS AVAILABLE.
 
YOU TAKE THE TRAIN HOME AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ON THE PLATFORM THE DOORS WILL OPEN THAT WILL LEAVE YOU RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EXIT STAIRWAY.
 
YOU KNOW WHAT A 'REGULAR' COFFEE IS.
 
IT'S NOT MANHATTAN...IT'S THE 'CITY.'
 
 
YOU CROSS THE STREET ANY WHERE BUT ON THE CORNERS AND YOU YELL AT CARS FOR NOT RESPECTING YOUR RIGHT TO DO IT.
 
YOU MOVE 3,000 MILES AWAY, SPEND 10 YEARS LEARNING THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE STILL KNOW YOU'RE FROM BROOKLYN, LONG ISLAND OR THE BRONX THE MINUTE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
 
YOU RETURN AFTER 10 YEARS AND THE FIRST FOODS YOU WANT ARE A 'REAL' PIZZA AND A 'REAL' BAGEL.
 
A 500 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT IS LARGE.
 
YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT RAY'S PIZZAS.
 
 
YOU ARE NOT UNDER THE MISTAKEN IMPRESSION THAT ANY HUMAN BEING WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND A P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE SUBWAY.
 
YOU WOULDN'T BOTHER ORDERING PIZZA IN ANY OTHER CITY.
 
YOU GET READY TO ORDER DINNER EVERY NIGHT AND MUST CHOOSE FROM THE MAJOR FOOD GROUPS WHICH ARE: CHINESE, ITALIAN, MEXICAN OR INDIAN.
 
YOU'RE NOT THE LEAST BIT INTERESTED IN GOING TO TIMES SQUARE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
 
 
 
YOUR INTERNAL CLOCK IS PERMANENTLY SET TO KNOW WHEN ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING REGULATIONS IS IN EFFECT.
 
YOU KNOW WHAT A BODEGA IS.
 
SOMEONE BUMPS INTO YOU AND YOU CHECK FOR YOUR WALLET.
 
 
YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE THE LADY WALKING DOWN THE ROAD HAVING A PERFECTLY NORMAL CONVERSATION WITH HERSELF.
 
 
YOU PAY 'ONLY' $230 A MONTH TO PARK YOUR CAR.
 
YOU CRINGE AT HEARING PEOPLE PRONOUNCE HOUSTON ST. LIKE THE CITY IN TEXAS.
 
THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT IS A MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM, NOT AN HONOR.
 
YOU CAN NAP ON THE SUBWAY AND NEVER MISS YOUR STOP.
 
THE DELI GUY GIVES YOU A STRAW WITH ANY BEVERAGE YOU BUY, EVEN IF IT'S A BEER.
 
THAT'S NEW YORK, BABY! YA GOTTA LOVE IT.

[FULL METAL JACKET]

lmao all true. Especially nappin on the subway, people just magically awake at their stop  I've been seeing it for years.

[MasterWolf1]

lol I been all over the country and asked for "Large Regular, plane with smear of cream cheese", and except for NYC, they have no clue what I am talking about.

[MasterWolf1]

A real New Yorker doesn't cringe at the sight of rats in the subway tracks, we just look and shrug shoulders, big deal.. Now where is that dang train at.

[horselady]

lol I been all over the country and asked for "Large Regular, plane with smear of cream cheese", and except for NYC, they have no clue what I am talking about.

A regular outside of NY comes with lots of sugar in it. Yuck.

I went to school in the Midwest and when someone invited me to see a show, I thought it would be a
Broadway type show, instead it was only a Movie.

I think NYers are the only people who wait "on" line instead of "in" line.

You know when a woman is not a New Yorker because she hangs her purse over the back of the chair
in a restaurant instead of in her lap or between her feet as NYers do.

[MasterWolf1]

We will wait for hours in the pouring rain for a taxi cab but have no patience to wait on a supermarket line.

[New Yorker]

This must be old, parking is easily over $400 a month.