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FWIW, I always thought that "New Yorkers" meant residents of NYC. For instance,

Posted by mara Aug 31 '10, 13:01

sentences like "The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants, and by 1860, one in four New Yorkers � over 200,000 � had been born in Ireland" are all over. That's from the Wikipedia article on NYC, not New York state.

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I lived for a number of years in both NYC and Central NY, and I agree completely. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:32
I grew up in Rochester, NY and totally agree with you. Upstaters will either say their town - decline Aug 31, 13:18 13
- You way upstate people are way different from us downstate people, apparently. -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 13:45
- same here. grew up in Buffalo. We never referred to ourselves as 'New Yorkers'. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 13:23 11
  - also, at least in Central New York, no one said "upstate". -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:31
  - You might as well be Canadian living all the way up there. ;-) - Krusty Aug 31, 13:31 9
    - i've been colder places in the country. the biggest weather problem is the amount of snow. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 13:44 6
      - *begins babbling in the corner...scratching the air as though trying to get out of some where* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 31, 13:51 1
        
        you're displaying early symptoms of Cabin Fever. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 14:07
      - gets way more snow than Toronto and it's south of here. -- nm - zork Aug 31, 13:45 3
        
        because snow is not strictly a function of north/south. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:45 2
        
        really? -- nm - zork Aug 31, 13:47 1
        
        pfft. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:48
    - Watertown is worse (though I think Buffalo gets more snow). -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:35
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I'm kind of amazed it even was a point on contention... -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 13:10 9
- this is what happens when you plead with dawson to try harder -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 13:12 7
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    - I just don't like to see the poor little guy beg - Roger More Aug 31, 13:20 3
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        you can just say that I'm right...it's okay, I won't let it go to my head... -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 13:23 1
        
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  - good point... -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 13:12 1
    - though it was fun to watch Spawn embarass himself trying to pile on... -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 13:13
- on = of -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 13:11
don't make us get back into the linguistic differences of Albany v Utica again.... -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 13:06
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- Wait a minute, how many New Yawkers are there? -- nm - Buzz Aug 31, 13:19 1
  - Three, me, Znu and Dawson. IIRC, Syrdragon and someone else lives upstate. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 13:29
- We're an endangered species. - Krusty Aug 31, 13:07 15
  - You're tied with Knoxville! -- nm - David Aug 31, 13:07 14
    - For what, cost of living? -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 13:17 13
      - Number of ST residents. -- nm - David Aug 31, 13:20 12
        
        What's the biggest ST city? Chicago? LA? DC? -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 13:29 10
        
        Probably Toronto, since DC folks are scattered around in DC, MD, and VA> -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:33 6
        
        The Toronto people are spread out too though - zork lives 60km from downtown TO for example -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 13:37 5
        
        and J lives slightly further than me. Also someone lives around St. Catherines (near Niagara Falls) - zork Aug 31, 13:57
        
        i'd say if we are counting 'metro areas', DC or Chicago must be Toronto. -- nm - Andie Aug 31, 13:38 3
        
        I think DC beats Chicago, but LA may beat both. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 13:39 1
        
        I would expect it would easily -- nm - zork Aug 31, 13:46
        
        "...must *beAT* toronto." (swore i typed that.) -- nm - Andie Aug 31, 13:39
        
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        Toronto might be. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 13:30 1
        
        I think it might depend where you draw the boundaries. If LA includes Orange country, I think it would come out ahead -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 13:35
        
        Ah, I'm slow. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 13:28
- Nobody likes bedbugs. -- nm - mara Aug 31, 13:07 2
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    - "Plenty"? Now that Twug left is there anybody but me? - Ender Aug 31, 13:12
I generally think this as well - I think I associate it with stereotypes of NYCers - being rude, being in a hurry, New York accents etc -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 13:04
Learn form the government. Quoting the wikipedia may not be a good idea. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 13:03
When I hear the term NYer I assume they mean someone from the five boroughs. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 13:02 2
- yep. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 13:13
- this -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 13:07
Agreed. Same here. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 31, 13:02
*nods* - Will Hunting Aug 31, 13:01

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