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Originally Posted by UrbanRevival
New York, first and foremost, was historically a "Middle Colony" along with PA, NJ and DE.
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Not really. If anything it's a transition zone. Long Island was English, not Dutch. Eastern LI was New England. There was no Dutch presence, ever, on Eastern LI. Towns on either side of LI Sound look essentially the same, and CT and RI claimed LI for a long period.
There were basically five New England colonies, and one of them, New Haven, included LI. The Dutch were only in New York County and Kings County. The English were as far west as Hempstead, bordering Queens County. LI didn't become NY, and not CT or RI, until a royal decree finalized current boundaries.
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Originally Posted by UrbanRevival
But the vast majority of Metro NYCers are much more likely to orient themselves towards the south than to the north. Long-standing migration patterns affirm this.
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I don't think there's any basis to this assertion. There isn't any obvious northern or southern orientation to local growth or migration.