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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
Well, let's just say that I know of no one in NY who gives even a tiny thought about what the LAT writes about us or what Angelenos think of New Yorkers.... Seems to be a perennial one-way worry....
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Just like a New Yorker, thinking that Angelenos worry about what they think.
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Concerning news coverage:
The same kind of news coverage happens whenever anything major is going on in any city. I talked to a friend of mine who lived in NYC during 9/11 and asked him what it was like there and he said "You know how whenever we had an earthquake in L.A. that everyone would call us thinking we were affected? It's the same here now. Unless you're really close to the towers, you wouldn't know anything was going on really. I'm looking out my window and things would just seem normal if you didn't know these events were going on elsewhere."
A couple friends I know who have lived in both L.A. and New York for at least a decade in each place--their observation is that New Yorkers have to feel they and their city are the best, number one, etc. and Angelenos are more like, "Great, yeah, fine, okay, whatever."
Like the nightly talk shows from New York...remember the Late Night intro?
"From New York...the greatest city in the world..." "Great, yeah, fine, okay, whatever."
I'm not trying to put down either place. I can't comment on
living in New York, but I did live in New York State for 20 years. But I have no complaints about my visits to NYC. I love my visits to every city I've been in because every place has something good to offer.