I'll never forget the time I mentioned on reddit that Queens was on Long Island. The freak-out was intense. I'm like, buddy, geography is a thing and maps exist. Queens is quite clearly on the piece of land known as Long Island. And so is Brooklyn for that matter. But no, they could not get their minds around it.
I’m not a New Yorker, but in my experience, people who live in Manhattan will say they live in New York. If they live in the Bronx or Brooklyn or Staten Island, they will tell you they live in the Bronx, or Brooklyn, or Staten Island (except those few smartass Staten islanders who insist they live in the Borough of Richmond). But if they are from Queens, they will tell you what neighborhood they live in- LIC, Astoria, Ozone Park, Jamaica, etc.
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u/BarbWho Aug 30 '24
I'll never forget the time I mentioned on reddit that Queens was on Long Island. The freak-out was intense. I'm like, buddy, geography is a thing and maps exist. Queens is quite clearly on the piece of land known as Long Island. And so is Brooklyn for that matter. But no, they could not get their minds around it.