1. Obviously, finding good pizza.
I mean, let's be honest here, the pizza sucks virtually everywhere else. There's nothing worse than craving a good slice of pizza and getting some sad imitation.
2. How slow people are.
They walk slowly. They eat slowly. They talk slowly. And please do not even get us started on their driving.
3. How not rude everyone is.
We constantly find ourselves having to filter out sarcasm and rudeness. It is apparently not welcome here.
4. The fact that you can't take a train into a major city.
It's unconstitutional that there is not a train within walking distance from where you are standing, wherever you are standing.
5. Or the fact that you can't take a train to the next town over.
Why can I not take the train for a distance that is less than six (or less) miles away? WHY?!
6. Our 'accents.'
No, I don't have an accent. Yes, you sound funny. No, I will not say dog again.
7. People assume we know every fact about NYC.
We've never been in the Empire State Building. Or the Statue of Liberty. So please, please do not ask us about it.
8. "Oh do you know where...."
No, we most likely don't know where your cousin's boyfriend's family is from in upstate NY. Also, upstate barely even counts as NY.
9. Everyone assumes you live in NYC.
Most of us don't. Most of us live in the suburbs like all of you regular folk.
10. Dealing with the Stigma.
The second you say you're from NY everyone is gonna assume you are an a-hole (because you probably are), and then they are going to begin treating you like one.