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...mluví anglicky (možná, nebo taky španělsky), stravuje se ve fast foodu, věčně někam pospíchá... a tady asi se svou představou o typickém Newyorčanovi končím... Urban Dictionary ale opět nezklamal a nabízí pěkně vypečené definice :) Přejí příjemné počtení, dnes část první...
"In reference to the city, let's just say that you know you're from there if any of the following apply to you:
- You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.
- You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
- You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
- Hookers and the homeless are invisible.
- The subway makes sense.
- You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
- You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple".
- The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
- You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.
- You consider Westchester "upstate".
- You think Central Park is "nature."
- You see nothing odd about the speed of an auctioneer's speaking.
- You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
- You've been to New Jersey twice and got hopelessly lost both times.
- You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the U.S. pay in rent.
- You haven't seen more than twelve stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.
- You go to dinner at 9 and head out to the clubs when most Americans are heading to bed.
- Your closet is filled with black clothes.
- You haven't heard the sound of true absolute silence since the 80s, and when you did, it terrified you.
- You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.
- You take fashion seriously.
- Being truly alone makes you nervous.
- You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.
- Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip."
- America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.
- You've gotten jaywalking down to an art form.
- You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise. "
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