IF YOU'RE FROM NYC

IF you’re from NYC you were born and raised in NYC! Your birth certificate has the NYC seal of approval. If you’re from NYC you’re an Italian kid from Bensonhurst, an Irish lad from Marble Hill, a beautiful Puerto Rican diva from Fordham road, a street smart Jewish kid from the Upper East Side, a first generation Egyptian dude from the Upper West Side. If you’re from NYC you are Asian, Colombian, Greek, Indian, Cuban, and you all cross paths in Jackson Heights, Queens.

IF you’re from NYC, you’re an African American representing all 5 boroughs. Not just Harlem.  You were there when Hip Hop came out of Sedgwick Avenue and was exported to the world. If you’re from NYC,  you’re an around the way girl from the Lower East Side, a Dominican representing Washington Heights/Inwood, an Albanian repping hard for Pelham Parkway, a no shit taking, fast talking type from Hell’s kitchen, Chelsea, or Alphabet City.


IF you’re from NYC you have a love hate relationship with the MTA.


IF you’re from NYC, losing the World Trade Center was like losing a limb.


IF you’re from NYC you went to the following clubs in your youth: The Tunnel, The Palladium, CBGB, The Red Zone, The Octagon, The World, The Sound Factory and don’t even try to front like you got into Studio 54. You weren’t that cool


IF you’re from NYC you were born and raised in Brooklyn but you ended up moving to Staten Island because all them hipsters invaded your home borough and the rent got too damm high! Big up to the Wu-Tang Clan.


IF you’re from NYC you were there during the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, you’ve seen the city go from Lindsay to Koch, from Dinkins to Giuliani, Bloomberg to Deblasio that degraciado and now Mayor Adams runs the city.


IF you’re from NYC you saw Trump go from real estate tycoon to Reality Star to President of the United States and you had a good laugh when that shit happened!


IF you’re from NYC you can talk shit with the best of them. You know all the ethnic jokes and no you’re not racist you just got jokes.


IF you’re from NYC, you played stickball, handball, and man hunt on the block. You went for a dip in the good ole fire hydrant to cool down every summer, you walk fast, you’re not rude you’re firm, you are suspicious of people who are too nice, you get to the point, bacon egg & cheese and a coffee to go is your favorite breakfast and you can’t stand small talk. The Big Apple wouldn’t have it any other way.

IF you’re from NYC, you are a die hard Yankee fan, Mets fan, Knicks fan (Fuck Dolan) Ranger fan, you root for the Giants or Jets, and you live in absolute agony each year.  Oh, and “Brooklyn Nets” sorry but you should’ve stayed in Jersey where you belong. We’re all stocked up here.


IF you’re from NYC, you moved to Long Island,  Westchester, Rockland county,  Orange county, or even New Jersey once you started a family but you will always be a New Yorker that is IF you’re from NYC.