My son lives in LA, my daughter in NYC. You are correct, there is a huge difference. I hear very little English being spoken anymore in NYC. Also, when I was last there my daughter’s neighbors were all excited that the Muslim Brotherhood were taking over Egypt! Psychos abound in NYC.
Oh poo...
There isn’t a place in Manhattan (though if you include the boroughs you’re probably accurate), where I can’t speak English and have someone speak it back to me, really.
Even the immigrants are surprisingly clear when you speak to them and they speak back to you, in English despite what language they may speak to each other (not that that is okay really). The guys at Food Works that make my food everyday, for example. Or the Mexican guys at the “Italian” deli.
Lol. In California, they actually think it is part of their country, at least no one is claiming NYC as theirs... yet..
have a good evening.