I've never had any doubt that most New York City people feel that way.
They can drown in their own crap for all I care, but they won't drag me down without a fight.
NYC culture has not been good for America, it is a festering boil on American culture.
How long did that last?
You can’t keep a boy in a bubble forever. He will eventually find a way out.
I once met and talked with a woman from NY. She was passing through our area and stayed in one of our little towns. We live out in the middle of nowhere.
This woman talked to me about how she could never live in such isolated areas, and that she loved the city because people are “cultured” there.
In other words, the assumption is that we country folks aren’t “cultured”. I found this to me mildly amusing because my family has been in the entertainment industry for most of our adult lives. Our children are well read for such young “country folk”, and they all study music, have performed in plays, recitals, and in choirs, and have been exposed to what this woman would describe as “culture”.
We are not alone in this “country folks” community either.
There’s more to NYC than Manhattan and Madison Avenue. I wouldn’t want to live there, either.