[Gefreiter]

This person does not know what a Yankee is.

My stepfather is a Yankee: He lives in MA. He is a craftsman, a cabinet maker who works alone from his own shop. He can count on one hand his trips to Boston. He minds his business, does his work, and has no pretense of being a member of an elite Yankee class.

I think "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost, an author suspiciously absent form this essay, expresses the true Yankee mentality.

[taxed2death]

....a voice of reason. Call me a Yankee, It's a compliment.