Well hell...... of course they are smarter, they are from New York /s
ha ha ha ha ha.... I have to admit, in the interest of transparency, I’m from Long Island. Been living in Georgia for almost 24 years. Can’t believe I’m from there, sometimes, with the life I live now. But then again, I didn’t have much say in the matter. When I hear and see them now, I want to get as far away from them, as quickly as I can. They come at with their attitude. My accent quickly comes back and I find it easy to put them in their place and politely suggest they move back to the Empire State.