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That's weird. My memory of New Yorkers was that they were incredibly friendly. Saying that, they seemed to like the fact I was English and often passed sly remarks about people from other US states or cities. One guy I met, who seemed like an absolute cunt to everyone around him, was buying me drinks all night and telling me The Fall were the greatest thing in the world.
For British people, NYC can be a total ego-boost, but I get the feeling people from other parts of America might witness a bit more hostility.
A great anecdote. I was in a bar in Alphabet City last year when a woman told me about a guy that comes in and tries to hit on the girls there by faking a British accent and dressing in Fred Perry polo shirts, etc. She was really hoping he was gonna be in that night because, her words not mine, 'he's an asshole and he's TOTALLY gonna hate you.' Apparantly he was from San Francisco but went to college in the UK and came back thinking he was Damon Albarn or someone. Either way, he never showed and I got hit on by three women during the course of that night. God bless NY is all I'll say.
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