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[Sir Edward]

Sir Edward is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". 

Sir William.

[Lord Dane]

Sir Edward is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". 

Sir William.

Apologies Sir Edward. I do hate typos when ridiculing NYers.                                                                                                                                              

[Ian]

Ewww... New England.... Originally from New York myself (Staten Island), but like many New Yorkers, we moved to the Tampa, Florida area when I was young.

I currently live in Pensacola, Florida, but will more than likely be moving to the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area of Virginia next spring.  I'm in the Navy, and move around a lot.  With the Navy I've lived in Annapolis, Maryland -> Pensacola, Florida for the first time -> Corpus Christi, Texas -> Pensacola, Florida for the second time -> Jacksonville, Florida -> and now back to Pensacola, Florida for a third time!  Sprinkle in some various periods of living in the middle of the ocean for months on end

[Sir William]

Sir William is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". 

Lord Dane has it right in one way- New York does in fact stand alone.  Greatest city on earth, weirdest state in the Union- central and southern NYS is like...a Mecca of sorts, while the northern part has some really strange and weird inhabitants...like that one town way up north where 80% of the populace is interrelated (products of incest and marriages between close family members mostly) and it is largely rural.  We generally don't claim that part.  LOL

And, the NE Patriots?  Didn't they just lose the last Superbowl to the New York Giants?  Twice in the last four years, if I recall correctly.  And while I am no Yankee fan, I do believe they field a better team than Boston.  The Mets, however...yes, they do suck perennially but it would appear they're trying to do something about it this season.  I'm no baseball fan tho so I could be wrong about that part, but not football.  Heh. 

Ian's from Staten Island...see, I knew I wasn't crazy, you must've mentioned it before.  Even after having been out of NY for quite some time, he still has the inherent dislike for New Englanders and their strange accents.  lol

[Sir Sorbus]

... I like sports too...

*is utterly oblivious to American sporting teams and politics*

[Lord Dane]

Sir William is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". 

Lord Dane has it right in one way- New York does in fact stand alone.  Greatest city on earth, weirdest state in the Union- central and southern NYS is like...a Mecca of sorts, while the northern part has some really strange and weird inhabitants...like that one town way up north where 80% of the populace is interrelated (products of incest and marriages between close family members mostly) and it is largely rural.  We generally don't claim that part.  LOL

And, the NE Patriots?  Didn't they just lose the last Superbowl to the New York Giants?  Twice in the last four years, if I recall correctly.  And while I am no Yankee fan, I do believe they field a better team than Boston.  The Mets, however...yes, they do suck perennially but it would appear they're trying to do something about it this season.  I'm no baseball fan tho so I could be wrong about that part, but not football.  Heh. 

Ian's from Staten Island...see, I knew I wasn't crazy, you must've mentioned it before.  Even after having been out of NY for quite some time, he still has the inherent dislike for New Englanders and their strange accents.  lol

Maybe so but I believe New England can claim to in recent years to be host of the last home of champions simultaneously in all major sports ... Celtics (Basketball), Bruins (Hockey), Red Sox (Baseball..before they blew it), and NE Patriots (Football...before Bellachek fell from grace). Insignificant to me but needed to mention it in defense.

Standing up for my Italian heritage.....there is virtually 'no significant difference' in the accent of Bostonian North End Italians from those 'goom-bas' of the Bronx. Just as hard to listen to & follow when they all use the hand gestures to communicate in frustrating conversations. As they say, it's all 'Italian' to me. LOL

And you can keep upstate NY activities under wraps....I really don't want to know what they do much let alone 'who' they do.   

[Ian]

My family is all Brooklyn Italian, so I can sympathize with the 'language barrier.'. lol...  My parents shed their accents long ago though. Now, upstate NY, that's not even really NY, that's just part of Canada...

[Lord Dane]

My family is all Brooklyn Italian, so I can sympathize with the 'language barrier.'. lol...  My parents shed their accents long ago though. Now, upstate NY, that's not even really NY, that's just part of Canada...

Better chance of that if they didn't pay American taxes..... sorry Ian, but those upstaters are all yours. Regardless if they inter-marry & incest is typical of most ancestral FRENCH bastards. 

[Corvus]

I currently live in Vancouver, on the west coast. I've lived many other places as well including the arctic and Mexico, but I really do enjoy the fine weather we have here on the  coast.

I am beginning to think I might be the only Canadian on this forum thus far! 

[Sir James A]

I currently live in Vancouver, on the west coast. I've lived many other places as well including the arctic and Mexico, but I really do enjoy the fine weather we have here on the  coast.

I am beginning to think I might be the only Canadian on this forum thus far! 

I believe you do have that distinction!

[Corvus]

Although I do seem to recall reading some posts from gentlemen in Oz and the UK if I am not mistaken 

[Sir James A]

Although I do seem to recall reading some posts from gentlemen in Oz and the UK if I am not mistaken 

Sir Gerard is in the UK; Oz, I am not sure of offhand.

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

** shouts across the pond** "Hi there!!" 
G.

[Lord Tristin]

Good Sir John, I live in the quaint town of Janesville, Located in Wisconsin near the Illinois border.

[B. Patricius]

I gotta say, I almost spit out my coffee reading the posts about New York and New England! 

I've got family in Toronto, Boston (south-e), and Chicago (south/105th).  But I grew up not ten minutes from Disneyland in Southern California.  Served in the US Coast Guard, got to see a lot of the east coast (Yorktown/Chesapeake bay area as far south into North Carolina and as far north as Massachusetts).  Man I do miss Waffle House, it just isn't the same once you cross that Rio Grande, same for Dunkin Donuts for that matter.

Now I'm living in north-western Arizona, Mohave County, but not a particular town or city, out in the boonies like I like it.

Southern (LA) RenFaire and now Northern (Original) RenFaire are probably my two "home" renfaires even though Phoenix is closer.  The other two are a great excuse to visit family.