>We thought that being like a New Yorker was the pinnacle of black culture, and that if we could make it out of the South, then we’d make futures for ourselves.

>We thought that being like a New Yorker was the pinnacle of black culture, and that if we could make it out of the South, then we’d make futures for ourselves. As a black New Yorker who has also lived in the South, I’m glad the inferiority complex is eroding. Sorry it was there in the first place. New Yorkers can be so insufferable. “It’s the best city in the world!” is held as gospel truth there. But what that actually reveals is how parochial they are! Funny people, funny place. Maybe it’s a sort of Stockholm Syndrome: you must convince yourself of this otherwise the rats, rent, noise, and expense couldn't possibly be worth it.