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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j7lmiyx wrote

Reply to comment by burg_philo2 in Westchester was one vote away from becoming part of NYC and Brooklyn barely made it by Furschitzengiggels

My kids (raised in Queens) say "I'm going to The city" but not "I'm going to New York".

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burg_philo2 t1_j7m18qo wrote

Ah yeah misread the comment, that’s pretty interesting. I don’t think people upstate/LI really say that anymore

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j7n4ugn wrote

My mom would be 92. She used it too. . So did all my late aunts and uncles (all Brooklyn natives).

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