Posted by Karl B on Fri May 4 15:05:17 2001, in response to Where Do You Say You Live?, posted by Paul Matus on Fri May 4 13:45:18 2001.
"Where are you from originally?"
To non New Yorker's I respond "Brooklyn".
To New Yorker's I respond "Cypress Hills". This always results in a puzzled expression. I try to explain where I lived, and the reponse is, "Oh, you mean East New York!"
I have the impression that 9 out of 10 New Yorker's have no clue as to where Cypress Hills is. I can't say anything since I moved out 40 years ago, and these people still live in New York!