Really... cause I grew up in the bronx and queens .. Lived there longer than you've been alive actually. However summered upstate and in long island.
Wasn't a shot at you.. encouragement..don't live up to the expectation man...
Its interesting growing up in NYC.. much to learn.. most of it is just useful to being in NYC or as a curiosity. Ya don't appreciate everything there, and frankly.. when outside NYC, knowing your way around NYC is good for nothing other than telling stories and talking to other displaced new yorkers on a layover.
Since I left NYC, I think I've been in nearly every city of more than 1 million people in the world. Lived for extended periods (a year or more) in several.. From Africa to asia to Russia, europe, great Britain, NYC and San Fran (never L.A. for some reason). But I've also lived in middle sized towns...
I've even "visited" Hati.. and I got along just fine without knowing Creole, thank you very much. When I said I had experience driving overland in many climates and continents .. I wasn't kidding. Though usually I hired a driver, I was an active participant when need be. As well as hiring or buying an overland vehicle for pleasure when not working.
As it turns out I happen to interpret for a living. SO.. most big businesses and agencies and such need services in and around big cities, unfortunately. I've found, in large part, with the exception of the language on the signs and the side of the road on which you drive... Metropolises and the people that reside within are very very similar. They even all smell similar.
I think I'm well traveled enough, observant enough and old enough to make that statement. Which.. again... was not a shot at you at all.
though, you said you were a comedian didn't you?.. .I'm a little let down that, since you were offended, you didn't come up with a comedic zinger to deflate your anger...
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