Non-native New Yorkers
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Nobody moves to New York because they think they’re just like everybody else. A young kid, fueled by a toxic blend of bravado and wicked insecurity, can expend a truly terrifying amount of energy trying to prove her exceptionalism, prove that she is different (read: better) than the dull hometown peers she left behind, who go to uncreative jobs in uncreative clothes, eat at Chili’s, practice monogamy.
Describes many non-native New Yorkers really well. No offense non-natives, but some of you are definitely trying to prove something! 
From Dirty pictures I didn’t want taken
Nobody moves to New York because they think they’re just like everybody else. A young kid, fueled by a toxic blend of bravado and wicked insecurity, can expend a truly terrifying amount of energy trying to prove her exceptionalism, prove that she is different (read: better) than the dull hometown peers she left behind, who go to uncreative jobs in uncreative clothes, eat at Chili’s, practice monogamy.
Describes many non-native New Yorkers really well. No offense non-natives, but some of you are definitely trying to prove something! From Dirty pictures I didn’t want taken
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