“is a straight talker (not uncommon for people from Queens), and just speaks the truth as he knows it.”
I was pretty much the same way. (Have toned it down over the years.) A couple people have commented, “You must be from New York” — LOL. I actually am, but on the opposite side of the state from NYC.
I was born and raised in South Georgia (very conventional place) but felt more at home in NYC (where I spent most of my career).