New Yorkers think the world revolves around them.
This perception is reinforced by the MSM.
We were flying from Florida to Virginia the day before Thanksgiving, and my wife was spooked by all of the reports of bad weather and flight delays. Turns out the bad weather was centered mainly around New York while the rest of the country was largely unaffected. You wouldn’t have known by the way the talking heads were going on, though.
We actually arrived in Virginia ahead of schedule.
Damn yankees.
Aircraft problems in NYC can have knock-on effects elsewhere. Some flights might be scheduled to use aircraft expected to come in from NYC earlier, and if they can’t come and no alternate craft are available, then they get delayed or canceled. Or if the craft for your flight is destined for NYC after going where you want to go, they may not want it adding to an accumulation of craft at your destination airport due to lack of space (possibly). You were fortunate.
About a month ago, a large line of storms moved across the nation soaking everything. It became news when it reached the northeast, New York in particular.
My favorite “we are the center of the universe” story out of New York was about 5 years ago when all major and cable networks were reporting on a traffic jam in......(guess)......New York.
The rest of the universe apparently didn’t experience traffic jams.