On the contrary, Mr. Emmett Tyrrell, you have assumed a fact not in evidence. I have observed that New Yorkers are some of the dumbest, parochial, and backward Americans on the planet — for all of their vaunted superiority. They are smug, arrogant, insular, and ignorant of anything outside Manhattan and the five boroughs. Most couldn't pour water out of a boot if you provided them with written directions.
... on the heel.
Manhattan IS one of the five boroughs...........