>>I don’t know about that. I live in NYC, but I grew up in Mississippi, so I know redneck pretty well. Lemme tell you, when you get north of Albany, that’s as redneck as anything I ever experienced in the Deep South. The only real differences are the accents, sparseness of churches, and the fact that upstate NY has way worse food than the Deep South.
Believe it or not, the South is more than rednecks. The fact that you go straight from NYC to Redneck is proof that you are more NYC than you are Mississippi.
I lived in Binghamptom for a few years and I’ve visited NYC a couple times, including spending a week there once. I know this doesn’t make me an expert on NYC or NY, but I lived in Binghampton for as long as I lived in Pocatello, ID and I know that I loved Pocatello and did not love Binghamptom. I’ve spent as much time in Chicago as I’ve spent in NYC and I prefer Chicago in every way over NYC.
But, this is just my preference and I’m glad you love it there, so when your elected officials in NYC decide that you can’t be trusted with a 32 oz drink (even though it may be a diet drink—but who cares about that distinction), I just laugh.
If you lived in Binghamton, I’d think you’d know how to spell it correctly.
BTW, Binghamton was pretty much exactly where I was thinking of when I said that upstate NY is as redneck as anywhere.