I say the same thing. It's mainly NYC that has the brain damage. They have a communist mayor. They haven't seen a tax they don't like. Rent controls. As socially liberal as San Francisco. They hate guns. Grinding poverty in certain area's, but they still vote for the same bastids that put them there.
The upstaters vote more conservative, but the metropolitan areas swamp them as a rule. What Cruz said was correct and it had nothing to do with cops and firemen rushing into burning buildings. Even that would be unveiled if you check the number of New Yorkers in the military vs. Texas or Tenn. as a percentage of the population.
It's tough for Cruz in NYC, but he'll do OK in the rest of the state but that won't be good enough to make a dent in the NYC Marxists. That's how you get a Quomo in Albany. NYC would vote for a Kardashian over Cruz. Trump is one of them, a baby killer that like gay marriage, and supports all the Dems running for Office.
Being an “Upstater” I will tell you that Teds comment was taken to include all of NY. And ALL NYers.
Waffle it around any way you choose, but it was offensive. And NYers do have pride, same as Texans, Virginians, and pretty much every state in the Union. Yes, even we here in Upstate.