I don’t have to imagine it. I lived in NY for 7 years (Ithaca 5 yr NYC 2 yr) I saw it on a daily basis. A hatred and fear of firearms, a love of government, an undeserved innate sense of superiority to those who lived in other states, a completely self absorbed attitude where nothing west of the Hudson exists (NYC only), an attitude toward Republicans that one normally finds reserved for cannibals, and an absolute unshakable belief that your own opinions are not only correct but superior to everyone else’s. And that just touching the surface of New York values.
My first job was in South Louisiana cutting cane in high school. My second job was as a deckhand on a tugboat. When I turned 18 I could work on the oil well drilling rigs, and did so. The guys that hired us wanted us to be everything we could be and gave us jobs so we had money to go to college. They were kind men but hard men. They wanted us to succeed. If we did not do our work properly they would have fired us.
I learned as much from them as I did from my University Professors. Without those hard men I would not have been a geologist, instructor pilot and pharmacist.
Those asshole students today rioting on campus have never been hungry nor in need.