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Can you blame them, though? From my experience, pretty much the entire population of NYC is convinced that the edge of the known world is somewhere in Westchester county. When half the population of New York state is convinced that NYC is all there is, is it a surprise that outsiders are confused also? ;)

Those that live in NYC and think it is the center of the world are not the ones moving the NC and other southern states. So the "natives" down here are not coming into contact with them.

NY is as rural, if not more so than NC and people here are shocked to hear this when I tell them. They find it hard to believe. I tell them about one of my college roommates whose parents own a cattle farm in Darien NY and they think I am making it up. Is the anti-yankee attitude so strong that it is taught to them and taught to believe that NYC is all of NY and that we are a bunch of "City Slickers"?