[lbo-talk] Insularity ( Was pale male : question to newyorkers...)

[Mark S]

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
>>New Yorkers are infamously insular and provincal and
>>pround of it
>
>If you want to consider a port city featuring over 100 nationalities & 
>languages insular & provincial, be my guest.
>
I did a 16-hour walking tour of NYC this last Saturday and saw the full 
glory of Manhattan.  I felt like I toured the planet in one day.  Our 
Brooklynite guide was one of the least insular and provincial people I have 
ever met.  However, I'd opine that a New Yorker could be insular, ignoring 
the world outside the city, and still be exposed to a greater diversity of 
cultures and ideas than most other people on Earth are.

M.

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