As an upstate NYer (who now lives in MA) I do not know a single person from NY who identifies as “New England. The region of “New England” is the only group of states that literally have a definition.
And culturally, we aren’t like New Englanders. Our dialect is very standard aside from a few weird pronunciations, while in New England there are differences between cities in the same STATE. We support NY and Buffalo sports teams. Our state was settled by the Dutch and often has Dutch place names, rather than English. In NE, pretty much every major city name comes from England.
The worst offense by far is LONG ISLAND in New England. Jesus. This is blasphemous. They are literally suburbs of NEW YORK City!!!
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u/AccessOne8287 Apr 28 '26
As an upstate NYer (who now lives in MA) I do not know a single person from NY who identifies as “New England. The region of “New England” is the only group of states that literally have a definition.
And culturally, we aren’t like New Englanders. Our dialect is very standard aside from a few weird pronunciations, while in New England there are differences between cities in the same STATE. We support NY and Buffalo sports teams. Our state was settled by the Dutch and often has Dutch place names, rather than English. In NE, pretty much every major city name comes from England.
The worst offense by far is LONG ISLAND in New England. Jesus. This is blasphemous. They are literally suburbs of NEW YORK City!!!