I tend to think of myself as a New Yorker, despite growing up in the same small town at the same time as you - this is a magical reflection to read in that context. Thank you.
I’d add that something that’s inherently New England is some combination of resilience and stoicism too (our collective Irishness sneaking through).
That and our insistence on New England inventing everything despite the evidence to the contrary. See; Pizza and (bait taken) Hamburgers.
I think it partly comes down to when each of us moved to New York. You were just a bit ahead of me if memory serves and those formative early career years were in Hartford’s environs.
Also, love that you took the bait. Full disclosure: never had a hamburger from Louis Lunch. They put ketchup on it. That’s fucking disgusting.
I tend to think of myself as a New Yorker, despite growing up in the same small town at the same time as you - this is a magical reflection to read in that context. Thank you.
I’d add that something that’s inherently New England is some combination of resilience and stoicism too (our collective Irishness sneaking through).
That and our insistence on New England inventing everything despite the evidence to the contrary. See; Pizza and (bait taken) Hamburgers.
I think it partly comes down to when each of us moved to New York. You were just a bit ahead of me if memory serves and those formative early career years were in Hartford’s environs.
Also, love that you took the bait. Full disclosure: never had a hamburger from Louis Lunch. They put ketchup on it. That’s fucking disgusting.