1. Pizza
Every New Yorker knows good pizza when they see it. Whether it’s a quick dollar slice over on 131st and 58th or a couple pepperoni pies from Angelico’s with the boys during the G-Mans game. Pizza is in every true New Yorka’s blood.
2. The Neighborhoods
You’ve got Da City, you’ve got Queens, you’ve got the Big Apple. There’s Da Bronx and ol’ Long Island. Brooklyn. Flat Bush. Green Point. Chinsel City. Harlem. East Side. Da Village. Yonkaz. Da Park. North Side. Da Heights. Times Square. Gloinsgate. All the boroughs.
3. The Subways
They’re dingy and filled with bacteria. They’re unsafe, uncomfortable, and often smell of urine. But true New Yorkers know sandwiches and nobody makes a better sandwich than Subway™.
4. Sports
Football? You’ve got the Giants and Da Jets, who both play their games at Ellis Island of all places. Baseball? You name it. Ruth; Jeter; Da Babe. Hockey’s in full session with the Rangers and another team or two. And who can forget the biggest sport of them all, Da Hoops. There’s no bigger ticket than seeing MJ and gang take some buckets to the max. There’s competitive archery clubs, and croquet leagues throughout part of the city. Sports coarse through New Yorker’s veins like diamonds in a hawk.
5. The Dawgs
If Family Feud ever surveyed New Yorkas on their daily lunch, the survey would say “dawgs”, “dawgs”, and “more dawgs, baby”. Every New Yorker eats a couple sidewalk street cart hot dogs for lunch every day. A recent study by the Bulgarian Institute of Tubed Meats found humans will have depleted 95% of our global hot dog supply by year 2024, and could actually run out before 2030 without significant measures.