Yankee. I was born and raised in New England. My mom was, too, and a few generations of her family before her as well. My dad is from Ohio, and his people were pioneer types, moving west, then back to Ohio.
Once I moved to New York at 21, I didn’t give another thought to myself as a New Englander. After a few years, I was proud to claim myself as a New Yorker. I love the hustle and pace of New York, and I love the Hudson River like it’s one of my relatives, one that I really admire.
While I lived in New Mexico, I learned that many people in the western reaches of the country think of New England, New York, all of it as "back east". The little differences of what makes one a Yankee (only New Englanders? Only Northeasterners? Is it a trail of ancestry in the area? Is it living above the Mason-Dixon line?) don’t matter much.
In my year and two months back in Connecticut, I’m more aware of the pride of New Englanders in their status as such. I still think of myself as a New Yorker, but I know that no matter where I live, I’ll always be a Yankee.
And yes, Aaron, a Yankees fan.
I didn’t realize you were a Pinstrip chick!
I’m not sure you can be both a Yankee & a Yankees fan… Red Sox 4-Evah!
BAH! I KNEW you’d make a comment like that!
GO SOX!
Okay, where in Ohio is your dad from? My sister and I are from Ohio (she’s still there). Oh, and, go Mets!
I’m full-on with ya – sister! I say that somehow my southern-born, southern-bred parents got together and made a southern-yankee. When I told my folks that after college graduation I was moving to NYC, they were not suprised a bit. According to them, they’d known since I was six and complained that we couldn’t walk to ANYTHING from our house!
Is it 2000 comments yet? If not, I can keep going!
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