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exactly how long have you been in NYC, in years? — Brooklynian

exactly how long have you been in NYC, in years?

pitu
pitu
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Curious about who is posting these days . . . not about how old you are but
yoda wrote: exactly how long have you been in New york in years?
NYC, not NYS please
:D
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  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I picked the last option, but I'm assuming that going away for college doesn't count as leaving for the purposes of this survey.
  • gooner
    gooner
    13 years and counting. in brooklyn the whole time.
  • pureistheword
    pureistheword
    I believe its 16 years now(born here, left age 3 return at 13).
    most in Queens, in Brooklyn for about 4 years
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    more than twenty years
  • furrygreyboy
    furrygreyboy
    Eleven years - 5 years in Manhattan before discovering Park Slope. Moved here 6 years ago today :D
  • mookie wilson
    mookie wilson
    9 years, son. 9 years.
  • rapture
    rapture
    Born in Brooklyn 51 years ago,,,,still here!!!
    (been in Park Slope for ten years)
  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    First time living in NYC - 1986 - and it has gone like this ...
    Manhattan - 68th & 1st
    Manhattan - 13th St between 1st & A
    Manhattan - Christopher Street -between Bleecker & Hudson
    Manhattan - West End Avenue & 97th
    Brooklyn - Park Slope - for the last 12 years
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Since '73 biyatches! :twisted:
    Both parents and all 4 grandparents were born in Brooklyn.
  • theoryofpractice
    theoryofpractice
    Starting my second decade in NYC. First Manhattan, then lived in Queens. Now the Slope.

    Thinking about retiring to Riverdale and then being buried on Staten Island for the win.
  • michaelkeys
    michaelkeys
    27 yrs;

    Roughly:
    3 in Manhattan,
    9 in the Bronx,
    2 Queens,
    and the last 13 in the BKNY, 11 of which in the "South" Slope.

    No Staten Island for me, thanks. :smile:
  • linusvanpelt
    linusvanpelt
    16 years. 1 in Manhattan, 15 in the Slope.
  • bougiesis
    bougiesis
    21 years:
    2 in Queens
    11 in Manhattan
    8 in Bklyn
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    26 years

    2 in Manhattan (Greenwich Village and Lower Manhattan)
    8 years in Brooklyn Heights
    3 horrible revolting years in LI
    3 in Kensington
    9 in PS
    1 in CH
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    Born in the Bronx, stayed 7 years.
    Moved to Rochester (yes, Rochester!), stayed there 11 years.
    Moved to Ithaca for college, stayed there 4 years.
    Moved to Manhattan, stayed there 8 years.
    Moved to PS, have been here 31 years.
  • pitu
    pitu
    come on you lurkers!
    we have almost 300 views on this thread, and only 30-some poll participants!

    you don't have to narrate your location story if you don't want to -- just answer the poll
    please
    thx!
    :D
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    Carnivore wrote: Since '73 biyatches! :twisted:
    Both parents and all 4 grandparents were born in Brooklyn.
    damn carni that makes you a brooklyn hill billy :p.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    >1 year in Manhattan, because when I moved here I thought you *had* to live in Manhattan
    6 1/2 years in Brooklyn, after I wised up
  • nitcomb
    nitcomb

    Subject: In NYC

    Been in NYC 18 of my nearly 40 years...17.5 of them in PS
    My wife was born here in PS...
    My 6 year old daughter was born here...

    Both of my parents were born in NYC. Dad in Brooklyn, Mom in Manhattan.
    (They did the middle class stampede to L.I.)
  • backtopsb
    backtopsb
    Mom was from Queens, Dad was a Brooklyn boy, and I was raised here in the Slope. Except for the college years in Red Sox territory (ooh, they didn't like Yankees fans up there), and 3 years upstate, I've been in Park Slope my whole life.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    Okay, so it's only 40 respondents so far, but I find it interesting that:

    * Not a single respondent so far has been here less than a year
    * Only 15% of the respondents have been here for one to five years
    * Almost half the respondents (44%) have been here 20 years or more

    I'm sorely tempted to bookmark this thread for the next time someone comes blasting on to this site calling everyone here "newbies," "you people"-ing us, and making asshat assumptions about how long folks here have been in New York,
  • restless native
    restless native
    apollonia666 wrote: Okay, so it's only 40 respondents so far, but I find it interesting that:

    * Not a single respondent so far has been here less than a year
    * Only 15% of the respondents have been here for one to five years
    * Almost half the respondents (44%) have been here 20 years or more

    I'm sorely tempted to bookmark this thread for the next time someone comes blasting on to this site calling everyone here "newbies," "you people"-ing us, and making asshat assumptions about how long folks here have been in New York,
    Maybe those who haven't been here long aren't interested in this thread, have you ever imagined that possibility? Ever hear of a "self-selected group"? Probably not. Remind me to never ask you to do any surveys for me. :shock:
  • snickers76
    snickers76
    Born and raised. Grew up in Midwood (21 years) and hopped around to Canarsie, Seagate and Williamsburg before moving to Park Slope about six weeks ago. So far, so good.
  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    Restless Native wrote: Ever hear of a "self-selected group"? Probably not. Remind me to never ask you to do any surveys for me. :shock:
    :lol: Hardly a random survey for sure - does indeed violate the first rule of quantitative research.

    But it's still interesting - but I would agree it really doesn't need self-serving analysis.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    Restless Native wrote: [quote=apollonia666]Okay, so it's only 40 respondents so far, but I find it interesting that:

    * Not a single respondent so far has been here less than a year
    * Only 15% of the respondents have been here for one to five years
    * Almost half the respondents (44%) have been here 20 years or more

    I'm sorely tempted to bookmark this thread for the next time someone comes blasting on to this site calling everyone here "newbies," "you people"-ing us, and making asshat assumptions about how long folks here have been in New York,
    Maybe those who haven't been here long aren't interested in this thread, have you ever imagined that possibility? Ever hear of a "self-selected group"?

    re: self-selection, true enough, but one thing the results DO show is that not "everyone" reading and posting on the site is new in town.

    of course, people might be lying or fudging their responses, but that's true of online personas (personae?) in general. for all i KNOW, restless native has never left his home town of peoria heights.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i'm actually posting for york uk :P.
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44
    Since 1969 except for 1 year in London.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    Restless Native wrote: [quote=apollonia666]Okay, so it's only 40 respondents so far, but I find it interesting that:

    * Not a single respondent so far has been here less than a year
    * Only 15% of the respondents have been here for one to five years
    * Almost half the respondents (44%) have been here 20 years or more

    I'm sorely tempted to bookmark this thread for the next time someone comes blasting on to this site calling everyone here "newbies," "you people"-ing us, and making asshat assumptions about how long folks here have been in New York,
    Maybe those who haven't been here long aren't interested in this thread, have you ever imagined that possibility? Ever hear of a "self-selected group"?

    Oh, good gravy. Of course I've heard of a self-selected group, and there's no need for you to be so condescending. I suppose I should have known you'd be unable to resist saying something like this, especially since you're one of the people who makes a disproportionate amount of nasty, presumptuous remarks about all the supposed newcomers here. :roll:
    sweet tea wrote: re: self-selection, true enough, but one thing the results DO show is that not "everyone" reading and posting on the site is new in town.
    Which is the only point I was really trying to make, as it's all one can truly infer from a very informal survey like this one. All I meant was that it's clear that there are plenty of people on this site who have been in NYC for a good, long time, and it's annoying when people make the assumption that everyone on the site is a noob. Thanks for putting it more clearly, sweet tea.
  • restless native
    restless native
    apollonia666 wrote: I suppose I should have known you'd be unable to resist saying something like this, especially since you're one of the people who makes a disproportionate amount of nasty, presumptuous remarks about all the supposed newcomers here. :roll:
    The "supposed" newcomers.
    The "mythical" hillbilly transplants.
    The "so-called" yups.

    If I were to believe the way this message board makes it out to be, it would be like I'm the only one who sees these mysterious creatures, kind of like the elusive sasquatch. :shock:
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  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    the miracle is that you can see them at all from eau claire.
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