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He’s crass. He’s ego-filled. He values ostentatious displays of wealth. He doesn’t think he should earn his rewards. He’s not concerned what long-time New Yorkers think of him. He hasn’t thought about it very much, but his default mode is to expect you to support him in his endeavors to proclaim his greatness. He’s not self-reflective, as a general proposition. He wasn’t born in the city, doesn’t give a shit about the outer boroughs that none of his friends go to, and wouldn’t attend a local sporting event if he didn’t get free tickets. He expects you to change your ways to accomodate him.
What am I missing? All you assholes who moved to New York with stars in your eyes and are aghast at Harold Ford’s audacity — well, guess what. You are Harold Ford. Breathe it in deep and let it linger in your nostrils.
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I don’t know about that. I remember reading all sorts of stories about how David Crosby(yes, of CSN .. and CSN&Y fame) was a huge asshole. Ford could give him a run for his money. I don’t think most Johnny Come Lately’s can be as big an asshole as Ford is.
And all you poor fools stuck in New Jersey . . .
So, so true. I loved your post awhile ago about this phenomenon but I still find it really fascinating that, as I get older I find that the “real New Yorkers” aren’t people like me who grew up there, but rather, are my friends from all over the country who moved there after college and are making their adult lives there. They not only better comport with examples of “real New Yorkers” we see from history but they appreciate New York in a totally different and arguably more meaningful way than I ever did.
We’ll see how I feel if/when I eventually make my way back to the east but I am struck by this every time I come home to visit family/friends in NYC.
Wait, so everyone who moves to NYC is like Harold Ford? I love ya man, but you’re like the Lou Dobbs of Brooklyn. Only native New Yorkers should be allowed in New York! I wish that rule was in force for D.C., so someone could have prevented my forced move to this lifeless little swamp.
He certainly is an authentic moved-to-New-York-er.
For all the tourists ‘jokes’ about rude New Yorkers the likelihood is that it’s a not a native NYer they ran into, it’s transplant NYer. They get on even native born NYers nerves.
Of course, it’s amazing that it doesn’t seem to occur to some tourists that it’s also a little rude for a tourist to thank a NYer for offering directions or assistance by expressing surprise at how ‘not rude’ they are – that gets old real fast.
Sigh. It’s true. At least I take the subway instead of a helicopter, though.
As an upstater, I’m going to go ahead and say I still don’t have to accept him. What are the odds he’ll show up in Poughkeepsie?