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i'm a little offended by the derogatory use of "bridge and tunnel" in an earlier thread. true, i grew up in queens and so that makes me b&t, but it is truly a sign of unjustifiable snobbery to assume you are better because you live on the island of manhattan

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  • i'm a little offended by the derogatory use of "bridge and tunnel" in an earlier thread. true, i grew up in queens and so that makes me b&t, but it is truly a sign of unjustifiable snobbery to assume you are better because you live on the island of manhattan

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    • B&T is really meant for the people who live in Staten Island, NJ, Westchester or CT these days, not Brooklyn or Queens

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      05.27.09, 12:47 PM Flag
      • op here - guess what? now i live in rockland. will you now stop responding altogether because you believe i am too low for you to talk to? what does b&T even signify these days - someone smart enough not to pay too much to live in manhattan simply because they think living in manhattan makes them some kind of insider hipster? no thanks.

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        05.27.09, 12:50 PM Flag
        • I think it depends on you. I have a family, so I live in a house that I could afford in Queeens that's in a good school district and my commute is 30 minutes. If I were single I might want to live in Manhattan. Diff'ent strokes.

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          05.27.09, 12:53 PM Flag
          • op - i agree with you completely. but let me be clear, i want to live in manhattan because i love manhattan; not because it gives me license to refer to myself as an insider and refer to others with deragatory, dismissive terms.

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            05.27.09, 12:56 PM Flag
        • or - not at all - I was just clarifying what many Manhattanites think of as B&T now (as opposed to 20+ years ago). FWIW, I live in Brooklyn and don't judge anyone based on where they live.

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          05.27.09, 12:56 PM Flag
          • ^^ and I don't use the term "bridge and tunnel" personally

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            05.27.09, 12:56 PM Flag
      • and LI!

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        05.27.09, 01:00 PM Flag
      • That's really not true. It means anyone who has to cross a bridge or tunnel, literally. That includes Brooklyn and Queens first and foremost.

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        05.27.09, 01:06 PM Flag
        • that is true, semantically. But when Manhattanites refer to the "bridege and tunnel crowd" today they are not talking about Brooklynites (or people from Queens, for the most part). Its just a difference in how the label is assigned

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          05.27.09, 01:11 PM Flag
    • Would not take this to heart. I grew up in SF and we used the bridge ans tunnel lingo and one of those bridges leads to Marin County one of the most expensive places in the country

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      05.27.09, 12:49 PM Flag
    • B&T is not even primarily about where the person actually lives. Just like any number of recent People Magazine cover girls are routinely called "Poor White Trash."

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      05.27.09, 12:57 PM Flag
      • Agreed. B&T refers to a type of person, not where they live. For example, Brooklynites are very hip, but they too fit into the "bridge" category. You gotta get over it. It's common vernacular in NYC and it ain't goin' away.

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        05.27.09, 01:09 PM Flag
    • We are better.

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      05.27.09, 12:59 PM Flag
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