rant · moment 5 of 17
New Yorkers and Bostonians Are the 'Realest' Cities
from It Ends Bad (with Yannis Pappas) · #67
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minThey argue that native New Yorkers and Bostonians grow up fast and can smell bullshit, unlike audiences elsewhere who just clap for anyone from their same hometown; touches on Madonna and Blondie's NY come-up.
- 8:01New York and Boston are the two realest cities because natives become adults at six and develop a bullshit detector.
- 8:36New York has become suburban—excited about Whole Foods and Wegmans arriving, obsessed with Blue Apron cooking.
- 9:06New Yorkers used to go out to diners at 2 a.m.; now it's all condos where you order Seamless and grab food through a slot like a prisoner.
- 9:34Giuliani solved crime, making the city safe but unaffordable—once nobody gets shot, rents skyrocket.
- 10:10People have become boring; too expensive to run venues doing interesting shit, and there's no live music scene anymore.
- 10:58Art and music exist but everything's segmented into niche groups with no communal experience.
- 11:12Comics and musicians used to move from Ohio to New York and the audience was actual New Yorkers who'd judge you.
- 11:38Even transplants became real New Yorkers quickly, not just an audience of fellow Ohioans clapping about being in the same room.
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