New York is a melting pot like the USA itself, don t worry about fitting in, just remember where you came from and be yourself. I still say To Go or For Here even though the rest of the city says To Go or To StayI still say pop instead of sodaTake who you are from home and keep it with you, it will be your only link to sanity when the sound of horns and droves of busy people in the city make you feel like you don t belong or can t stand to be around the noise and crowds.New York will accept you or hate you regardless of what you do. Just like anywhere else in the world you will gravitate towards people with similar or compatible thinking as you and find your set of friends no problem.You can post on craigslist to find friends if you aren t the type to just walk up to strangers.Places like McSorelys Ale House or Zucco Le French diner sort of put you in with strangers because there isnt enough room for people to have separate tables, so you are forced to talk to strangers, which is fun.
You don t need to fit in here. Just be who you are. Besides, if you try to fit it, it can make it look more obvious that you are not from here. Just act completely natural and all that.Besides, since NYC is full of tourists anyway, we are used to having large amounts of people here that are not from New York.
We don t care about people origins, because they came from every where. We may kid you about it, but just clean fun. Just be yourself. We like self confidence.
Be sure to pronounce Houston street How-ston.
Well why lie anyways, we New Yorkers welcome people from anywhere.
If you live in Manhattan and act like the generic clone of the many there.
We can always tell. It s the secret handshake.
why do you NEED to fit in....just be who you are.