--the city--

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 12:56am

do you think "the five boroughs" or simply "manhattan" ?

[liotte]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 12:59am

There are other boroughs???

[zzannahk]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:02am

my grandma lives in Staten Island and i always referred to her living in "the city" the island is long island

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:07am

As a non NYerker, I think of -the city- as Manhattan.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:08am

The city to me is any of the 5 boroughs (including the two that are on Long Island.) Just like "The Island" is Long Island (including Brooklyn and Queens) because I'm from "the Island."

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:19am

i personally consider the city to be manhattan.

[gettinhep]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:21am

As a non-New Yorker, I tend to think of it as Manhattan.

I happen to like New York...

[shira467]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:24am

To me, it means Manhattan. If I'm going to the Bronx, I say "The Bronx"

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:37am

As a NYer in suburbia, I consider any of the boroughs the city.

Then again, my friend from California, whenever I refer to "the city" thinks I am talking about Sacramento...

Updated On: 8/17/05 at 01:37 AM

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:17am

I think of all 5 boroughs...HA, and I love this discussion of "the island" because I actually have heard someone call Manhattan "the island" and in my head I was, "excuse me? while Manhattan IS an island..."

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 11:58am

definately just Manhattan, but only because i'm rarely (if ever) in the other boroughs