Because NYC doesn’t have a distinct culture per se, it has the same “generic young diverse urban Instagram liberalism” package as every other major American city, just turned up to 11.
(This is also true in reverse btw, regional culture blended into a single ruraloid chud red state monoculture)
Quantian
You guys would all think I was super absurd if I moved to the Carolinas and started calling myself a Southerner right? Why do NYC transplants give themselves this? It's weird!