No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the first time you say, That… — Colson Whitehead

No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the first time you say, That used to be Munsey's, or That used to be the Tic Toc Lounge... You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.