Alethea
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Us NYers can certainly be considered a different species lol. (I’m saying that in jest btw) But we don’t “deserve” to be crime victims or suicide victims any more than people living in other states. I think I am just reading the OP wrong but I’m genuinely confused.
I think OP meant that many things that would seem out of place in a small suburban town would not cause most New Yorkers to bat an eye. We kind of expect oddballs to live amongst us and we don't really look twice at a family of clowns on the subway. I think OP meant to put aside the fact that NY is a more tolerant place than most other places, this would still stick out. I didn't read it at all as being mean-spirited, just that almost all New Yorkers react in a rather relaxed way to strange things that don't seem dangerous. I am a lifelong New Yorker (who only recently fled Manhattan for New England) and I'd agree but also think many, many people would immediately try to help if someone seemed hurt or in danger or were trying to hurt themselves.