I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker.
When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.
I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'
I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic.
One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.
I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.
I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.
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