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Football:
Giants v Eagles > Giants v Skins > Jet v Pats
B-Ball:
tough to say anymore
Seems like a lack of rivalries anymore here to be honest
Hockey:
Rangers v Flyers slightly > Rangers v Bruins
Islanders v not sure who TBH
Devils v Flyers > Devils v Bruins
NYC has virtually no rivalry with DC or Baltimore in sports - Redskins withstanding (Nats not so much, Caps, not really, Wizards not so much)
I'd say the Jets-Pats rivarly has greatly intensified since Videogate. Those teams hate each other. The Skins and the Giants are rivals by virtue of being in the same division, but there's no bad blood there. Dallas is their bitter rival to the end.
I have a different take on this because I tend to connect more with Boston and especially Connecticut then I do with Washington DC & Baltimore. Philadelphia of course is very close. Not sure what other New Yorkers think.
Former NYer from Long Island's North Shore. I feel the same. I attended college outside of Boston, and I absolutely connect more with New England and Boston, than I do with Philadelphia, Washington DC or Baltimore. The last seems to have a Southern influence. I don't connect to that at all.
There are A LOT of Italians in that whole stretch between NYC and Boston. Connecticut and Rhode Island have the highest Italian percentages of any states (followed closely by New Jersey). Boston, Providence and Hartford also have a strong West Indian presence along with large Puerto Rican and Domincian communities. Demographically, the make up is closer to New York.
In terms of the physical build, I don't think NYC has much in common with any of these places aside from being dense.
With physical build, the financial districts in both NYC and Boston seem very similar to each other but some of the residential blocks in Philly look like parts of Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and Queens to me. As for DC, I know some say Columbia Heights is the most "NYC looking neighborhood" (And it does look similar to Brooklyn a little bit) but other than that, the built environment and architecture of DC seems more like a cross between Boston, Richmond, Charleston, and a little bit of Philly to me. Plus, there's even a few nabes that look like they're straight out of the PNW (i.e. Takoma) and the Upper Midwest (i.e. North Michigan Park, Brookland).
With physical build, the financial districts in both NYC and Boston seem very similar to each other but some of the residential blocks in Philly look like parts of Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and Queens to me. As for DC, I know some say Columbia Heights is the most "NYC looking neighborhood" (And it does look similar to Brooklyn a little bit) but other than that, the built environment and architecture of DC seems more like a cross between Boston, Richmond, Charleston, and a little bit of Philly to me. Plus, there's even a few nabes that look like they're straight out of the PNW (i.e. Takoma) and the Upper Midwest (i.e. North Michigan Park, Brookland).
DC and Chicago have similar architecture imo. Some of the rowhouses are damn near identical. There are also more setbacks with an airier, leafier feel to the streetscape.
Football:
Giants v Eagles > Giants v Skins > Jet v Pats
B-Ball:
tough to say anymore
Seems like a lack of rivalries anymore here to be honest
Hockey:
Rangers v Flyers slightly > Rangers v Bruins
Islanders v not sure who TBH
Devils v Flyers > Devils v Bruins
NYC has virtually no rivalry with DC or Baltimore in sports - Redskins withstanding (Nats not so much, Caps, not really, Wizards not so much)
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Originally Posted by BajanYankee
I'd say the Jets-Pats rivarly has greatly intensified since Videogate. Those teams hate each other. The Skins and the Giants are rivals by virtue of being in the same division, but there's no bad blood there. Dallas is their bitter rival to the end.
Good post KP. I think the biggest rivalry is between the Yanks and the Sox. There is some between the Giants and the Eagles but I agree with Bajan about the Redskins and the Giants. And especially about Dallas! Why are there so many Dallas fans?
Former NYer from Long Island's North Shore. I feel the same. I attended college outside of Boston, and I absolutely connect more with New England and Boston, than I do with Philadelphia, Washington DC or Baltimore. The last seems to have a Southern influence. I don't connect to that at all.
If you were from the North Shore you probably saw the similar visual look between the North Shore and say Connecticut. Especially in places like Oyster Bay, Cold Spring Harbor or Huntington Village.
We have some similarities on the South Shore (in Suffolk anyway) but you have to look in between past the newer suburbs for older places like Babylon Village, Amityville, Islip Hamlet, Sayville and Bellport. And of course the East End towns.
DC and Chicago have similar architecture imo. Some of the rowhouses are damn near identical. There are also more setbacks with an airier, leafier feel to the streetscape.
That's true. Especially the wide avenues, boulevards, and streets even within the residential neighborhoods. Downtown DC also seems like the Chicago Loop with a buzzcut (though DT Chicago's modern architecture seems more varied and distinctive).
Good post KP. I think the biggest rivalry is between the Yanks and the Sox. There is some between the Giants and the Eagles but I agree with Bajan about the Redskins and the Giants. And especially about Dallas! Why are there so many Dallas fans?
Ugh, you guys up in the NYC metro area have been invaded by the Dogboys' plague too?
Ugh, you guys up in the NYC metro area have been invaded by the Dogboys' plague too?
Yeah its like the invasion of the Body Snatchers or something.
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