What makes you a true New Yorker?

We asked notable city dwellers to share their recommendations and advice.

By Lauren Levinson Wed Mar 28 2012

Ben Smith

Ben Smith


Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed (buzzfeed.com)
“I grew up here, and aside from a few years reporting from foreign lands—Indianapolis, Latvia—after college, I haven’t really left. But I’ve always felt that being from here made me a bit of an anomaly, less of a New Yorker than the people from elsewhere who really drive the city. I didn’t really feel like I was fully part of the city until I started raising my kids in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, which is a small town where everyone knows your name.”

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Rated as: 5/5 (1 rating)

  • Whoever wrote the article should be fired immediately

    Peter Wed Mar 28 2012
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  • This article is a Joke... Nothing New York is mentioned here... Nothing neighborhood mention or how it was when I grew up (26) or when my parents grew up... This article is from a trendy dirty hipster wrote who makes it clear the know absolutely nothing ab real newyork....this is PATHETIC

    Peter Wed Mar 28 2012
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