As a New Yorker, this is what you do: you confront, jab, and slap, sometimes wrongly, then smile and forget about it.
Chicago prides itself on being a mean city.
I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.
New York has a strong focus on the migration of immigrants, and there is a crime element there and even an underbelly, but Chicago is a much harder and more brazen city.
I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like.
Glasgow was a tough city. You were adored, and you were hated.
My toughness comes from just being from Philly, man.
I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
Growing up in Manhattan has given me a thick skin.
