re: Will Hell itself freeze over before urban New Yorkers admit that

Notwithstanding your divergence of opinion with the post at issue, I can't help but think that if I were in the company of a handful of "average" New Yorkers, and I suggested that Louisiana was as much (or more) a cultural center of America than is New York (or Massachusetts, etc), I feel confident I'd be excoriated and mocked for such a suggestion. I acknowledge that I could be completely off the mark on that though. Just gut feeling.