re: These days what really is a Yankee?

If I'm being honest, the New Yorkers who move here fit in better than the New Englanders, especially if the NY folks are Italian. The New Yorkers are louder and more blunt about things, but they have a sense of humor, familial bonds and an obsession with food that makes them a lot like Southerners. I've found that folks from New England just revel in being assholes.