there’s like a thousand posts about it on this site but it bears reiterating that the reason a lot of Americans will specify which state they come from rather than simply saying that they are from the US is simple. it’s because, despite the relative physical proximity, someone from Massachusetts and someone from New York are basically two wholly different breeds of person. and neither is human.
Official Post of Massachusetts
Philly and Boston maintain a wary peace not unlike Staten Island vampires and werewolves
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