Quote Origin: The True New Yorker’s Secret Belief That People Living Anywhere Else Had To Be, In Some Sense, Kidding

John Updike? Henry Bech? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: People who love living in New York City often believe it is the epicenter of the world. Here are two versions of a statement displaying this attitude: (1) The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding. …