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Given the diversity of the city, and the alleged worldliness of its residents, there are a lot of New Yorkers who will claim to be above finding different nationalities interesting.

In New York City, being British should be less interesting. I lost it, but for the first time in my life I felt exotic.

When I was new to New York, an American woman overheard me in a deli asking for a blueberry “bun” rather than muffin. If, like me, you’re a bit boring, you can still rely on someone at a party, or in a bar, or – once – in the shower at a swimming pool being curious about your origins. I have often seen the dreariest, most potato-like English men elevated to stud statusĪdam Gabbatt, 36, New York City Being a foreigner abroad doesn’t necessarily make you interesting, but it does at least give you something to talk about.