seed, and can never become a real New Yorker.

He can't be trained into it.
Consolidation didn't make him a New Yorker, and nothin' on earth can.

A man born in Germany can settle down and become a good New Yorker.

So can an Irishman; in fact, the first word an Irish boy learns in the old country is "New York," and when he grows up and comes here, he is at home right away.

Even a Jap or a Chinaman can become a New Yorker, but a Brooklynite never can.
And why?
Because Brooklyn don't seem to be like any other place on earth.