Citations:bridge-and-tunnel

English citations of bridge-and-tunnel

• 1981 April 6, Henry Post, quoting Jim Fouratt, “Suburban Punk”, in New York, →ISSN, page 51:

  What I learned is that the so-called bridge-and-tunnel crowd is a state of mind. There are just as many bridge-and-tunnel minds in Manhattan as anywhere else.

• 1990 July, Joe Bob Briggs, “My Life as Joe Bob Briggs”, in Texas Monthly, →ISSN, page 132:

  "Tonight we get the Bridge-and-Tunnel People." He said this like, "Tonight the Nazis attack."
  "The Bridge-and-Tunnel People?"
  "They come from Jersey and Long Island to get drunk and have a good time."

• 1999 August 1, Bernard Stamler, “Whose Hamptons Are They Anyway?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

  And much to the consternation of their city cousins, many of whom view them with the same disdain they reserve in the other three seasons for the bridge-and-tunnel people who dare to cross the Hudson and East Rivers for a bit of Manhattan glamour, they seem to be taking over.

• 2003, James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland, →ISBN, →OL, page 67:

  The worst drug calamity, the worst-case scenario, was that you accidentally took too much ecstasy and were actually nice to a Bridge-and-Tunnel person.

• 2006 March 13, “Best Lesbian Bar”, in New York‎^[2], volume 39, page 84:

  The weekend parties, which feature thong-clad girls writhing on stripper poles, are hip enough to pull in a mix of faux-hawks, bridge-and-tunnel singles, celesbians, and even a spattering of boys.

• 2009 March 9, Flowers for Your Grave (Castle), season 1, episode 1, spoken by Richard Castle (Nate Fillion):

  Well, you're not bridge-and-tunnel. No trace of the boroughs when you talk. So that means Manhattan, that means money.