why do blacks in other cities have a new york accent? (live in, military)

[the resident09]

^^^^ and on second thought Kodeblue I might actually have to agree with you about Baltimore setting a trend, because in that video I'm hearing parts of the accent from the young Jersey kids and it sounds like they got it from Bmore. "Errrbody" and words like that.

[ayoskillz]

I just lost i.q points with this

[l1995]

I'm a New Yorker, the black people in Phillly definitely do not sound like New Yorkers to me

[l1995]

I also want to point out that most New Yorkers don't sound like Paulie Walnuts, it was even like this before the wave of gentrification.

For some reason people have this misconception that we all have mafioso accents.

[Spade]

We don't.

[The_General]

Originally Posted by KodeBlue

Call it what you like, but Baltimore isn't influenced by any city. Not in 2017. Baltimore does the influencing.

Which cities does Baltimore influence? Was Baltimore influenced by other cities before 2017?

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by The_General

Which cities does Baltimore influence?

Hanover, PA?

[KodeBlue]

Originally Posted by The_General

Which cities does Baltimore influence? Was Baltimore influenced by other cities before 2017?

The first cities that comes to mind are Philly and Hampton Roads, Northern NJ

Baltimore was influenced by NYC, and the south, but I don't know of many cities influenced by NYC nowadays in the context that I'm referring to.

[908Boi]

only NJans and Floridian transplants sound like New Yorkers so what you're hearing in other cities are probably transplants or you just cant discern different accents.

[KodeBlue]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Hanover, PA?

Them too.