Most misunderstood county in New York, subject of many stereotypes.
There's a lot more to WC than rich kids and IBM.
People automatically assume things when you tell them you're from Westchester.
Yes, I'm of Eastern European descent. No, I'm not related to organized crime.
Yes, I am prescribed Prozac. No, I'm not addicted to prescription pills.
Yes, my family is "comfortable". No, we're not insanely "rich".
Yes, I enjoy nice things. No, I'm not a snob.
I drive a Volvo, not an Escalade.
I enjoy the cultural aspects of Westchester, I am not obsessed with popping my collar, my diamond encrusted iPhone, or my Beamer.
And I am not a "rich kid pretending to be poor" or "ghetto".
I never claim to be "hood" or "under privileged", I wear Versace AND clothes from Goodwill, because I like it all.
It's a WC thing.
There's a lot more to WC than rich kids and IBM.
People automatically assume things when you tell them you're from Westchester.
Yes, I'm of Eastern European descent. No, I'm not related to organized crime.
Yes, I am prescribed Prozac. No, I'm not addicted to prescription pills.
Yes, my family is "comfortable". No, we're not insanely "rich".
Yes, I enjoy nice things. No, I'm not a snob.
I drive a Volvo, not an Escalade.
I enjoy the cultural aspects of Westchester, I am not obsessed with popping my collar, my diamond encrusted iPhone, or my Beamer.
And I am not a "rich kid pretending to be poor" or "ghetto".
I never claim to be "hood" or "under privileged", I wear Versace AND clothes from Goodwill, because I like it all.
It's a WC thing.
by JoeySeven77 June 2, 2011
Get the Westchester mug.A county on the northern border of the Bronx, NY. Unlike Long Island, Westchester Co. seems to span everything from urban to rural whereas Long Island is more solidly and consistently suburban.
by Larry February 28, 2004
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The area of New York immediately north of the Bronx. Has rich areas and poorer areas. Many kids from Westchester pretend to be ghetto while their parents make 6 figure salaries. Also, people from Southern Westchester (like myself) take much offense when told we are from "upstate".
Westchester County can be very boring.
by WC Native April 13, 2006
Get the westchester mug.A colloquialism for Westchester County, the county immediately north of New York City. Stereotyped as being rich, though this is not true to the extent that most people believe. Considered to be a counterpart to 'Long Island' i.e. Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
by Eastchester September 2, 2004
Get the Westchester mug.Bronxbuddy you do have a point. Kids at my high school literally were convinced they were "from" the Bronx because they lived there until they were like 2, and expect you to think they were tough because of that. People really do not have any idea how rich Westchester is, what we consider "Middle Class" is really more like upper middle class. Yonkers is probably the only city in Westchester co. that even remote resembles the rest of the country economically so it gets labeled a dump and ostracized by snobs in Scarsdale even though Yonkers is not poor for the most part, it is just normal middle class.
"Oh I'm not rich I'm well off" -Westchester kids who drive a BMW convertible and live in a $1 million dollar house.
by Name June 24, 2004
Get the westchester mug.Westchester is the county directly North of NYC. the bronx is right to the south. Basically, there are many different sections that are very different:
This list basically goes from S to N:
-Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle- These are the 3 biggest cities in Westchester, and are generally racially and financially diverse. The most gangsta of the county. Alot of chill people but getting worse with gangs. New Ros beast and has New Roc City. Im from Mt. Vernon- so its best. ANd yonkers is really big.
-Bronxville, Scarsdale, Eastchester, Crestwood,Pelham: Rich Southern Westchester towns. Extremely rich and snobby and pretty annoying. Kids either try to be ghetto or are proud of their wealth and wear kacki shorts and wear button down shirts, or like abercrombie and stuff like that.
-Greenburgh-Middle and Southern Westchester.
Greenburgh- Tarrytown, ELmsford, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley: Diverse, but separated by village. Tarrytowns and ELmsford are the coolest- diverse, some gangs and stuff, mainly cool kids. THen the Hudson towns other than Tarrytown are pretty rich and artsy but not really snobby.
-White Plains- Probably coolest part of Westchester. Malls, transportation center, diverse, something for everyone. Like a mini-Manhatten (45ish story buildings) Still cant compare to NYC though.
-Mt PLeasant- Surrounded by Greenburg White Plains and kinda Ossining. Contains Hawthorne Valhalla Sleepy Hollow Thornwood, andPleasantville. Basically the last good place. Its basically working and middleclass. Mix of whites and hispanics. Sleepy Hollow is very Hispanic, and has some well off areas, so does Pleasantville. Overall cool kids and some gangs. Hawthorne nd hollow are prob the best.
-Briarcliff and Chappaqua- Really rich and annoying. More preppy and spread out rich than Bronxville and stuff. Its kinda rurally suburba. Chappaqua is alot more annoying then Briarclffe. They both mad jewish and rich.
Then theres Ossining and Mt. Kisco. The 2 last cool towns. Mt. Kiscos becoming bigger and pretty diverse. Ossinings on the Hudson, and Mt. Kiscos got a lot of new stores and attractions. Ossining gets a lil annoying but overall good.
-Northern WC and Peekskill-
Peekskills the only last city in the county, and ill defend em by saying they aint upstate.
This list basically goes from S to N:
-Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle- These are the 3 biggest cities in Westchester, and are generally racially and financially diverse. The most gangsta of the county. Alot of chill people but getting worse with gangs. New Ros beast and has New Roc City. Im from Mt. Vernon- so its best. ANd yonkers is really big.
-Bronxville, Scarsdale, Eastchester, Crestwood,Pelham: Rich Southern Westchester towns. Extremely rich and snobby and pretty annoying. Kids either try to be ghetto or are proud of their wealth and wear kacki shorts and wear button down shirts, or like abercrombie and stuff like that.
-Greenburgh-Middle and Southern Westchester.
Greenburgh- Tarrytown, ELmsford, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley: Diverse, but separated by village. Tarrytowns and ELmsford are the coolest- diverse, some gangs and stuff, mainly cool kids. THen the Hudson towns other than Tarrytown are pretty rich and artsy but not really snobby.
-White Plains- Probably coolest part of Westchester. Malls, transportation center, diverse, something for everyone. Like a mini-Manhatten (45ish story buildings) Still cant compare to NYC though.
-Mt PLeasant- Surrounded by Greenburg White Plains and kinda Ossining. Contains Hawthorne Valhalla Sleepy Hollow Thornwood, andPleasantville. Basically the last good place. Its basically working and middleclass. Mix of whites and hispanics. Sleepy Hollow is very Hispanic, and has some well off areas, so does Pleasantville. Overall cool kids and some gangs. Hawthorne nd hollow are prob the best.
-Briarcliff and Chappaqua- Really rich and annoying. More preppy and spread out rich than Bronxville and stuff. Its kinda rurally suburba. Chappaqua is alot more annoying then Briarclffe. They both mad jewish and rich.
Then theres Ossining and Mt. Kisco. The 2 last cool towns. Mt. Kiscos becoming bigger and pretty diverse. Ossinings on the Hudson, and Mt. Kiscos got a lot of new stores and attractions. Ossining gets a lil annoying but overall good.
-Northern WC and Peekskill-
Peekskills the only last city in the county, and ill defend em by saying they aint upstate.
Westchester can be cool in some areas: MV, YO, NR, WP, GB, MP, OS
ANd wack in others: BxVl, Scrdl, rye
ANd wack in others: BxVl, Scrdl, rye
by Mike003 July 7, 2007
Get the Westchester mug.Probably the most ghetto privileged people you will ever meet. Except when you head over to chappaqua... the crackiest of crackers who actually do LSD in their bathrooms as they chop up coke with their credit cards that their parents refill every three seconds. But then you head over to yorktown which is made up of 30% Albanians and some certain rich people, but other than that everything is made out of brick and you will not come out of Yorktown the same way you came in. Once again... the most ghetto privileged kids to ever walk the earth.
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