??? About East-side/West Side in NYC

There was something said in the ep where Jerry refused to thank someone for Hockey tickets, and Kramer was lecturing him about how it was how people "of society" act. Then he said: "You are part of society, aren't you? Because if you don't want to be part of society, why don't you just pack your things, and move to the EAST SIDE!!"

Now, having never been to NY I don't know what the general perception of the "East side" is (accurate or not), so I was wondering...what did Kramer mean? How DO NY-ers stereotypically view the East/West sides? IOW, WHY IS WHAT KRAMER SAID FUNNY?????? Help me out here, folks!

Thanx Much!

[email] wrote:

HEY! I live in Upper East Side and I'm not snooty!

Let others decide.

[email] wrote:

There's a cultural gulf between the Upper West Side (where Seinfeld & Co. live) and the Upper East Side, and the two camps speak derisively of one another.

The Upper East Side is associated with "old money" (Astor, Dodge, etc.), corporate bigwigs, and pedigreed Europeans. The Upper West Side is associated with yuppies, artsy types, "new money". There are plenty of "average folks" on both sides of the divide (the "divide" being Central Park), but each neighborhood has its own flavor: the Upper East Side is more subdued, less brash than the Upper West Side.

Greta Garbo spent her later years on the Upper East Side; John Lennon and Yoko Ono chose the Upper West Side. See what I mean? (I live on the Lower East Side; we get residents like Charlie Parker and Allen Ginsberg.)

---Alvin H. Nichter

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The upper east and west sides of Manhattan are separated by Central Park. There seems to be a rivalry between those living on either side. A westsider like Jerry would swear there is no way he could live on the east side of Manhattan. An eastsider would say the opposite. I guess some of the claims about life on the ' other side ' made by residents are just as ridiculous as that made by Kramer.

Well, I've been to both sides, and I think that its more that people on their respective sides of Central Park like their particular side better than the other side.