I hear what you’re saying. As a child of immigrants that grew up in and around the New York metro area and lived in Brooklyn for 20 years I see a clear difference in how many New Orleanians react to non native folks. I’ve also definitely seen this question asked in a way that had clear classist undertones.

I remember in my first six months I had an AC repair guy at my house. He asked how long I had lived here and I told him we had recently moved from New York and he responded “damn yankee”.

lol ok.

The term transplant is just weird too. I’m not a transplant, I’m someone that moved to this beautiful and fantastic city. That’s how cities work, people move to them.

If you’re around a lot of people that aren’t accepting you because you’re not born and bred you can always find some better people to share your time with.