I am also a transplanted (and homesick) soul with roots in all 5 boroughs, and in the neighboring counties. Everybody, when I was growing up said that they were going to the "city", meaning Manhattan. Someone going elsewhere in the municipality would say "I'm going to The Bronx, Brooklyn etc. I am not sure whether The City of New York is unique in the US in that there are 5 separate counties existing within one city government. By the way, true Brooklynites do indeed believe they are still a separate city. The real true Brooklynites still believe that the Dodgers are just on a VERY long road trip! Rodger "Dodger" Beyer