British Comedian Tweets Never Met A New Yorker Bragging To Be From Roosevelt Island - Residents Respond We're Few But Many Of Us Love It

Comedian Chris Williams tweeted today that he never met a NY'er bragging about living on Roosevelt Island, though he says we do have a cool cable car.

@Rooseveltisland people go on how they are from Brooklyn etc..but I haven't meet anyone who brags about RI. You have a cool Cable Car!
— Chris W (@thatbritguynyc) February 19, 2014

The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse quickly responded.

@thatbritguynyc @rooseveltisland that's a statistical bias. You haven't met many people from RI because we're few. Many of us love it!
— Nicolas Robine (@notSoJunkDNA) February 19, 2014

@notSoJunkDNA @Rooseveltisland @thatbritguynyc I grew up in RI from 95-00 and as a global nomad 3rd culture kid- its one of my fav places!
— Marwan Dahab (@Marwan_Dahab) February 19, 2014

@thatbritguynyc @Rooseveltisland we love it here lived on UES for 10 years before we moved here!! Not leaving anytime soon.
— Jen (@4aesthetics) February 19, 2014

@notSoJunkDNA @Rooseveltisland @thatbritguynyc RI has only been residential for 30 or 35 years and so little tradition (yet) of lving there.
— bluemumfred (@bluemumfred) February 19, 2014

@thatbritguynyc @Rooseveltisland RIers are less insufferable than the people who insist you know how cool they are b/c they live in Bklyn.
— Kristy Lamb (@KLambPhD) February 19, 2014

UPDATE 9:40 PM:

@notSoJunkDNA @thatbritguynyc @Rooseveltisland - We are very few, and it is a great place to live! We do need better restaurants though.
— Rhonda Pringle (@RhondaPringle) February 20, 2014

@thatbritguynyc Umm...Chris...proud New Yorker here who grew up on Roosevelt Island. You wish!!
— Dana Doyle (@TheMagicYears) February 20, 2014