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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

I believe Frank that the chronology will reveal that the Bronx and Queens are the bouroughs which were originally used as the dumps for garbage generated by Brooklynites and those from Manhattan.
As those swamp areas were filled, people began living there. Subsequently Nassau and Suffolk as well as Staten Island became the dump for New York. Now people are living there too.
However, where Long Island actually starts depends significantly on the age of the New Yorker you are speaking with. The newbie will cite the geographical/political demarcations, the old timer will think of where the garbage was dumped.