You never hear about anybody from Staten Island. People are

[raccoon]

From Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and of course (drum roll) Manhattan.

So, does anybody live there?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Pete Davidson doesn't count? NT

[raccoon]

3. Not familiar with him. Must be a sports figure.

On edit: I just looked him up, Not a sports figure but a comedian. These days, I don’t know squat about celebrities.

[PoliticAverse]

7. He's the King!...

[targetpractice]

12. Really liked that movie...

I love Pete Davidson... But, nice to see him in a dramatic role.

[soothsayer]

2. People who don't wear masks and have huge parties that spread covid

Otherwise mostly white people, a third of whom are Italian (including prominent mafia families), and I think Robin Quivers.

[Sanity Claws]

4. A lot of NY cops live in Staten Island

It is not as densely populated as the rest of NYC.

Someone else from Staten Island: Colin Jost of SNL. He is married to Scarlett Johansson.

[msongs]

5. usually hear about being a right wing hotbed in centrist/liberal NYC nt

[brush]

8. Yep, a lot of republicans there.

The only times I was there was when I used to ride in the 5-Borough bike tour that started in lower Manhattan and ended crossing the Verrazano Bridge. You'd take the Ferry back.

[PoliticAverse]

6. I heard it was just "the worlds largest landfill".

I took the ferry there once, but just for the (round trip) boat ride.

[Me.]

9. Lots & Lots Of Trumpers

[Wounded Bear]

10. Maybe it's one of those places that it's nice to be from...

far from.

[Cartoonist]

11. I lived there one summer in '73

The ferry was only a dime.
Typical suburb, but it had a beach.

[PoliticAverse]

13. It's actually free now. n/t

[Tikki]

14. These folk maintain a large home on Staten Island.

Tikki

[Rice4VP]

15. The Wu Tang Clan is from Staten Island

[Totally Tunsie]

16. The "Mob Wives" are from Staten Island.

"Big Ang" was a hoot.

[jmowreader]

17. 474,778 people you've never heard of live on Staten Island

A New Yorker explained it to me: Staten Island is the least populated borough because it's the most inaccessible. The other four boroughs are very well connected to each other with bridges and the MTA subway system, and of course Brooklyn and Queens are both on Long Island so you can use surface streets. But Staten Island...there's no subway service to it, most of the Staten Island Ferry vessels don't take cars, and the only bridge leading into NYC is the Verrazano Narrows which leads to Brooklyn.