Upstate New York is the salt of the Earth. Great people. Beautiful scenery. Anyone could find it a friendly and hospitable place to live.
New York City is the scum of the Earth. Filled with crass, uncivilized, inbred cretins who take pride in being rude, obnoxious and loud.
I flew in and out of NYC for 15 years. I dreaded every trip. When traveling outside the U.S., it was always embarrassing to see ass hats from NYC making complete fools of themselves with their repugnant behavior. They made every American look bad.
Everyone clearly understood what Cruz meant by "New York values". It was a clumsy slur against the state which he'll pay for. Everyone understands, those in NYC the most, he was referring to the liberal, pro abortion, anti Second Amendment, socialist, depraved behavior of the NYC cesspool.