I grew up in New York.

I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then.

I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment.

I grew up in New York City, and I'm a city boy, born and bred.

I grew up in Buffalo, New York, and was a big Bills fan.

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.