Why do Staten Islanders think of themselves as victims? I think it's because there's a narrative that either they or their parents worked really, really hard to establish themselves in this little idyllic place and they were fleeing problems of the city. Now whenever the city does something to Staten Island, it's almost as though the city is chasing after them. We worked really hard to get out of there and now here they come with their garbage or with their migrant shelters or their homeless shelters or their vision zero or their speed cameras.