The natives are getting PO’d.
Lifelong Gotham residents are torching clout-chasing “New York City transplants” — influencers who flood TikTok with posts slow-walking through rush-hour crowds, posing for subway glam shots, or “discovering” bodegas.
“I hate transplants. All of you piss me off,” one fed-up critic fumed, racking up more than 16,000 likes.
Another mocked, “We’re New York transplants … we’re gonna call the cops if the music’s too loud.”
And another TikToker blasted: “No one told you to move to [NYC] and pay $6k for a one bedroom … Stop moving to our city just to whine 24/7.”
A NYC “transplant” can be defined as someone who wasn’t born in the five boroughs, and has lived in the city for less than 10 to 15 years, often without fully understanding it or picking up its unspoken “etiquette,” Upper West Side content creator Isabel Beck, 27, told The Post.
“Just having an NYC address doesn’t make you a New Yorker,” she declared.
Hofstra student Django Buenz, 20, from Brooklyn, called out social media stars Brigette Pheloung, Haylee Baylee and Sophia LaCorte — each with more than a million followers — as “content leeches” and prime examples of “bratty” transplants.
She accused them of treating New Yorkers like props and “not contributing anything” to their community while fueling the gentrification driving residents out.
Flatbush resident Sue-Ann Jarrett said she was irked by an April TikTok from an Upper East Side transplant questioning whether fruit sold from a corner stand was sanitary.
The viral clip drew hundreds of thousands of views and a flood of mocking responses from New Yorkers.
“[Transplants] greatly fetishize the city and see it as a playground,” said Jarrett, 31. “They usually frequent very popular and well-known establishments, failing to give support to local and neighborhood businesses.”
But not everyone sees it as a battle.
“To me, a transplant is just someone who chose to build a life here,” said nurse and content creator and transplant Sammi Dosso, 23. “We work here, support local businesses, build relationships … we’re here with the city, not just in it.”
Still, the tension between transplants and natives shows no signs of cooling.
“Don’t act like you know everything about a city you just got to. That’s not respect, it’s ego,” Upper East Sider Olivia Saliba, 20, told The Post. “And in New York, we can spot that from a mile away.”
