Newfoundland is hot these days. Now we are seeing people with American animal rights groups, Canadian conservative think-tanks and Ottawa political strategists all claiming a Newfoundland heritage as a tag in their bio in hopes of gaining some Water Street cred on the national media circuit.

via Watch out for the Professional Newfie – Nova Scotia News – TheChronicleHerald.ca.

Don’t totally buy into Newfoundland as the new New York City, but the phenom of the migrant who thinks they know the land they left better than its inhabitants is familiar.