New Yorkers may be proud, ornery individuals, quick to voice their differences loudly and unabashedly.

But on certain issues, New Yorkers almost always unite. The rent being too damn high is certainly one.

And a swipe at the city by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas seems to be another.

At the Republican presidential debate on Thursday, Senator Cruz attacked Donald Trump, one of his rivals for the party’s nomination, by saying darkly that he represented “New York values.”

Asked to define the term, Senator Cruz offered a sweeping generalization for 8.5 million city dwellers.