I was told, when I moved to Florida from the New York Metro area, that sarcasm does not go well there, so I took it out of my vocabulary quickly, so as not to offend anyone. I had used it on her, and she had no problem with it (she was from the New York Metro area too) but she wanted me to know that it would most undoubtedly not be appreciated in Florida. I thanked her and have never gone back to it, or maybe rarely might have used it in some difficult situation to lighten things up a bit, or something. I used to use it a lot, but I have forgotten how at this point LOL...

I now no longer live in Florida, but I doubt that anyone here in North Carolina appreciates it either, as I have rarely if ever heard it used here. So I will probably refrain from using it here too.

However, back in NYC, I used it a lot. Living in NYC is very rough, probably even more now than back then in the mid-90s. So I can imagine that New Yorkers are using it still, and a lot, to ease the toughness that life there dishes out on a regular basis.