When New Amsterdam's name was changed to New York, did people actually like it better that way?

by tildaswinton1234

Was listening to the They Might be Giants song and was wondering if there was uproar over the name change or if people were chill about it edit: I cant believe my dumb question got silver, thanks!!

sunagainstgold

/u/lord_mayor_of_reddit has a fantastic earlier answer about why the name change was actually quite a few people's business: