I don't blame them!
New York style is as close as Amercians get to Neapolitan which is as far away as you can get to Chicago style. I guess the Italian immingrants to New York liked to keep things as close and authentic to home as possible. I guess your friends reacted as close as a Neapolitan would have done ......"less is more" ....
You might be interested in the discussions that
take place here about tghe different styles ... but mostly US orientated ....
I would take New York over Chicago style but right now my heart belongs to
uk1. Style. ^