GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) -- An escalation in the war of words over which state has the best pizza.

Connecticut's Office of Statewide Marketing and Tourism put up several billboards in Manhattan and Brooklyn that read: "The Nation's Best Pizza: Not You New York."

The CTVISIT website says Connecticut is taking its "unapologetic pizza pride to the streets (and ego) of NYC with a billboard blitz that dares New Yorkers to admit their pizza isn’t as good as Connecticut’s."

The majority of New Yorkers walking past one of the signs on Sixth Avenue and West 10th didn't even break their stride to look at the sign. People we asked about it had plenty to say.

Alex Joe said, "I know Connecticut. I tried Connecticut, Manhattan has the best pizza. Shalia Ferguson said of the sign, "Oh no,

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