Au contraire, we New Yorkers use "tacky" all the time. Like when referring to Donald and Melania's gilt-everything decorating style.
Because, RUSSIANS! Next, the FBI's interviewing a Russian bus boy who cleared Donald's table in 1996. Trump left him a $100 tip, now suspected of being a payoff.
The Navy does a lot of this when it fits in the schedule. I once stopped in Valetta, Malta, to do some maintenance on a Barbary Wars cemetery there. Then a bunch of idiots flew some planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and we had to put to sea on short notice.