East coast bubble views are hard for me to listen to as a ‘fly over’ state transplant

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Anonymous wrote:The food in the Midwest sucks because it’s based on the bland flavors of Northern Europe ..German, Dutch etc and basic American food. Hamburgers, hotdogs and beer are really the best food there. Salt and butter are the main seasonings. Celebratory meals are cooked in a crockpot.

There are so many fantastic regional and sub regional cuisines in the US west, south, east coast and coastal areas. The Midwest is not one of them! Even immigrant communities that open restaurants in that area have to severely tone down and Americanize their dishes if their own communities aren’t large enough to sustain their business.

Yep yep and yep. The coasts have lots of great food because of the influx of immigrants over many decades. And the birth of California cuisine and its evolution in the 1970s-1990s. Much of the Midwest did not adopt this (except maybe little pockets of the major cities) and I can say the stereotype of Midwesterners making casseroles, eating heavy food, using canned vegetables and soups is not untrue.

That’s because of climate and economics more than anything else.

Every large and medium city in flyover has great food and has for years. Minnesota has very sophisticated Vietnamese, Thai etc. Of course smaller less populated areas don’t but that’s true of almost any smaller community, including coastal states. Have you ever eaten in upstate NY?

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Anonymous wrote:7 pages in and no one has posted about why the midwest is so great.

I did. 1/17 16:26.

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I did 1/17 14:18

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As a New Englander, I say, of course we're parochial! Thr adventurous ones among us headed West in the 1800s!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The food in the Midwest sucks because it’s based on the bland flavors of Northern Europe ..German, Dutch etc and basic American food. Hamburgers, hotdogs and beer are really the best food there. Salt and butter are the main seasonings. Celebratory meals are cooked in a crockpot.

There are so many fantastic regional and sub regional cuisines in the US west, south, east coast and coastal areas. The Midwest is not one of them! Even immigrant communities that open restaurants in that area have to severely tone down and Americanize their dishes if their own communities aren’t large enough to sustain their business.

Yep yep and yep. The coasts have lots of great food because of the influx of immigrants over many decades. And the birth of California cuisine and its evolution in the 1970s-1990s. Much of the Midwest did not adopt this (except maybe little pockets of the major cities) and I can say the stereotype of Midwesterners making casseroles, eating heavy food, using canned vegetables and soups is not untrue.

That’s because of climate and economics more than anything else.

No it’s not! It’s simply a preference for blander flavors, less texture and aversion to learning techniques new to them.

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Anonymous wrote:I left DC to move to a flyover state for work. Generally, it’s awesome here. And I love DC too. While I miss a lot about DC, I don’t miss the elite attitudes. The “I’m better than the masses” vibe and that the people who live in areas other than the coasts are idiots. I don’t miss that at all. But if I did miss, DCUM is always there to remind me.

Same here only to rural eastern NC, which getsa the same disrespect 'flyover' areas do.

I couldn't be happier. The people are the kindesat you'd ever meet and extremely generous. IDGAF that they voted for Trump. Theses are rule following goos manners people. I was gone until late last night and when I came home my 200 yard gravel drive way and been scraped and leveled. My neigbors was too so I texted him. His response? " Well, I was already doing mine so I thought I might as well do yours too! Should be good for another 5 years."

That's just the type of people we have down here. Good luck finding that attitude in Arlington.

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I never experienced that in DC, but I heard it all the time in NYC. Typically the offenders were not born and raised in NYC but in the suburbs (“bridge and tunnel,” to use another classist phrase I don’t like). So I guess they were overcompensating.

“Flyover” cities like Cleveland or Dallas have fantastic museums, theaters, ballets etc. I still choose to stay on the east coast but anyone who is a snob about those cities doesn’t know what they’re talking about. I would choose Cleveland over suburban NY state any day!

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Anonymous wrote:As a New Englander, I say, of course we're parochial! Thr adventurous ones among us headed West in the 1800s!

LOL. So true.

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Anonymous wrote:I left DC to move to a flyover state for work. Generally, it’s awesome here. And I love DC too. While I miss a lot about DC, I don’t miss the elite attitudes. The “I’m better than the masses” vibe and that the people who live in areas other than the coasts are idiots. I don’t miss that at all. But if I did miss, DCUM is always there to remind me.

Same here only to rural eastern NC, which getsa the same disrespect 'flyover' areas do.

I couldn't be happier. The people are the kindesat you'd ever meet and extremely generous. IDGAF that they voted for Trump. Theses are rule following goos manners people. I was gone until late last night and when I came home my 200 yard gravel drive way and been scraped and leveled. My neigbors was too so I texted him. His response? " Well, I was already doing mine so I thought I might as well do yours too! Should be good for another 5 years."

That's just the type of people we have down here. Good luck finding that attitude in Arlington.

We have great neighbors in Arlington, sorry you didn't.

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Anonymous wrote:I left DC to move to a flyover state for work. Generally, it’s awesome here. And I love DC too. While I miss a lot about DC, I don’t miss the elite attitudes. The “I’m better than the masses” vibe and that the people who live in areas other than the coasts are idiots. I don’t miss that at all. But if I did miss, DCUM is always there to remind me.

Same here only to rural eastern NC, which getsa the same disrespect 'flyover' areas do.

I couldn't be happier. The people are the kindesat you'd ever meet and extremely generous. IDGAF that they voted for Trump. Theses are rule following goos manners people. I was gone until late last night and when I came home my 200 yard gravel drive way and been scraped and leveled. My neigbors was too so I texted him. His response? " Well, I was already doing mine so I thought I might as well do yours too! Should be good for another 5 years."

That's just the type of people we have down here. Good luck finding that attitude in Arlington.

Rural eastern NC? What type of culture do you have there? Are you talking about the Outer Banks or inland?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left DC to move to a flyover state for work. Generally, it’s awesome here. And I love DC too. While I miss a lot about DC, I don’t miss the elite attitudes. The “I’m better than the masses” vibe and that the people who live in areas other than the coasts are idiots. I don’t miss that at all. But if I did miss, DCUM is always there to remind me.

Same here only to rural eastern NC, which getsa the same disrespect 'flyover' areas do.

I couldn't be happier. The people are the kindesat you'd ever meet and extremely generous. IDGAF that they voted for Trump. Theses are rule following goos manners people. I was gone until late last night and when I came home my 200 yard gravel drive way and been scraped and leveled. My neigbors was too so I texted him. His response? " Well, I was already doing mine so I thought I might as well do yours too! Should be good for another 5 years."

That's just the type of people we have down here. Good luck finding that attitude in Arlington.

Rural eastern NC? What type of culture do you have there? Are you talking about the Outer Banks or inland?

Are you implying coastal NC has no culture? LOL. I had no idea this was a forum for ignorant morons!

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Anonymous wrote:The food in the Midwest sucks because it’s based on the bland flavors of Northern Europe ..German, Dutch etc and basic American food. Hamburgers, hotdogs and beer are really the best food there. Salt and butter are the main seasonings. Celebratory meals are cooked in a crockpot.

There are so many fantastic regional and sub regional cuisines in the US west, south, east coast and coastal areas. The Midwest is not one of them! Even immigrant communities that open restaurants in that area have to severely tone down and Americanize their dishes if their own communities aren’t large enough to sustain their business.

Yep yep and yep. The coasts have lots of great food because of the influx of immigrants over many decades. And the birth of California cuisine and its evolution in the 1970s-1990s. Much of the Midwest did not adopt this (except maybe little pockets of the major cities) and I can say the stereotype of Midwesterners making casseroles, eating heavy food, using canned vegetables and soups is not untrue.

That’s because of climate and economics more than anything else.

No it’s not! It’s simply a preference for blander flavors, less texture and aversion to learning techniques new to them.

What a complete load of sanctimonious crap. You are very ignorant and judgmental.

Preference for blander flavors is based on economics and climate. For much of the 20th century families in the midwest didn’t have access to imported or spicy ingredients because of cost and climate. Peppers and herbs don’t grow in your garden anymore at -15°. People would spend winters eating canned food preserves of beets and greek beans and heavy cream because that’s what they had. The climate lends itself towards hearty meals that warm you up after working your ass off all day long. Things like bread and cheese and pasta and canned soup.

All northern cultures across the globe have a cultural trend towards different ingredients due to these same reasons and it’s not because the people are dumb and boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left DC to move to a flyover state for work. Generally, it’s awesome here. And I love DC too. While I miss a lot about DC, I don’t miss the elite attitudes. The “I’m better than the masses” vibe and that the people who live in areas other than the coasts are idiots. I don’t miss that at all. But if I did miss, DCUM is always there to remind me.

Same here only to rural eastern NC, which getsa the same disrespect 'flyover' areas do.

I couldn't be happier. The people are the kindesat you'd ever meet and extremely generous. IDGAF that they voted for Trump. Theses are rule following goos manners people. I was gone until late last night and when I came home my 200 yard gravel drive way and been scraped and leveled. My neigbors was too so I texted him. His response? " Well, I was already doing mine so I thought I might as well do yours too! Should be good for another 5 years."

That's just the type of people we have down here. Good luck finding that attitude in Arlington.

Rural eastern NC? What type of culture do you have there? Are you talking about the Outer Banks or inland?

Are you implying coastal NC has no culture? LOL. I had no idea this was a forum for ignorant morons!

Besides hunting, fishing and football?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left DC to move to a flyover state for work. Generally, it’s awesome here. And I love DC too. While I miss a lot about DC, I don’t miss the elite attitudes. The “I’m better than the masses” vibe and that the people who live in areas other than the coasts are idiots. I don’t miss that at all. But if I did miss, DCUM is always there to remind me.

Same here only to rural eastern NC, which getsa the same disrespect 'flyover' areas do.

I couldn't be happier. The people are the kindesat you'd ever meet and extremely generous. IDGAF that they voted for Trump. Theses are rule following goos manners people. I was gone until late last night and when I came home my 200 yard gravel drive way and been scraped and leveled. My neigbors was too so I texted him. His response? " Well, I was already doing mine so I thought I might as well do yours too! Should be good for another 5 years."

That's just the type of people we have down here. Good luck finding that attitude in Arlington.

I’m in Arlington and we all pitch in on our block. We have porch parties, bring in each others’ mail etc. when someone is traveling, shovel the older people’s driveways, share tools, etc. Sorry you didn’t have that ecperience but many of my friends in ARL have experienced the same. When I lived in Upstate NY my neighbors told my not to sell to black people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The food in the Midwest sucks because it’s based on the bland flavors of Northern Europe ..German, Dutch etc and basic American food. Hamburgers, hotdogs and beer are really the best food there. Salt and butter are the main seasonings. Celebratory meals are cooked in a crockpot.

There are so many fantastic regional and sub regional cuisines in the US west, south, east coast and coastal areas. The Midwest is not one of them! Even immigrant communities that open restaurants in that area have to severely tone down and Americanize their dishes if their own communities aren’t large enough to sustain their business.

Yep yep and yep. The coasts have lots of great food because of the influx of immigrants over many decades. And the birth of California cuisine and its evolution in the 1970s-1990s. Much of the Midwest did not adopt this (except maybe little pockets of the major cities) and I can say the stereotype of Midwesterners making casseroles, eating heavy food, using canned vegetables and soups is not untrue.

So you think the Midwest doesn’t have a lot of immigrants? You ever been to the Midwest?