Stereotypes of Cities?
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Anonymous
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Talking about national stereotypes of cities
I'll start: DC: wonky, "class treasurer" types who love bureaucracy & politics, bike to work and consider that "edgy" New York: finance exec assholes who party in the Hamptons and buy art because it's expensive San Fran: nerdy tech types who are socially stunted (much like DC) but make lots of money LA: rich creative types who get by on their parents money and try to make a living from their art Go! |
Anonymous
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LA is full of aspiring creative types that are getting by on family money, or just poor dipshits spending all of their money on hair extensions, soulcycle, coaching. It's a town full of dreamers and the predators that exploit them.
SF & Portland: People running away from home to reinvent themselves, changing their name, changing their gender, ranting about kombucha and better crosswalks. |
Anonymous
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There are also the stereotypes that don't involve rich people.
But you knew that. |
Anonymous
| Austin: hippies mixed with that weird Texas independence, eating from food trucks and doing crossfit |
Anonymous
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I'm a bit of an oddball and view things through an creative lens. I don't think of things right NOW, per se, but what these cities have brought us:
DC... city of DC hardcore... Bad Brains and Fugazi. Gogo music, of course. Parliament... "Chocolate City". Birthplace of Duke Ellington and Marvin Gaye. Color Field painting. Sam Gilliam. Roberta Flack. Awesome sculpture by St Gaudens and Daniel Chester French. SF... City Lights. Harvey Milk, gay rights. The Haight. Ghirardelli. NYC... CBGB. Punk. Ramones and Blondie. Abstract Expressionism. Andy Warhol. Amazing ethnic food. Chinatown. Broadway. Jazz... Roseland. LA... don't know much about it but Hollywood and the film industry, of course. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Amazing Latino food. Surf culture and music. |
Anonymous
| *a creative lens, not an... oops |
Anonymous
+1 #hatersgonnahate |
Anonymous
#hatersgonnahate sounds like it sums up the two people who have contributed nothing to this thread except hating on it. |
Anonymous
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Seattle: laid back NW types who like to go hunting and drive a Subaru
Dallas: douchey city with lots of $30,000 millionaires and people that like to party. Charleston: preppy WASPY types and the wannabes who wish they were |
Anonymous
This is a great way to look at things! |
Anonymous
Surely Seattle, WA deserves a place on this list 
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Anonymous
| Mothers who don't shave their pits, have many tattoos, too many coffee shops and microbreweries. Infrequent bathers |
Anonymous
Where? |
doodlebug
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assuming Seattle, though it could as easily be Portland. |
Anonymous
I like this |