Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 22:18     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote: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.



I like this
doodlebug
Post 06/19/2016 21:48     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mothers who don't shave their pits, have many tattoos, too many coffee shops and microbreweries. Infrequent bathers


Where?
assuming Seattle, though it could as easily be Portland.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 21:41     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote:Mothers who don't shave their pits, have many tattoos, too many coffee shops and microbreweries. Infrequent bathers


Where?
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 21:34     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Mothers who don't shave their pits, have many tattoos, too many coffee shops and microbreweries. Infrequent bathers
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 21:17     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote: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.



Surely Seattle, WA deserves a place on this list
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 21:09     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote: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.




This is a great way to look at things!
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 21:08     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

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
Post 06/19/2016 21:05     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are also the stereotypes that don't involve rich people.

But you knew that.


+1

#hatersgonnahate


#hatersgonnahate sounds like it sums up the two people who have contributed nothing to this thread except hating on it.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 21:03     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Anonymous wrote:There are also the stereotypes that don't involve rich people.

But you knew that.


+1

#hatersgonnahate
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 20:54     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

*a creative lens, not an... oops
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 20:53     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

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
Post 06/19/2016 20:43     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

Austin: hippies mixed with that weird Texas independence, eating from food trucks and doing crossfit
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 20:41     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

There are also the stereotypes that don't involve rich people.

But you knew that.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2016 20:40     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

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
Post 06/19/2016 20:38     Subject: Stereotypes of Cities?

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!