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Orange County CA by FAR. In the OC, ONLY the wealthy and elite can afford it. The entire culture of the area is built around a culture of greed. They have a racist, classist, elitist attitude in which poor people and people who don't live up to the stereotypical rich image are shunned and disrespected.
It's a community of wealthy Republicans who want everything to be perfect (by their strange standards). And they uphol these standards through passive-aggressive rudeness and competition.
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COuld not have stated it any better! I totally agree with you.
The South California culture is like in its own little world from the rest of reality.
racist, classist, elitist attitude -- perfect words.. oh and the ego's
Out of all the places I've lived I'd have to say Kansas City. Much worse than either NYC or Boston and all of New England for that matter. It's becoming a miniature version of southern CA here and the same attitudes that go with that culture are permeating the mainstream of life now.
LMAO! Many of you crack me up for your lack of human perception! I KNEW when I read the title of this thread, that there would be a lot of SoCal trash talk. People are people and the need for recognition is found in EVERYONE. It's all a part of Maslow's Heirarchy of needs, look it up. Whether you're from NYC or Boston and you need to show off your intelligence, or if you're from San Francisco, Portland or Seattle and you have to show off your hippieness, or if you're from Southern California and you have to show off your clothes/cars/house (trust me, 98% of people here are too poor to afford luxury versions of all three), or how about Texas' pride?
Southern California is singled out in the "superficiality contest" only because the media has been successful in portraying this place as such. Turn off your damn TV sets, come out for a visit, and drive around for yourself. You will see that we are as laid back as anyone else. Certainly, southern Californians bare more skin on average then the rest of the country. Do you honestly believe that this is because we are superficial? If you were smart, you would know that our climate makes that mandatory. Perception is reality and since many southern Californians are beautiful, plausibly because of their tans, then YES they may have the appearance of being stuck up, but that's not the case. It's the insecurity within you that exudes such belief. Stop being judgmental... You want stuck up? My university -- San Diego State University, leave it at that! Thank God I'm graduating in 2 weeks.
Lastly, if anything, it's the transplants in southern California who have that media-based superficiality, having an "I'M HEREEEEEEEE" attitude.
Last edited by SouthCali4LifeSD; 05-11-2008 at 02:07 PM..
Reason: i decided to blame out of staters... yeah, that makes more sense...
Palm Beach County, Florida. Just visit for yourself. The odd thing about it is that it also has some of the hardest thugs in the country contrasting with that scene. And yes I have been to South OC, The Hamptons, North Dallas, Fairfield County, Northern VA, Miami Beach, etc. It's literally like a microcosm of all of that, and I really mean that literally.
Why does everyone call LA "superficial" and places down south are "Down-to-earth."
Hasn't anyone been to cities in Texas? Dallas, Houston? Most people move down there to buy huge shoddy-built houses and one-up each other. Palm beach ? Gaudy and tacky Versace clad South Americans? New York? Where all the high-end fashion houses have their flagships? Home of consumption and has far more high-end stores per square mile than anywhere else in the US?
Point is, every major city has materialistic and superficial people.
SoCal may be materialistic to an extent, sure, but a lot of it overblown by the media. What you see on shows like Laguna Beach is not reality, no matter what they try to tell you.
And honestly, I think people are fooling themselves if they think other major cities like NYC, Chicago, Philly, and Boston are "above" being superficial. Yeah right. Find a businessman on Wall Street and ask him to swap his Armani suit for the latest at Target. Not going to happen. Ask a suburban Bostonite to trade their Mercedes for a Honda Civic. Not going to happen.
Stereotyping cities is dumb. There are (believe it or not!) lots of superficial people in every city. There are also lots of really cool, down to earth people in every city. It's just who you choose to hang out with that matters.
SoCal may be materialistic to an extent, sure, but a lot of it overblown by the media. What you see on shows like Laguna Beach is not reality, no matter what they try to tell you.
And honestly, I think people are fooling themselves if they think other major cities like NYC, Chicago, Philly, and Boston are "above" being superficial. Yeah right. Find a businessman on Wall Street and ask him to swap his Armani suit for the latest at Target. Not going to happen. Ask a suburban Bostonite to trade their Mercedes for a Honda Civic. Not going to happen.
Stereotyping cities is dumb. There are (believe it or not!) lots of superficial people in every city. There are also lots of really cool, down to earth people in every city. It's just who you choose to hang out with that matters.
I can't speak for Boston but certainly all of New England is not like that. At one time my friend's father was the Corporate Comptroller at the AETNA Insurance Co. in Hartford. His father drove a Ford Escort to work everyday.
Another friend's father was the CEO at Exxon. I seem to recall he drove a Chevy to the train station to get to NYC.
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