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I agree that regional differences has dilluted greatly over the past decade. Gen Z is growing up in a homogenous America where things are less culturally segregated than they were 20-30 years ago. I still think Culture diversity still exist but in a more lifestyle choice rather than a regional thing. Many Southerners aren't getting married and going to church like they were in decades prior whereas in the Northeast is very common for kids to listen to trap music and use Southern slang. Just 15 years ago Northeasterners (specifically New Yorkers) made fun of everything that came out of the south now they celebrate it.
Like every other summer day in Texas, I had to get in my blazing hot car (its dash thermometer reading over 115) in the uncovered parking lot at work, and drive off while my a/c tried to catch up and cool the car, taking almost as long as all the way home. One time I sat in my hot car and didn't realize there was loose change on the seat. I got a dime-sized burn blister on my leg. And its hot like this, day after day after day after ...
Winter days in Boston have a wide range of conditions, its not always windy and icy. I'd much rather walk in the blustery cold (wearing appropriately warm clothing and and proper shoes) for the few days a year that actually are windy and icy, than literally burn my ass in a parking lot in Dallas daily for week after week.
I mean a car will got hot enough to burn in basically anywhere in the US in the summer if you're parked in the sun. Whereas I don't care how many layers you have on, when it's 15-25 degrees out and windy it still sucks and you can't escape that. Trudging through snow or having stinging ice/snow pellets hitting your face gets old quick. It's more than a few days a year as well.
But I digress - RE: the OP, I do agree that cultural differences can get exaggerated to help people feel like they belong to a community or are different. That being said, I do notice plenty of differences when I travel somewhere, it's definitely not just carbon copies out there.
I mean a car will got hot enough to burn in basically anywhere in the US in the summer if you're parked in the sun. Whereas I don't care how many layers you have on, when it's 15-25 degrees out and windy it still sucks and you can't escape that. Trudging through snow or having stinging ice/snow pellets hitting your face gets old quick. It's more than a few days a year as well. .
I agree that regional differences has dilluted greatly over the past decade. Gen Z is growing up in a homogenous America where things are less culturally segregated than they were 20-30 years ago. I still think Culture diversity still exist but in a more lifestyle choice rather than a regional thing. Many Southerners aren't getting married and going to church like they were in decades prior whereas in the Northeast is very common for kids to listen to trap music and use Southern slang. Just 15 years ago Northeasterners (specifically New Yorkers) made fun of everything that came out of the south now they celebrate it.
Agreed. You have people in the Northeast listening to trap music and people in California saying "facts" and "deadass".
I mean a car will got hot enough to burn in basically anywhere in the US in the summer if you're parked in the sun. Whereas I don't care how many layers you have on, when it's 15-25 degrees out and windy it still sucks and you can't escape that. Trudging through snow or having stinging ice/snow pellets hitting your face gets old quick. It's more than a few days a year as well.
But I digress - RE: the OP, I do agree that cultural differences can get exaggerated to help people feel like they belong to a community or are different. That being said, I do notice plenty of differences when I travel somewhere, it's definitely not just carbon copies out there.
I think the winter aspect is exaggerated here though. It doesn’t happen like that and even in places that get a lot of snow, it just doesn’t stick around like it used to or you may get hit with bursts of snow. It was in the 50’s on Christmas in much of Upstate NY for instance.
I do agree that while not strict, there are still cultural differences and this can occur within the same state to some degree.
I'd much rather fry while walking across a Kroger parking lot in Dallas than freeze my ass off walking through the wind tunnels in Boston while trying to dodge patches of black ice.
I think people overestimate differences due to differences in the natural environment. Of course a place in the tropical swamps of Florida will feel different than a place in the Rockies etc.
But remove all that..step into a mall, a grocery store, a chain restaurant..and then you'll probably notice much starker difference between the relative socio-economic and demographic status of the place than where it is located in the country. A Whole Foods in L.A., D.C., Philly or Seattle..there's no notable difference in the crowd really.
I think people overestimate differences due to differences in the natural environment. Of course a place in the tropical swamps of Florida will feel different than a place in the Rockies etc.
But remove all that..step into a mall, a grocery store, a chain restaurant..and then you'll probably notice much starker difference between the relative socio-economic and demographic status of the place than where it is located in the country. A Whole Foods in L.A., D.C., Philly or Seattle..there's no notable difference in the crowd really.
I disagree. I mean I can tell a difference of place just going across the bridge from Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
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