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The assessment of New York I agree with, to a point. There are millions of New Yorkers who get riled up about sports, especially baseball. Mets, Yankees, millions love 'em. Millions of New Yorkers love their Jets and Giants too. Last Super Bowl here in Jersey City, people were out in the streets shouting in celebration, laying on car horns, etc. My friends and I shouted out the apartment window. Millions love the Knicks (can't imagine why) and Nets, the Rangers, Islanders and Devils.
However, once you get below 23rd Street, everything changes. It's a different city, one unaware of these things you call sports. Emo hipsters can't be bothered with such trifle. They're too busy experiencing pain. I understand a lot of people aren't into sports at all, but it amazes me HOW MANY people you meet downtown who have no idea what basketball is, or what a quarterback does, or what a home run means. Really.
In cities like Boston and Philadelphia, I get an entirely different vibe. I feel like the WHOLE CITY is behind its teams. And Philadelphia fans are the naaaastiest. I'll go see my Mets on the road in any other city EXCEPT Philly. I value my life too much.
Where I am originally from Massachusetts, I don't think I have ever been anywhere that has such interest in its Sports as Mass or New England for that matter. Sports is definitely part of the culture of that region. Where I live now Portland, Oregon, although they have their Trailblazers, there is really no heavy interest in sports here. Its odd here but guys don't talk sports here, kind of strange actually. In fact when my brother in law was out here for a visit he commented he could never live here. No real sports in Portland and no Dunkin Donuts, the hell with this place he said.
As I watch the fat morons who are dressed head-to-toe in overpriced Pittsburgh Penguins clothing mindlessly root for "their" team of overpaid athletes, I am reminded once again why I want to leave this insipid sports-obsessed town of Pittsburgh.
Unfortunately, football season is even worse around these parts. Some guy who lives behind the Monroeville Mall, 10 miles east of Pittsburgh, has his ENTIRE house done up in black and gold. He even painted the bricks on his house yellow and gold, and has a truck, hand-painted with Steelers logos, parked on the hillside in front of his house.
I think it's all kind of pathetic. I wish these people would get lives.
Is there something wrong with having passion and devotion to something? That fans' obsession just happens to be something you cant agree with, so what?
The assessment of New York I agree with, to a point. There are millions of New Yorkers who get riled up about sports, especially baseball. Mets, Yankees, millions love 'em. Millions of New Yorkers love their Jets and Giants too. Last Super Bowl here in Jersey City, people were out in the streets shouting in celebration, laying on car horns, etc. My friends and I shouted out the apartment window. Millions love the Knicks (can't imagine why) and Nets, the Rangers, Islanders and Devils.
However, once you get below 23rd Street, everything changes. It's a different city, one unaware of these things you call sports. Emo hipsters can't be bothered with such trifle. They're too busy experiencing pain. I understand a lot of people aren't into sports at all, but it amazes me HOW MANY people you meet downtown who have no idea what basketball is, or what a quarterback does, or what a home run means. Really.
In cities like Boston and Philadelphia, I get an entirely different vibe. I feel like the WHOLE CITY is behind its teams. And Philadelphia fans are the naaaastiest. I'll go see my Mets on the road in any other city EXCEPT Philly. I value my life too much.
While I agree that sports are not as popular with the downtown hipster set as with the rest of the city, you'd be surprised by how many people in those areas actually do have an interest in sports. It is by no means universal that hip types have no knowledge of it, or a condescending attitude towards it. I've had extensive conversations about baseball with people at indie rock concerts, on more than one occasion.
I've also seen the Mets in Philly before - seriously, the stadium is about one-third Mets fans. They leave you alone.
As I watch the fat morons who are dressed head-to-toe in overpriced Pittsburgh Penguins clothing mindlessly root for "their" team of overpaid athletes, I am reminded once again why I want to leave this insipid sports-obsessed town of Pittsburgh.
Unfortunately, football season is even worse around these parts. Some guy who lives behind the Monroeville Mall, 10 miles east of Pittsburgh, has his ENTIRE house done up in black and gold. He even painted the bricks on his house yellow and gold, and has a truck, hand-painted with Steelers logos, parked on the hillside in front of his house.
I think it's all kind of pathetic. I wish these people would get lives.
Maybe you should try not being so bitter about what other people do with their time and money and get a life of your own.
Where I am originally from Massachusetts, I don't think I have ever been anywhere that has such interest in its Sports as Mass or New England for that matter. Sports is definitely part of the culture of that region. Where I live now Portland, Oregon, although they have their Trailblazers, there is really no heavy interest in sports here. Its odd here but guys don't talk sports here, kind of strange actually. In fact when my brother in law was out here for a visit he commented he could never live here. No real sports in Portland and no Dunkin Donuts, the hell with this place he said.
This is what I LIKE about Portland. Parts of Oregon take their high school sports and teams seriously, but in Portland being "one of the guys" at work never required paying attention to major ball and stick sports. As my husband and I have zero interest in most professional sports (I played tennis competitively for years so I still watch the big tennis matches), that's a plus.
That's probably true,they're way more tame with the Phillies than with the Eagles!
Speaking as a Philly sports fan (though I don't care for hockey), that is definitely true, though with the Phils and Mets being good at the same time for the first time...well ever, emotions are running higher when one team's fans visits the other team's park.
The percentage of Mets fans at games in Philadelphia is nowhere near 33%; it's more like 15-20%. Regardless of the percentage, what's interesting about Mets fans coming to Philadelphia is that I've heard many of them say it's easier for them to get to Citizens Bank Park (and previously Veterans Stadium) than Shea Stadium.
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