What is about Californians??? (St. Louis, Poplar Bluff: live, vs, move to)

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by Mollym313

I think we as a society spend too much time pointing out the differences in people and turn it into something bad when it does not have to be that way.

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[arch_genesis]

I'd love to see more Californians moving to Missouri specifically St. Louis. If you can't appreciate diversity of thought how can you begin to accept racial diversity political diversity etc. ?

Missouri needs to be a little more tolerant. Especially on this issue.

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by arch_genesis

I'd love to see more Californians moving to Missouri specifically St. Louis. If you can't appreciate diversity of thought how can you begin to accept racial diversity political diversity etc. ?

Missouri needs to be a little more tolerant. Especially on this issue.

But what about too many Giants fans and all that Dodger blue you might wind up seeing at Busch Stadium? Go Redbirds! Good post, A.G.!

[Cali BassMan]

Originally Posted by arch_genesis

I'd love to see more Californians moving to Missouri specifically St. Louis. If you can't appreciate diversity of thought how can you begin to accept racial diversity political diversity etc. ?

Missouri needs to be a little more tolerant. Especially on this issue.

Be careful what you wish for

[OA 5599]

Originally Posted by Cali BassMan

Be careful what you wish for

St. Louis is already full of Obama stickers, rainbow flags, and coffee shops, and nearby Clayton has plenty of BMW's and Volvos...I don't think a few stereotypical Californians would change this place too much

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by OA 5599

St. Louis is already full of Obama stickers, rainbow flags, and coffee shops, and nearby Clayton has plenty of BMW's and Volvos...I don't think a few stereotypical Californians would change this place too much

Very true, but can you imagine how that would go over in Poplar Bluff?

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

Very true, but can you imagine how that would go over in Poplar Bluff?

Eh....I'm thinkin' not all that well--and the only time I've been in Poplar Bluff was back when I was about seven or eight. How far is Broseley from Poplar Bluff? Probably only 25 or 30 miles as the crow flies.

We've got Obama stickers up the wazoo still around these parts, but some pretty animated tea parties and town hall meetings too!

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

Eh....I'm thinkin' not all that well--and the only time I've been in Poplar Bluff was back when I was about seven or eight. How far is Broseley from Poplar Bluff? Probably only 25 or 30 miles as the crow flies.

We've got Obama stickers up the wazoo still around these parts, but some pretty animated tea parties and town hall meetings too!

My mama went to HS in Broseley, its about 15 miles from Poplar Bluff, I have been going to that part of Mo my whole life!
I can assure you, no Obama stickers in those parts!

[arch_genesis]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

But what about too many Giants fans and all that Dodger blue you might wind up seeing at Busch Stadium? Go Redbirds! Good post, A.G.!

it'll make the dodgers/giants cardinals rivalry all the better -- or heighten it..or create one. Cardinal Nation cannot be threatened by an influx of Californians. Wait a minute this is just MORE cultural xenophobia! When will it end in Missouri?

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by arch_genesis

it'll make the dodgers/giants cardinals rivalry all the better -- or heighten it..or create one. Cardinal Nation cannot be threatened by an influx of Californians. Wait a minute this is just MORE cultural xenophobia! When will it end in Missouri?

I can't believe it's been 22 years ago, but I can still remember the 1987 National League championship series between the Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants--I had just moved out to NorCal from St. Louis the year before. When Jeffrey Leonard dared to call St. Louis a "cowtown," I think it must have been KSHE-95's J.C. Corcoran (or maybe someone else, but I think it was J.C.) who whipped the Cardinals fans up into even more of a frenzy, and encouraged them, residents of a "cowtown" that they were according to "Hac Man" Leonard, to bring cowbells to Busch Stadium when the series came back to St. Louis from San Francisco. The Cardinal fans would boo the absolute hell out of him when it was his turn to bat. Someone way up in the terrace level, or maybe the level below it, threw a cowbell onto the outfield where Jeffrey Leonard was standing, and it didn't miss him by all that much! With that move, Busch Stadium's security crew had to kick things up several notches. I'm so glad the Cardinals and Whitey Herzog really took it to the Giants, who were managed by Roger Craig back then. (They lost the World Series, 4 games to 3, to the Minnesota Twins and their dad-blasted Metrodome where you couldn't see fly balls with the indoor lights)

Another funny thing I remember about the Cardinals-Giants rivalry--it was either in 1985 or 1987, was that the Cardinals had taken something like a 10 to 2 lead, Vince Coleman either walked or got a base hit, then he stole second base; and on the Giants pitcher's very next pitch, Coleman stole third! Was Roger Craig ever pis--I mean, upset at Whitey Herzog over that! And I remember Herzog telling him something like, "I'll keep Vince from stealing bases if you guarantee that your damn players won't hit home runs off of us!" It turned out to be a pretty close game in spite of the big early lead the Cardinals took.

23 years of living in NorCal, and I couldn't even tell you who plays second base for the Giants! I'm not kidding. For me, it's about the Cardinals--end of story.