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I haven't been to the West-Coast, but based on videos I've seen, I can't disagree. I've seen some videos of Asian and Polynesian kids growing up in Black, high-crime areas of East-Oakland, and those Asian and Polynesian kids FULLY adopted the Hyphy of the Bay Area, and even speak in the Black Northern California accents. You see the same thing in Los Angeles, in areas like Inglewood South Central, Carson, and ESPECIALLY Long Beach, where you have Asian/Polynesian/Pacific Islander Crip/Blood Gangs who fully adopt the Black gang Culture in LA, and who grew up around Blacks. Not too sure if you'll find this sort of Black/Asian integration anywhere on the East-Coast.
It's more Black-Hispanic integration on the East Coast. I'm not sure who the West Coast equivalent of Angie Martinez would be, for example. You have a white Hispanic woman who's the "Voice of the Streets" on a NYC Hip Hop station.
East Coast is older thus more tendency for provincialism, which can be annoying. Very few places willing to embrace the progressiveness like the West does.
Massachusetts and NY are some of the most "progressive" places in the US... New England and the Northeast as a whole are generally quite progressive.
It's more Black-Hispanic integration on the East Coast. I'm not sure who the West Coast equivalent of Angie Martinez would be, for example. You have a white Hispanic woman who's the "Voice of the Streets" on a NYC Hip Hop station.
Chuy Gomez would be the Bay Area equivalent. He was on KMEL and on the local music video show playing hiphop since I was a kid in the early 90s.
That's not too surprising given that the Hispanic population in the Bay Area is roughly three times that of the black population.
When I was a kid in high school there was a divide between the younger Hispanics who were okay with Hiphop and the ones who just listened to oldies(vato/cholo wannabes) or immigrants who just listened to norteno or banda. Chuy Gomez though was around for ever though, he was a real fixture on the radio for years, everyone who grew up listening to rap music in the Bay or nearby knew that guy...
Stick to hugging trees please, your WC sarcasm sucks, hope you at least give a curtesy leaf scattering in the woods...
That's the tough individualistic East Coast sarcasm and wit we're looking for.
Fughhetaboutit Rocco, but I suggest you go back to arguing about Geno's vs. Pat's(yeah they're both for tourists right) sitting on your urban stoop in a stained white undershirt.
When I was a kid in high school there was a divide between the younger Hispanics who were okay with Hiphop and the ones who just listened to oldies(vato/cholo wannabes) or immigrants who just listened to norteno or banda. Chuy Gomez though was around for ever though, he was a real fixture on the radio for years, everyone who grew up listening to rap music in the Bay or nearby knew that guy...
West Coast Hispanics seem to have a culture that's more distinct from African American culture. The concept of Chicano or "Latin" rap, for example, doesn't exist here (waiting for someone to post a video of NYC's hottest Chicano rapper). It's largely because, imo, many Hispanics here have African ancestry, so they're not perceived as being that different.
This was my take on East Coast/West Coast people that I posted back in 2008:
The West Coaster is the pioneer who left home to try new things and take chances, perhaps becoming successful in a creative, unconventional way, while the East Coaster stayed at home, held down the fort, worked hard, and took on a sensible job that got him to his success now. The interesting thing is that they are like siblings. The West Coaster is younger, fresher, informal, susceptible to change, more open to new ideas and people, and keeps a protective barrier hidden sometimes, while the East Coaster is wiser, safer, loyal, sometimes aloof, expects respect, makes his emotions known, and shoots from the hip.
There is a class difference between the two coasts. The East Coaster expects the West Coaster should know his place and always acknowledge the superiority and expected culture of the East Coast, but the West Coaster rolls his eyes (if he even notices), doesn't buy into that, and would rather create a new culture. The East Coaster is more formal in appearance and knowledge, while the West Coaster may come across as uneducated because he is informal, yet he's popular because he beats to a different drum and thinks outside of the box.
The East Coaster argues that he tirelessly labors, but secretly finds time to goof off, while the West Coaster accomplishes just as much, but pretends it was effortless and goofs off.
The East Coaster will thumb his nose at the West Coaster, and act is if the West Coaster is inferior to him. It may take some time, but the East Coaster will eventually break out and welcome the West Coaster into the family with open arms.
The West Coaster made a break and has his own life, and initially doesn't take the time to notice the East Coaster, but if there is a similar experience they've shared, the West Coaster will take a liking to the East Coaster, and make him his best bud.
It seems to me that people on the East Coast tend to identify in groups meaning family and friends are very important, while people on the West Coast seem to be more independent, yet seek out a new type of family in friends. In any case, if you are a West Coaster on the East Coast, you need to keep up because the cities are fun and fast-paced. If you are an East Coaster on the West Coast, in order to keep up, you need to stay fun and fast-paced in an interesting way for the people.
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