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06-29-2009, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LosAngelesNightmare
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06-29-2009, 05:51 PM
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You continue to be one of the worst posters... I honestly have skimmed through your posts - you may have about 10 posts that are actually respectable and intelligent. |
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06-29-2009, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RonnieJonez
The Confines of Naught.
There's a reason all the creative types/musicians/artists want to live on either the East Coast or West. Something about having an ocean nearby that reaches to another part of the world is something most in the midwest don't understand, or care to understand because they're programmed to be extra defensive all the time.
Watch someone counter with saying "well, this band is originally from the midwest". They always have a response for everything they don't like, the midwestern mentality is very straitjacketed, and I can tell you this having lived both on the coast and in the midwest.
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Yeah since living on the ocean really matters in terms of reaching other countries this day in age. Artists and musicians move to the coasts because that is where much of the pop culture industry is located. The midwest mentality isn't straitjacketed by any means - if anything they are upset that people like you categorize the entire region into groups. The generalizations of the midwest is almost pathetic.
I seriously laughed @ "having an ocean nearby that reaches another part of the world." BRB let me go buy my 100 foot yacht so I can boat to England. It's amazing they have international airports in the midwest.  |
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06-29-2009, 10:43 PM
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See, you just don't get it. The midwest is the way it is for a reason, and it will probably never change. Trends always hit the coasts first. Tourists want to visit the American coastal cities (excluding Vegas) significantly more than anywhere in the midwest. The midwest in general has always been going the way of the dinosaur, Chicago and Minneapolis are the only cities that don't feel as "midwestern" in the region, and in many ways, they still are.
Technically, you're right, with the internet, anyone can reach anywhere. Still, if the world is so connected, why isn't Indianapolis considered as cool as NY or LA?...it's just not, although with the internet, you can now buy the same things in rural America that you can buy in Manhattan. It's the mentality and the forward-thinking that separate coastal America opposed to everywhere else.
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06-29-2009, 11:51 PM
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Location: South Beach and DT Raleigh
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Lower-Canada. And, I mean this in the nicest way.
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06-30-2009, 09:53 AM
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Location: Englewood, Near Eastside Indy
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Still, if the world is so connected, why isn't Indianapolis considered as cool as NY or LA?...it's just not,
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Another stunning revelation courtesy of the general U.S. forum |
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06-30-2009, 01:34 PM
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Location: West Michigan
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Originally Posted by RonnieJonez
The midwest is the way it is for a reason, and it will probably never change.
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I hope not! I've lived on the Coasts as well, and I am here to stay. Did my moving around and exploring to find "better" and it just isn't on either Coast, but it is smack in the middle of the Country. You say how the Midwest and it's people are so straitjacketed in their beliefs, but continue to spew forth the same old lame untrue stereotypes of the Midwest that tend to proliferate the Coasts. |
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06-30-2009, 07:03 PM
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Location: here.
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The best f'ing place to live...there nothing in the world that would make me move away from St.Louis.
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06-30-2009, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RonnieJonez
The Confines of Naught.
There's a reason all the creative types/musicians/artists want to live on either the East Coast or West. Something about having an ocean nearby that reaches to another part of the world is something most in the midwest don't understand, or care to understand because they're programmed to be extra defensive all the time.
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Please tell me this is sarcasm? Haha... |
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