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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:05 PM Original message |
Why is there so much hostility toward Northeastern culture? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. two things |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The explains the South |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 04:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
79. Because the rest of the country envies the Northeast and is jealous |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 05:50 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Yes... Everyone hates the Northeast for its FREEDOM! |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. go back to Massachussetts, pinko! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Because people think you think you're better than them |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. They don't call us "Massholes" for nothing |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. As one who was born and raised in Northern NJ ... |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What about other regions like the Midwest? |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. In general but not meaning to stereotype |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 04:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
81. the midwest also has a lot of transplanted southerners |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
59. I like "lattes", how do you feel about grits? |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Just hold on there ... pardnah ... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. So whose attacking you now? |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Midwestern does not mean uneducated |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Did I mention the midwest? |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. by the way, the "whose" in your original post is wrong |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Get off your high horse! |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. just teasing |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. They're not fun because there are real hostilities underneath |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. what? i thought we are all |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. please explain "well read, sophisticated" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. If the truth is pompous, so be it. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 10:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. I'm not a Texan; I just live here |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. There seem to be some assumptions in your post that I desire to challenge. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I give up with both of you. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. OK, friends again. |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. rednecks and religion |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. 'redneck' is a |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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AtTheEndOfTheDay (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Since when? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. A "redneck" is a term originally applied to farmers, whose |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. That's your own personal definition. |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 06:45 AM Response to Reply #55 |
85. No break given. |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think it just grows from the "liberal media" myth. |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good question. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. why? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe I'm just weird but |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
68. I have been in all 48 connected states, in all seasons for all of them. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 03:58 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. oooh...the crystal fog sounds beautiful! |
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EDT (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. People always ask me why we keep re-electing Ted Kennedy- |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I Get That Too-And I Say His Record Speaks For Itself |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. Personally I cannot stand Texans |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Maybe it's more a class of people with no respect for |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I just love the way |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. while that is true |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I'm a Californian and I have worked in Texas. |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I can understand your concern |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Speaking As A Fifth-Generation Texan...... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 06:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
84. No doubt |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. A lot of it is standard right-wing prejudices |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Thanks for the run down. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. Ding Ding Ding Ding - Northeasterner is a codeword for urban-dweller |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #62 |
74. You Just Hit the Nail On The Head, arendt! |
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Marian (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm not sure I agree with your premise. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Regionalism some of it. I also remember the constant drone of people |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Well, I had to get Idaho license plates up there that I covered |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I've found no anti-California prejudice in Oregon |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. The first time I heard the word Californicator was in |
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Devlzown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Sounds more like a class to me, too. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think there are biases against every region. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. who knows |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. My brother and I |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I wouldn't live in South Carolina |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. ditto |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Ever been there??? |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. from what I understand about Oregonians you would love it |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. Reading the NYT and drinking lattes is solely a "Northeastern" thing?? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. Capital is controlled in large part from the NE |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Good answer. |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's actually a form of nationalism |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. nothing wrong with drinking lattes and reading the NYT |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 12:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Umm...Boston is a beautiful and cultured city |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #53 |
75. If I could afford it, I'd move to Boston in a second. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Boston is a great city |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. I live in fly-over country. I don't resent you or the place you live. |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. arrogance and hypocrisy |
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NavajoRug (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
57. I think some of the long-standing prejudices may be valid . . . |
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are_we_united_yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. NY Times reading? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. We don't care how you did it up Nawth. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
64. This thread |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
71. The Northeast and California |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
78. what's with all the leading questions? |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
80. I think that you are refering to Yuppie Culture |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-04 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
82. It's all excuses |
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