Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Aug-21-08 06:43 PM
Response to Reply #57 |
| 65. I'm speaking from my own experience here |
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and of course I'm generalizing.
It's just that I never found this kind of "It's all a cultural desert in the Midwest" attitude among West Coasters but found it quite often among East Coasters.
If the shoe fits, wear it. Otherwise, be glad that you're different.
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| -'Flyover' states |
1gobluedem |
Aug-21-08 11:26 AM |
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Quite true |
EstimatedProphet |
Aug-21-08 11:31 AM |
#1 |
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If I wasn't a knuckle dragging Neanderthal from fly-over land, |
mochajava666 |
Aug-21-08 12:02 PM |
#3 |
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Ed Schultz (from N. Dakato) refers to his area as "fly-over" also. |
madinmaryland |
Aug-21-08 12:00 PM |
#2 |
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I was born in New York and lived on Long Island for the first |
smitty |
Aug-21-08 03:12 PM |
#47 |
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I've lived on both coasts and now I live in Nebraska |
OmahaBlueDog |
Aug-21-08 12:03 PM |
#4 |
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You know, it's funny about the beach thing ... |
Oregonian |
Aug-21-08 12:38 PM |
#14 |
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No, it's not wierd: I know several who feel exactly as you do |
OmahaBlueDog |
Aug-21-08 02:23 PM |
#39 |
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I've met someone else who felt the same way. |
Lurker No More |
Aug-21-08 03:14 PM |
#48 |
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I live in SF and have the same feeling you do. |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Aug-22-08 01:51 PM |
#105 |
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I've lived on both coasts AND in Nebraska and when we left NE I swore |
mnhtnbb |
Aug-21-08 07:20 PM |
#67 |
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Trust me, there's plenty of ignorance on the coasts, too. |
OmahaBlueDog |
Aug-21-08 08:36 PM |
#74 |
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Let's just say I love where I'm living now and will never set foot in NE again. Never. |
mnhtnbb |
Aug-21-08 10:23 PM |
#82 |
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Sorry you had a bad experience. Peace be with you in your current digs |
OmahaBlueDog |
Aug-21-08 10:26 PM |
#83 |
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yep |
NJCher |
Aug-22-08 03:49 AM |
#90 |
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I live in Arkansas, and yes, I wear shoes, regularly. |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 12:20 PM |
#5 |
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You Little Rock city slickers |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Aug-21-08 02:13 PM |
#34 |
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Oh, I feel ashamed. |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 02:18 PM |
#36 |
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Did you know the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas? |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Aug-21-08 02:38 PM |
#40 |
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Why, you little . . . |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 03:05 PM |
#46 |
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My folks were from Arkansas |
Oeditpus Rex |
Aug-22-08 01:46 AM |
#86 |
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They can stay on the coasts |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 12:24 PM |
#6 |
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As we would say here in Arkansas |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 12:28 PM |
#8 |
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I would like to visit all of the states. I think every state has |
Shell Beau |
Aug-21-08 12:27 PM |
#7 |
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I would, too, and not just the "known" places. |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 12:30 PM |
#10 |
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Great post and great perspective. |
PelosiFan |
Aug-21-08 12:29 PM |
#9 |
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I don't get the term "flyover state". |
flvegan |
Aug-21-08 12:34 PM |
#11 |
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Obviously, those states wedged in somewhere between New York and Los Angeles |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 12:36 PM |
#12 |
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Flyover Country |
MicaelS |
Aug-22-08 10:20 AM |
#96 |
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Well I, for one, am heartily sick and tired of all the people in the flyover states characterizing |
Aristus |
Aug-21-08 12:37 PM |
#13 |
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Amen, Aristus. |
Oregonian |
Aug-21-08 12:39 PM |
#15 |
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How about a cheeseburger and black coffee? |
Aristus |
Aug-21-08 01:46 PM |
#32 |
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But you live in Puyallup! |
LisaM |
Aug-21-08 06:37 PM |
#64 |
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Don't remind me. Lots of yard signs for Ron Paul, John McCain and Rossi (Do-over Dino.) |
Aristus |
Aug-21-08 07:25 PM |
#69 |
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Yes, you can't do those at a trot or do them at a gallup.... |
LisaM |
Aug-21-08 08:01 PM |
#73 |
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Hey! That's pretty good! |
Aristus |
Aug-21-08 10:11 PM |
#81 |
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It's also one of the most addicitive songs I've ever heard |
LisaM |
Aug-22-08 12:08 PM |
#99 |
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Get thee to a fern bar! |
muddleofpudd |
Aug-21-08 12:41 PM |
#16 |
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Amen. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Aug-21-08 12:41 PM |
#17 |
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Who says those things? I never consider anyone to be |
Shell Beau |
Aug-21-08 01:02 PM |
#18 |
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It's said or implied a lot by politicians and cable news pundits. |
Oregonian |
Aug-21-08 01:13 PM |
#22 |
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Well if they didn't make crap for cars... |
Shell Beau |
Aug-21-08 01:15 PM |
#23 |
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We are too good for their "American" cars. |
Kutjara |
Aug-21-08 03:23 PM |
#49 |
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Ain't that the truth. |
Oregonian |
Aug-21-08 03:25 PM |
#51 |
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One word: "Heartland" |
democracyindanger |
Aug-21-08 01:17 PM |
#24 |
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But what is considered the "Heartland"? |
Shell Beau |
Aug-21-08 01:22 PM |
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Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Sun Belt, Rust Belt |
democracyindanger |
Aug-21-08 01:31 PM |
#29 |
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Is "heartland" a term of superiority or just a geographical designation |
Connonym |
Aug-21-08 03:24 PM |
#50 |
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I think it plays both ways |
democracyindanger |
Aug-21-08 04:41 PM |
#58 |
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Not you, Shell Beau. Never you, darling. |
Aristus |
Aug-21-08 01:44 PM |
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I can't imagine what would make anyone more American. |
Shell Beau |
Aug-21-08 02:18 PM |
#37 |
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Aw shucks! |
Aristus |
Aug-21-08 04:50 PM |
#60 |
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Yes, I'm sure they started it first... |
IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge |
Aug-21-08 02:54 PM |
#42 |
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I hope you're joking. Please re-read your post |
snailly |
Aug-21-08 09:04 PM |
#76 |
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I wish I could K&R this post |
LostinVA |
Aug-22-08 06:47 AM |
#91 |
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There is a reason for stereotypes. |
Joe Fields |
Aug-22-08 12:59 PM |
#102 |
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dull, boring, backwards, and not worth it |
DS1 |
Aug-21-08 01:08 PM |
#19 |
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Hey |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 01:10 PM |
#20 |
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The only thing remarkable about Minnesota is the gaps between big box strip malls |
DS1 |
Aug-21-08 01:12 PM |
#21 |
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You are wrong |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 01:17 PM |
#25 |
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Yes, but what else is there for entertainment? |
DS1 |
Aug-21-08 01:22 PM |
#27 |
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Well |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 01:27 PM |
#28 |
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World-class art museums, great live theater |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Aug-21-08 03:00 PM |
#45 |
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Yes |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 03:28 PM |
#54 |
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have you ever headed west on I-76 and gradually saw the Rocky Mountains start to appear |
LSK |
Aug-21-08 03:00 PM |
#44 |
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Don't forget: "where's it at?" |
mnhtnbb |
Aug-21-08 07:22 PM |
#68 |
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Have you been peekin' in ma back door? |
snailly |
Aug-21-08 09:06 PM |
#77 |
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I'm from California and I like the middle of the country |
XemaSab |
Aug-21-08 01:22 PM |
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I'm from California and I like the middle of the country, too. |
democracyindanger |
Aug-21-08 01:33 PM |
#30 |
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Me too. I like the middle of the country... |
Kutjara |
Aug-21-08 03:27 PM |
#53 |
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Being on the Great Lakes is about as close to being on the ocean as you can get |
no name no slogan |
Aug-21-08 02:05 PM |
#33 |
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A Chicago yacht club once entered the America's Cup |
KamaAina |
Aug-21-08 02:16 PM |
#35 |
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Hey Neighbor... |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 02:22 PM |
#38 |
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Howdy! |
no name no slogan |
Aug-21-08 02:41 PM |
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Awesome |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 03:27 PM |
#52 |
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East Coasters are worse than West Coasters in this respect |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Aug-21-08 02:57 PM |
#43 |
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I feel the need to respond to this. |
ElboRuum |
Aug-21-08 04:38 PM |
#57 |
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Well, actually, that's not what I said |
1gobluedem |
Aug-21-08 05:27 PM |
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Who's disinterested? |
ElboRuum |
Aug-22-08 10:48 AM |
#97 |
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I'm speaking from my own experience here |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Aug-21-08 06:43 PM |
#65 |
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The shoe does NOT fit. |
ElboRuum |
Aug-22-08 09:39 AM |
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But I will say the Easterners looking to escape the congestion on the coast |
bushwentawol |
Aug-21-08 09:09 PM |
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Its a bias agaisnt non-mountainous and states with no coasts. |
turtlensue |
Aug-21-08 03:39 PM |
#55 |
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You need to go to Northern MN for the hills |
jasonc |
Aug-21-08 03:40 PM |
#56 |
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And these people keep trying to pick our Presidential and VP nominees. |
Radical Activist |
Aug-21-08 04:43 PM |
#59 |
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A guy in my writer's group said his brother was driving from Washinton state |
LisaM |
Aug-21-08 05:47 PM |
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Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit. |
Chovexani |
Aug-21-08 06:28 PM |
#63 |
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I think you are misunderstanding what I'm saying |
1gobluedem |
Aug-21-08 07:17 PM |
#66 |
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BS on the 'widest part of TX' |
AZDemDist6 |
Aug-21-08 07:36 PM |
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I will take your word for it |
1gobluedem |
Aug-21-08 07:39 PM |
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Trust me, I have met just as many "flyover" people with no interest in the coasts |
Chovexani |
Aug-22-08 01:32 AM |
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I think we share the same brain. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Aug-21-08 10:02 PM |
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Hehe it was on my mind today |
Chovexani |
Aug-22-08 01:12 AM |
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Which one? |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Aug-22-08 07:33 AM |
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How New Yorkers view the country |
pokerfan |
Aug-21-08 08:01 PM |
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I never heard the phrase "America's heartland" until the Oklahoma |
hedgehog |
Aug-21-08 08:58 PM |
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What bugs me more than that derisive term |
bushwentawol |
Aug-21-08 09:15 PM |
#79 |
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But why, though? |
Chovexani |
Aug-22-08 01:48 AM |
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It's not anything I lose sleep over either. |
bushwentawol |
Aug-22-08 02:16 AM |
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The desire to live in the "wide open spaces" does not appeal to every one. |
ElboRuum |
Aug-22-08 10:53 AM |
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I've been to LA a number of times and love it out there. |
bushwentawol |
Aug-22-08 01:39 PM |
#103 |
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As a young adult in the Midwest, I was baffled at the perceptions of people from either coast. |
Lil Missy |
Aug-22-08 02:12 AM |
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Maine is sort of similar with regards to being seen as uncultured, but people come here. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Aug-22-08 07:11 AM |
#92 |
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I'd like to visit them all |
MissMillie |
Aug-22-08 09:28 AM |
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I'm getting pretty close. I crossed Alaska off my list a few weeks ago. I still need |
grace0418 |
Aug-22-08 12:22 PM |
#100 |
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,,, |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-22-08 12:24 PM |
#101 |
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You're assuming some of us "coasters"... |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Aug-22-08 01:44 PM |
#104 |
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