I just love geographical potshots.....

[TonyF]

I live in Sacramento, CA. Born and raised. It's a quiet town and 'shuts down' relatively early. Often, people will complain about this place and can't wait to leave. I have heard it so much that it's just annoying now. You don't like it? Leave it. Get out.

Anyways.....had some people this weekend who just had to proclaim that my hometown's trash. Of course, it was so stereotypical.

The East Coast is sooo much better!!!!

No, it's not.

Some dude strolls up to buy a drink. I open up with my welcoming spiel. I ask how he's doing.

Him: "I'll be fine tomorrow, I'm finally getting out of here."
Me: "Hmmm?"
Him: "I'm going back to New York." (Of course....)
Me: "Oh yeah? How long have you been here?"
Him: "Too long. I can't stand this town. How long have you been living here?"
Me: "I was born and raised here."
Him: "Oh wow, that sucks for you, bro. You need to move."

No, I don't.

Me: "Nah, I'll pass right now. I'm fine where I am."
Him: "Well, I guess you're used to it since you lived here all your life."
Me: (Trying to get a reaction) "Yep. I love this town with all my heart."
Him: "Sad, man." And, he leaves.

Thanks, idiot. You provided NO reasons why you hated living here and just spewed garbage. Just another New York advertiser. So, so typical. Get some reasons next time...

...like this dude...

NorCal vs SoCal

Dumbest 'rivalry' ever. I'm tired of people from either 'Cal' proclaiming that the other 'Cal' folk are inferior to them. Yeah, I do it, too. For fun, though! San Diego sucks!!!

I'm talking about these people on either side who take it way too seriously.....as if being from the SoCal or NorCal is like the plague or the location is like hell. Get over it, people.


Meet Mr. Los Angeles. It was obvious. He had all Los Angeles Lakers (professional basketball team) gear on. This was on Saturday before the Lakers were spanked by the Thunder that night. He also had SoCal with some area code tattooed on his right upper arm.

He wasted no time.

Me: "Hey, man, what's up?"
Him: "Not much, bro. You?"

We trade bits of small talk. It's dead so it's just him in the store. He says he's going back to LA to attend the rest of the playoff series when it resumes on Tuesday. Makes me wonder why he was up here in the first place.

Him: "Yeah man, I just need to get out of here. This place sucks."
Me: "What place?"
Him: "Sacramento."
Me: "Uhm, ok."
Him: "I ain't saying anything against you but, damn, there's nothing to do up here. No bars, no nothing. Like, I don't think I'd ever want to live up here."

What the hell are you looking for anyways, dude?

Me: "Dude, we have bars here, there's one across the street."
Him: "Nah man, I mean like clubs and s***."
Me: "Oh, well, yeah, we don't have that many here." (I'm not a big club guy..)
Him: "Yeah, see? Ain't no places that are poppin' at night here like in SoCal."

Have you not heard of San Francisco, Oakland, or Chico?

I just stared at him. I had nothing left to say.

Him: "Aight man, it's all good now. You have a good one."
Me: Obligatory goodbye

After he left, me and two nearby co-workers (both from San Francisco) couldn't help but laugh.


Trivial? Yes. Unnecessary and irritating? Oh yeah!

[RetailWorkhorse]

I dunno, I always heard that if ya wanna live in Cali, then move to one of the smaller towns. Sacremento is supposed to be nice. My uncle used to live in Cali but can't recall where (he also lived in Phoenix and decided he liked Nevada better).

Used to have people like that when I lived in Gemstone Capital (of the world~, ya ya, move along). Dunno where they got the idea that the little town an hour from Asheville NC had anything to do. 9.9

[EvilEmpryss]

Oh no, do not recommend Chico to these dorks. I'm from Chico (well, raised in L.A., then emmigrated North, so I know the SoCal vs. NorCal bit). Chico's a beautiful town that has enough trouble with irresponsible college students (note I'm complaining about irresponsible students, not all college students).

As for clubs in Sac, there are plenty, you just have to know where to look. If you really want to party, though, San Fran really is only a short jaunt down the road.

But for anyone who bitches about a particular town being "dead" for the party scene, I always suggest they take a look at Minot, North Dakota. It's only bright spot is an adult store on the main street running through the town. Then again, on long northern winter nights there's often little else to do but enjoy the novelties one can purchase there.

[Mnemjian]

Well, in San Diego, the only parts of the town that are "poppin'" enough for that guy would be what we fondly refer to as the "drunk tourist" sections of town. Clubs aplenty, if you like paying $25 for a martini that is. The rest of the town is a bit more, uh, "un-poppin" (as in, closes around 11 PM). Once those guys grow up a little and stop needing to go out every night and get drunk and maybe start developing some real hobbies, they might actually realize that places like Sacramento, and the unpoppin parts of SoCal even, are really nice places to live.

[JambaBamba]

I live in Sac as well and yes, there are places with more clubs but it's way cheaper to go out drinking here than in SF or LA. And we're near almost everything (Want a beach, we can do that, mountains? we can do that too...gambling? Head to Tahoe!)...I guess if someone was born and raised in NYC almost any other smaller city would seem dinky in comparison.

I'm totally okay with people complaining about the heat in the summer though...mainly because I do it too

[Merriweather]

I've lived in 32 different towns/cities myself (11 U.S. states plus two other countries), and I've yet to find a place that's all bad or all good. And what's good or bad depends on the person anyway. I might complain about a specific aspect of a place, but how does anyone manage to even consider that their priorities of what makes a "good" place are the standard. Geez, talk about arrogance. Not to mention stupidity, cause if you want to b*tch a bout a place, why choose someone working who obviously lives there? Oh, yeah, that's back to "I hate it so you must" philosophy of the SC, LOL.

[Exaspera]

I just consider people like that to be small-minded and self-centered. Feel sorry for them in that they don't enjoy anything else besides crowds, sports and par-TAY.

[Evil Queen]

A few weeks ago I had a guy that checked in here in nothingy-little Socorro. We're a small town in the desert with a small, very nerdy college. I get these punks from Chicago in and not 3 hours into their stay they stop at the front desk, begging ME to go home.

Uh, take it up with your bosses and GTFO, dudes.

[Stormraven]

But for anyone who bitches about a particular town being "dead" for the party scene, I always suggest they take a look at Minot, North Dakota. It's only bright spot is an adult store on the main street running through the town. Then again, on long northern winter nights there's often little else to do but enjoy the novelties one can purchase there.

Minot - there's a phrase that went around the AF when I was in. 'Why not Minot?'

I'm sure someone here can finish the quote.

[XCashier]

I dunno, I always heard that if ya wanna live in Cali, then move to one of the smaller towns. Sacremento is supposed to be nice.

I've never been there, but wouldn't mind a visit someday. If it's close to a beach, it's gotta be good.

Monterrey is really nice. Excellent aquarium, pretty town.

[Zeddmore]

Doesn't wearing Lakers gear in Sactown pretty much mark a guy as looking for a fight?

Also, the world of basketball fandom is divided into two. Laker fans, and people who hate the Lakers with a passion.

[Andara Bledin]

I've never been there, but wouldn't mind a visit someday. If it's close to a beach, it's gotta be good.

Well, if you call 60 miles "close," and that's not actually reaching the beach itself, just the edge of the bay. And the water's a bit on the chilly side for my coastal desert bones.

^-.-^

[JoitheArtist]

I get this CONSTANTLY, and it drives me insane! I am not a SoCal native, but I absolutely love living here. For one thing, there's stuff to DO. Museum of Jurassic Technology, The Getty, the beach, Hollywood, the opera, the theater: it's all just a short drive away! Plus, I love the whole "melting pot" culture--it's fantastic!

But almost all of my friends hate living here. They say it's ugly (you want ugly, go to New Mexico! :P [mostly kidding. sort of. I like parts of NM a lot]), they say it's too crowded (well, YES. Having large numbers of people helps ensure that wide variety of culture), they say it's too busy (again, because there are actually things to DO here!)

I don't mind too much if they hate it here (though it does make me sad to watch so many friends move away) but I do get tired of hearing the place I love constantly slammed. Grrrr!

[Magpie]

I live about an hour away from Toronto. I personally LOVE living in a smaller city, I keep saying that I really love this place, I think however, I love not living in Toronto. The number of my friends who would complain about here not being Toronto drove me crazy. Especially when the stuff they complained about not having was what I enjoyed the lack of.

The one thing that they never complained about was the transit being better there, largely because if you live in Toronto you're obligated to hate the Toronto transit system. This would be one of the few things I'd agree with them on :P.

[Sheldonrs]

Well, in San Diego, the only parts of the town that are "poppin'" enough for that guy would be what we fondly refer to as the "drunk tourist" sections of town. ....

I beg to differ. The drunk GAY section is a poppin all the time too. lol!!!

And if you REALLY want poppin, I suggest the bathhou...er never mind.

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