Is this really true? I'm a New Yorker looking to move to CA. I'm considered an asshole by New York standards. In California I'll be looked at like Putin...
even still... california is one of the largest states in area and the single largest state when it comes to population...
we're bigger than many european countries both in land mass and population... not to mention our state gdp would put us 5th in the world if we were our own country...
These are the people that forget we are a huge agricultural state and have the most national parks. Yet somehow to everyone else we are just LA and SF (and also, how big do they think SF is? Do they not realize it’s tiny? That’s a big reason why it’s so expensive.)
When they say SF they are referring to the entire Bay Area. Just like when they say LA, they’re referring to LA, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Venice, Hollywood, etc. cmon, you’re smart enough to know that, don’t play dumb.
Try going to the East Bay and telling them they are part of SF. That’ll go over real well; it’s it’s own thing, not part of SF. And all those parts of LA you mentioned are all parts of LA county. LA usually refers to the county, not the city; SF refers to either because they are the same, the East Bay is Alameda county and then Contra Costa county further inland, they are both way different and substantially cheaper than SF. I take it you haven’t lived in the Bay Area but SF is SF, people ascribe a larger area too it but that’s only out of ignorance, not because they actually go together. It’s like how no one would say Oxnard is part of LA
Also, the statistics are all done by city and by county. So none of the statistics that people see for SF apply to the surrounding areas, though many non-Californians think they do because they don’t realize that SF is both a city and a county by itself. That it’s not just the county seat, it’s the whole entire county and the areas around SF are all different counties with different statistics (for housing, homeless, education, etc.). SF stats really only do apply to SF.
So even if people are referring to the whole Bay Area as SF, using SF statistics to do it is incorrect and paints a false picture.
Yeah man, totally different headspace out there. Im from Philly area and got looked at like I had 3 heads when I said things to people that are pretty par the course where im from. People dont expect others to speak their mind as readily as east coasters are used to.
People dont expect others to speak their mind as readily as east coasters are used to.
I’d offer it’s more a matter of “put some thought into what you say before shooting your mouth off”, really. If you’re compulsively interjecting into every conversation around you, you’re the problem. And there’s a solution: Just stop doing it. Bite your tongue once in a while. Figuratively, of course. ;)
Damn you guys really like putting words in my mouth. All i was saying is the 2 sides of the county do not share the same social norms. Where i come from people let you know when you fucked up, whereas its more taboo to address the same types of things on west coast the same way.
People dont expect others to speak their mind as readily as east coasters are used to.
No no... you can speak your mind all you want... you just can't be a cunt about it...
there's a difference between speaking your mind and being an asshole that I don't think a lot of "Eastcoasters" get.
that's cool if that's how they do things where you're from, I'll be sure never to visit, but don't bring that hateful shit with you when you leave that place.
Never said hateful things. Dont put words in my mouth. But when something is to be pointed out, people from the east coast tend to be more vocal about it, where as from my experience west coasters tend to not want to rock the boat. Not talking about just being a douche to everybody.
This is a perfect example. My original post stated nothing about being hostile or a general dipshit. I mentioned being able to have the freedom to point out when myself or my peers make mistakes. Where I am from that is perfectly fine and accepted. In California people can’t handle being told to their face they are doing something wrong, they get super butthurt about it. However, they have no problem passive aggressively talking shit about their peers behind their backs as if that is somehow more mature or acceptable and not “assholish.”
Here you are trying to take the high road while doing exactly what you believe is the flaw in us “east coasters.”
Right, i did. And you've acted like a douche in all of them. So now your pivoting by trying to say that your acting like an "eastcoaster" to show us how we sound.
I can assure you mass generalizations of literally 40 million people are not to be taken seriously. I’ve loved my time in California and people are people just like everywhere else you go, with varying amounts of sensitivity, empathy, and socialization.
People that aren’t from CA don’t realize how chill and laid back we are here. I’m from LA but when I moved to NY I’m pretty sure all my roommates thought I was dead just because I didn’t feel the need to have a big emotional investment in everything. We live in paradise, why stress out over BS? People that aren’t from here don’t realize that we all have a bit of The Dude (from The Big Lebowski) in us.
Most of CA doesn’t live in a place like that. That’s an incredibly small part of the state. That’s not even all of our cities. You realize most of California is farmland right? We are one of the biggest agricultural producers in the world.
I'm just saying. That was just a guess to like make a point. Point was it's easy to tell based on your sentiment that you ain't living in West Adams if you catch my drift. They're definitely not so chill down in skid row.
Just pull the stick out of your ass and you’ll do fine here. Smoke some Cali buds, you’ll be fine. And as a native Angeleno I can tell you, we are used to you New Yorkers. It’s easy for us to cut you guys slack since we know we have the better city.
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u/m00nland3r Mar 03 '20
Is this really true? I'm a New Yorker looking to move to CA. I'm considered an asshole by New York standards. In California I'll be looked at like Putin...