"I love these threads.
All the people from small towns talk about how large cities are "shit" based on a brief period of time they visited and are amazed at the "arrogance" of "all" the people that live there.
Instead of trying to find the same familiar things from your town, have you every considered exploring things other than tourist destinations when you travel? Nobody is asking you to move, just appreciate the differences in other parts of the country.
Ever notice on these threads there is no mention or debate about any museums or other cultural destinations in NY, Philly, Chicago, LA or San Francisco?
There is life outside of Applebees, mudslides at TGI Friday's and having a trampoline in your backyard. Just give it a chance"
-and we all love them too. believe me, people identifying big cities are not all from big cities. at least this one certainly isn't! i LIVE in one. and yes, it is shit. i regret following the money and moving here. and yes, the majority of the people i come into contact on a DAILY basis are arrogant and have an attitude. how do you know all of these people coming to the "big city" are tourists? answer: you don't. how do you know they are looking for familiarity? answer: you don't. how can you appreciate differences when the differences are shitty drivers, dirty sidewalks, and short statured angry little men with attitudes? ever notice that there is no mention of the cultural enclaves of stirling, kansas (spanish conquistador museum/santa fe trail)? redwood, california (obvious)? butte, montana? laramie, wyoming (oregon trail)? tahlequah, oklahoma (cherokee nation)? seaside, orgeon (lewis and clark)? do you REALLY think it has to be a big city to be some big cultural amazement? can you not appreciate anything else but overpriced drivel on a piece of paper that personifies someone's supposed psyche? is that what it takes to be a "legitimate" museum? try some real meat, man. try thinking out of that box that YOU have put YOURSELF in. there is life outside avante garde coffee houses with wannabe hippy students funded by their rich parents, cocktails at the met, and thinking that central park is true wilderness. go crazy and look someone in the eye tomorrow and smile- tell them hello. be a nut and open the door for a woman. let someone into the traffic lane. pick up a piece of trash that's not yours. i dare you to.