Comments on: I studied ‘upstate’

By: Jackson

Jackson — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:27:08 +0000

yeah let’s make this simple.
nobody from California, any part of California, refers to northern California as “upstate.” but about half of the people in LA are not from California.
people in southern California do, however, refer to northern California as “up North” suggesting that there is nothing north of northern California worth bothering about, which is the opposite sentiment of the one suggested by the blog post.

By: rod

rod — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:48:48 +0000

see this, this is exactly what i am talking about.

By: Bro

Bro — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:28:22 +0000

That was epic bro. Beautiful prose. You have a future in broetry.

By: Sweet T

Sweet T — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:02:28 +0000

Wasn’t really thinking about instinct at all. I was thinking about an overly tanned guy with a goatee, gelled hair, and a dope Ed Hardy tee – one size too small – standing in a line outside an empty night club saying, “Bro, the chicks in this club are, like, 9s all…day…long. I’m serious, Bro. Not a 6 in the house.”

And then I was thinking about that very same guy, later that very same evening, lying awake in a bed in dark room. Alone. Staring up at the ceiling. A ray of light shining in from the street lamp outside the window illuminates a single tear’s trail down the side of his bronzed, leathery face. And as the crushing loneliness smothers the younger night’s bravado, mere seconds before the spark of epiphany has its chance to catch and save him from himself, he falls asleep and dreams empty dreams.

By: sonny

sonny — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:52:52 +0000

as an la native and sf resident, i must say:

while in la:
- never thought twice about sf. and when did, it was always love and positive regard
- cali love is cali love.

reality in sf:
- no one outside of sf ever talks about sf. period.
- i’d rather deal w/the smug than the smog
- true religion jeans? still? enough said.
- sf is about 10 years ahead of everyone (in their own mind), but about 10 years behind in everyone elses (music, fashion, art, etc…all reactionary).

By: sonny

sonny — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:48:01 +0000

yeah, sweet t.

CHICKS

don’t overthink your instinct. san franciscans tend to think that their highly evolved brains and sense of self-worth will trump the power of a beautiful woman. wrong, bitch.

there’s a reason why san francisco is called “the city of 6s.” i swear, i love living in this city, it’s fucking elitist cunts like you that make me want to hate it.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:21:49 +0000

never heard of a “raging inferiority complex” before. Nice try though. I’d say most people here are pretty content.

By: SCUM

SCUM — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:54:59 +0000

Anything south of The City is So Cal to me.

By: JspiderSF

JspiderSF — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:57:26 +0000

Kids who grew up in the Mission call it Frisco.

“San Fran” is fighting words though.

By: Skids the Clown

Skids the Clown — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:30:36 +0000

Hmmmmm-Kay then. But what’s with the creepy pic?

By: Sweet T

Sweet T — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:23:48 +0000

Yeah, chicks bro. Chicks.

By: rod

rod — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:40:29 +0000

i can’t tell if you’re genuinely or sarcastically reinforcing my point.

By: james

james — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:40:09 +0000

The chicks shower in LA, I am partial to relocating.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:41:34 +0000

Well said.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:41:18 +0000

Inferiority? You’re joking, right? It’s more just a deep scorn for the cultural wasteland that is socal.