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⌈ Secret Post #2695 ⌋

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Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[(Anonymous)]

As a general rule, people on the East Coast tend to be more concerned with rules, roles, and how things are "supposed" to be. Sometimes they'll deliberately act against their defined social role, but the existence of the role, and the rules and expectations that go with it, is still the important part.

West Coast tends to be a little more freeform, for better and worse.

Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[(Anonymous)]

Can confirm. This translates to a tendency to dress more formally for any given situation. I moved to California from South Florida (the part that's basically New York City, culturally) for college, and it weirded me the hell out when I went to Boston for my brother's graduation and everyone was all dressed up (by SoCal standards) while wandering around at lunchtime.

Also, Californians do say "dude" a lot more than the rest of the country. Some of my high school friends have pointed out that I've taken to doing so since I moved.

Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[forgottenjester]

Dude is a beautiful word.

Wait, Californian's don't dress up for graduation? Wait... are you talking about the students or the family?

Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, I guess that was confusing. Not for the graduation itself, but when we went for lunch the day before. Everyone was dressed up the way Californians would for dinner. And dinner somewhere nice-ish, not at the beach.

Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[forgottenjester]

Oooohhh, for me I've always seen that as a money thing. The richer people dress up for fancy lunches. Those who don't have as much go less dressy.

Interesting differences in perspective.

Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[(Anonymous)]

Could you give some examples? I'm really curious.

Re: What are regional cultural differences in the USA?

[(Anonymous)]

Here in Portland, I used to have a friend from Boston. She was gay, and also pretty shy, but finally she got a date with a nice girl and we were all very happy for her. Afterward, we asked her "So, how'd it go?" and she shook her head sadly and said "Not gonna work. She broke the first rule: you never underdress for the first date."

We just stared at her in dismay. The idea that that's a rule, that it's the FIRST rule, that it's somehow a DEALBREAKER*... it was gibberish. We all realized that if that was the OS she was running, she was just never going to get laid in this town.

Lest anyone be too saddened, she's back in Boston now, among her own kind, and doing really well.



*The "Dealbreaker" subplot on 30 Rock, and in fact the entire worldview and ethos expressed in every episode of 30 Rock, is also a good example.