[ SECRET POST #2008 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2008 ⌋

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Comments

[rubbertea]

Eh, if I reacted like that every time someone wrote something completely wrong about my town and the people who live in it, I'd most likely be in prison right now.

Seriously, we've been described as foul, rude, perverted, vulgar, pretentious, superficial... I don't even read books that mention my city anymore because it's just so untrue and ridiculous.

[(Anonymous)]

San Francisco?

But yeah, I know what you mean, I'm from Washington D.C. We never get portrayed well in the media. Either we're a bunch of homicidal maniacs or a bunch of corrupted politicians. Sometimes we're portrayed as homicidal maniacs who also happen to be corrupted politicians.

Good times.

[rubbertea]

Haha, no. Paris, actually.

I didn't know San Francisco was portrayed like that. In my country we see it mostly as a sunny and lively city full of stereotypical gay people and hippies. Didn't know about Washington either. The only bad thing I've heard about it is that the traffic is horrible.

[ryttu3k]

...Yeah, San Francisco's definitely not sunny XD;; My favourite city in the world after my home city of Sydney, sure! But... definitely not that sunny. Especially in summer, when the fog rolls in... (It does have its moments, granted. But I've been there for about three weeks culminatively, both in summer and winter, and I think I saw maybe three sunny days?)

The stereotype I see for Paris is generally sophisticated, classy, a bit bohemian/artistic, and... okay, yes, rude, so I guess it just depends on what media you're exposed to?

[rubbertea]

That's interesting. I guess that's because we all think California is always sunny and warm, so...

The stereotype you're describing seems to come from Northern America and Australia/NZ, where a lot of people view France as this classy place where everyone is beautiful and everything (mainly because of movies like Midnight in Paris), while in my experience the negative stereotypes come mostly from Europe and the rest of France (and also from disappointed American tourists who just realized that Paris doesn't mean paradise).

[ryttu3k]

Southern California is! It just, uh, slips a bit near the Bay Area XD

Ah, true... I'm Australian myself, and a lot of the media I see is American. So I guess I picked up on those.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT
Ha, I had guessed Marseilles!

Bah, don't worry about it. Where I come from, we're portrayed as hicks with cows as far as the eye can see. Every place gets a more or less stereotyped reputation, it seems...

[rubbertea]

Marseilles is more like our personal chauvinist rednecks.

Yeah I guess, though some stereotypes are more negative than others.

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, the stereotypes I mentioned about my home come from the media and people from bigger cities. Cities like Paris and Marseilles. :D

/fellow French person

And indeed, there's a big gap between "cities full of hippies and pretty people" and "intolerant rednecks who marry their own cousins"...

[rubbertea]

Late reply is late, but yay fellow French person!

Indeed, and it's really frustrating to hear disappointed tourists spout disgusting things about us just because our country doesn't actually look like a Hollywood movie.

[(Anonymous)]

*blinks* All those? Really?

I have stayed in Paris once, near the red light district (how the school got away with that I'll never know) and while I didn't enjoy it much, the worst thing I could say about the people there is that they seem fed up of tourists who don't speak French.

Perverted and vulgar, though? Is this Paris specifically or general "French are sex-mad" cliche?