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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
one of my favorite NYC stories.
visiting college friends of mine in manhattan some years ago, and hanging out at a bar on the upper west side with some of their friends/acquaintances.
vapid blond: "you live in chicago? gawd, how can you stand it? i couldn't get out of the midwest fast enough. it's unbearable out there."
me: "oh, where did you grow up?"
vapid blond: " kokomo, indiana"
me:  |
same stuff happens in chicago re: the
hinterland, it's just not as intense. it's always interesting running into "st. louisans" who have never even lived in st. louis.
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