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Social differences even between coasts are massive (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by stevedidWHAT to c/showerthoughts
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Buddy of mine and I were chatting on Discord and we ended up having a conversation about this topic.

Namely imagine you just put two people in a room. One from New Jersey and one from LA and observe

Wild how different cultures can be even inside a country.

What do y’all think? Is it due to the size of the US (geographically)?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the differences between a wealthier, urban individual from different parts of North America (ie LA/SF vs NYC or Chicago) are smaller than the differences between someone who lives a rural life in California or Oregon vs someone who lives in upstate New York or rural Pennsylvania.

While there are definitely cultural differences related to the history of an area and the peoples who occupied it, money and privilege that come with an urban life tend to blur those lines a bit more.

[–] stevedidWHAT 1 points 1 year ago

Another interesting point!

I suppose it sorta makes sense - perhaps the rich/well off people all chase the same wagons around?