I read a lot of Chuck Klosterman. If you like reading and you haven't explored his works, I highly recommend him. But anyway I was reading him tonight (which is actually semi-creepy sounding, to read someone), and I stumbled on this passage:
"This is a city with Republican bars and Democratic bars. Those establishments are filled with idealistic underpaid interns who are killing themselves with anyone who could put them in a position to network with someone else. It seems like a thrilling, confusing, horrific way to live. In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington, D.C., it just sort of works out that way."
This statement got me thinking, and actually not about whether or not Washingtonians are depressed, but about the differences between people living/from different cities. And the more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that there may be two kinds of people in many ways. And these two kinds are people associated with DC/Boston and people associated with New York/LA. And here are some of my thoughts...
-DC/Boston people have a much different outlook on their sports teams. They are almost pathetically defensive when their sports teams are sucking, and blame it on something being unbalanced in the universe rather than admitting that their team is just BAD that year (see Red Sox, Redskins fans). New York and LA fans complain or make huge monetary moves (see Yankees). Furthermore, DC/Boston people tend to have somewhat goofy and "off" franchise players (see Gilbert Arenas, Jon Papelbon, Ovechkin, etc.), whereas NY/LA fans adore people that nauseate me more than Friday morning classes (see Kobe, A-Rod).
-Unexplainably, young NY/LA people are obsessed with clubbing, or going to a "Lounge" to wear a lot of black sequins, spend tons of money to sit at a table and drink overpriced alcohol. What is with Lounges? Why do I need to wear heels to go somewhere that's name sounds relaxing? These people also tend to enjoy the same music Abercrombie plays.
-LA/NY people are tan. Really tan. Bostonites are often Irish/pale, and Washingtonians just spend too much time waiting for late (and sometimes crashing) metro trains with their Capitol Hill badges. Compared to the "city that never sleeps," DC/Boston people can sometimes look like part of the fucking Twilight cast.
That's about all I can mull over right now, but there's sure to be more in the future. I considered briefly including people from Philadelphia, but they don't really fit in either of these categories. My friend who is from the Philly area and sadly an Eagles fan was immensely proud that he had just bought a Michael Vick Jersey. They are a strange breed. Pun completely intended.
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