I’m rarely a typical example of anything, but I never noticed anything in the dimension of prudishness or rudeness (I grew up in the Seattle area, now live in Boston). Also there definitely are some communities of “weird people” in “Camberville” (as they call it) too, though they perhaps don’t define the predominant culture [I think it’s easier for people to feel like they’re out of place if they too weird]
I noticed the prudishness, but “rudeness” to me parses as people actually telling you what’s on their mind, rather than the passive-aggressive fake niceness that seems to dominate in the Bay Area. I’ll personally take the rudeness :).
(This is a pretty significant adjustment for the other direction as well; my best friends on the West Coast have almost all been East Coast transplants.)
after the prudishness part but I could definitely be misentangling that. And, well, you are someone who is one of my best friends on the West Coast. (Well, was. RIP Delmarva.)
I’m rarely a typical example of anything, but I never noticed anything in the dimension of prudishness or rudeness (I grew up in the Seattle area, now live in Boston). Also there definitely are some communities of “weird people” in “Camberville” (as they call it) too, though they perhaps don’t define the predominant culture [I think it’s easier for people to feel like they’re out of place if they too weird]
I noticed the prudishness, but “rudeness” to me parses as people actually telling you what’s on their mind, rather than the passive-aggressive fake niceness that seems to dominate in the Bay Area. I’ll personally take the rudeness :).
… huh, is that the thing that makes it mysteriously easier for me to talk to people from the East Coast?
Yes.
Seems plausible. I put
after the prudishness part but I could definitely be misentangling that. And, well, you are someone who is one of my best friends on the West Coast. (Well, was. RIP Delmarva.)
:-(