Where the women are

[LukkyKnight]

You all remember the movie, "Where the boys are."

OK, well, some of you must, anyway. Work with me here, people.

Does it matter - aside from the fact that it's hard to meet people who are far away - that a person is in a whole different part of whatever continent you're on if you can communicate?

Are there really fundamental differences between a woman raised in Georgia from one raised in Toronto or Las Vegas? We hear about the sultriness of a southern belle, or the special qualities of a California girl.

I believe there are some differences, at least in North America, in spite of the pervasive, homogenizing influence of TV.

You?

 

[SempreAngela]

I have no idea what you just asked, LukkyKnight, but I think this is my 100th post. How appropriate that it would be on your thread. Thank you and answer your questions anyway you like, if I find I do not agree with the answers I will be sure to tell you. Shocked aren't you?

 

[LRC]

Did you mean?

Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there

The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night


I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls


The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand


I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world


I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls


I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)

 

[Cath!]

I believe there are some differences, at least in North America, in spite of the pervasive, homogenizing influence of TV.

You?

There may be a few differences...but not many when you look at the whole of North America. If you were to compare someone in LA to someone in eastern Europe..then you may find something.

Is that what you meant?

 

[Rubyfruit]

Having been transplanted from California to Connecticut to Nevada in one year, I can say, yes, from my experience, there are cultural differences.

 

[LukkyKnight]

LMAO @LRC

Yes, essentially that's what I meant to question - has culture survived in regional ways, or have we melted it all together?

Having been transplanted from California to Connecticut to Nevada in one year, I can say, yes, from my experience, there are cultural differences.

I haven't been to New England in many years, but I lived about half my life on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic East Coast, and the rest in the upper MidWest. When I travel to Georgia, or Calfornia, or wherever, I see the same stores in the mall, the same restaurant chains, the same brands of clothing... the differences that are obvious to the eye seem to have more to do with how LARGE the city is than where it is. But somehow, underneath it all, I do seem to see patterns that seem to permeate these regions when it comes to that ancient dance of courtship/mating/whatever-you-call-it. I'm trying to determine if it's a construct of my imagination, turning these less accesible women into something exotic and desireable, or if it's real.

Lacking any better way to resolve that, I'm asking at Lit. I think I better go back to that Happy Drunk thread.... *LOL*

 

[alexandraaah]

Re: LMAO @LRC

Yes, essentially that's what I meant to question - has culture survived in regional ways, or have we melted it all together?



I haven't been to New England in many years, but I lived about half my life on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic East Coast, and the rest in the upper MidWest. When I travel to Georgia, or Calfornia, or wherever, I see the same stores in the mall, the same restaurant chains, the same brands of clothing... the differences that are obvious to the eye seem to have more to do with how LARGE the city is than where it is. But somehow, underneath it all, I do seem to see patterns that seem to permeate these regions when it comes to that ancient dance of courtship/mating/whatever-you-call-it. I'm trying to determine if it's a construct of my imagination, turning these less accesible women into something exotic and desireable, or if it's real.


B]it's both.

 

[alexandraaah]

ummm...it's both. i can't post worth shit.

 

[MidnightAngel]

Lukky- I think that there definitely *are* differences in people depending upon the area that they were born/raised in. I think that speech, mannerisms, even the type of person that one is attracted to is influenced by the geography or at least the TYPE of area.

For instance, I am from a "rural" area of the US midwest; I don't find the "classic" picture of the Southern California male (for instance) at all attractive. It has been my experience that people from "small towns" seem to be more friendly than those from large cities (NY, LA, etc.). I'm not stereotyping anyone (and certainly not EVERYone). Just generally speaking, IMO.

 

[alexandraaah]

Lukky- I think that there definitely *are* differences in people depending upon the area that they were born/raised in. I think that speech, mannerisms, even the type of person that one is attracted to is influenced by the geography or at least the TYPE of area.

For instance, I am from a "rural" area of the US midwest; I don't find the "classic" picture of the Southern California male (for instance) at all attractive. It has been my experience that people from "small towns" seem to be more friendly than those from large cities (NY, LA, etc.). I'm not stereotyping anyone (and certainly not EVERYone). Just generally speaking, IMO.

I'm not so sure. I agree that we *can* be different (no absolutes) depending on where we were raised, as well as our differing interests due to simple geography and climate. However, we part ways at your opinion of small town folk vs. large city folk; I think the reality of that is that you simply encounter more people in big cities, thus there is a higher propensity of both nice and not so nice. I think also, knowing someone in this microcosmic world that is the internet provides for an entirely different experience than face to face. So much gets lost in the translation of words without physical gesture; in the same vein, so much is glaringly apparent that might not be face to face.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Everyone knows that women with names that begin with vowels are the bomb.
____________________________
Where the boys are,
Someone waits for me
A smilin' face,
A warm embrace,
Two arms to hold me tenderly
Where the boys are,
My true love will be
He's walkin' down some street in town
And I know he's lookin' there for me

In the crowd of a million people
I'll find my valentine
And then I'll climb
To the highest steeple
And tell the world he's mine

Till he holds me
I wait impatiently
Where the boys are,
Where the boys are
Where the boys are,
Someone waits for me

 

[lovetoread]

We hear about the sultriness of a southern belle, or the special qualities of a California girl.

Okay LK,I claim both of these. I was born in CA,and raised Southern.

The best of both worlds.

But to answer your question,yes there is differences as I am told daily how different I am from those around the northern area. How I am different I am not sure about,I just know that I am different in someway.

 

[Hawks_Titansfan]

Sadly I was born and rasied in a small town
where I don't fit.lol

You know,places where you feel you just
don't belong?


Even strangers notice this just by the way I
look.If I was walking around with a gun with
camo on it you would know by looking at me
that I am not a hunter.People have actually
told me this.It is THAT obvious.

If it was up to me I would have been born in
the north rather than the south.Nothing bad,
but I just don't feel comfortable in small towns.

And no,I'm not loud and stuff.I hardly ever
talk when out in public.I'm different than I
am on the net.I'm not much of a talker when
I am around people.Any place I have ever
worked people wonder why I don't talk alot.

But the net is just for chatting for everyone of
us anyways.The net is my freedom and spare
time away from real life.Some people listen to
music to excape real life and I just come on here
to do so=)

 

[Calamity Jane]

I generally think of people from the North and East as being reserved, conservative, introspective... people from the South and West are friendly, welcoming and outspoken.

Not always accurate, but still the generalizations that come to mind.

I was told the other day that I remind someone of Shirley McClain's character in Steel Magnolias... typical southern woman? or should I have been offended?

 

[Hawks_Titansfan]

"I was told the other day that I remind someone of
Shirley McClain's character in Steel Magnolias... typical
southern woman? or should I have been offended?"

I don't know you personality so I can't say that for
sure.

I know I was born in the wrong place, all though I
have a southern voice that some seem to find sexy
for some reason.

 

[Georgia Girl]

Obviously I'm from GA but like others here, I have lived all over the place, TX, CA, FL, and MD.

The people that I have met while online have been from all over and while it is a factor if you were to consider changing the relationship to a RL one for the most part it is an opportunity to grow as a person learning new things about a different place. Granted people who are more simplistic and down to earth appeal to me more but that is just because I can relate to them. There is one here I talk with that is quite a bit older than myself but we share a common interest in engineering even though he is many many miles away from me.

So, now that I have finished chasing that rabbit, it really does not matter. Just enjoy and if something happens to click and it means enough you find a way to make it work out.

Dawn