Totally California vs. New York
Early last week, when there was nothing but "Governator" coverage in the news, I wrote about a segment of a WNYC call-in show where New Yorkers bashed "California culture" as an oxymoron. My point, being a native Californian (albeit the wrong part of California,) is that people from SoCal do not know or care that NoCal and New Yorkers spend a lot of energy hating them.

Apparently I was wrong, based on the nasty comment threads that have sprung up. Some of them do care. Not that I really care that they care, but I'm wondering if they aren't really from California. On the Internet, no one knows you're from Iowa.

History:
Anti-California Arnold-Backlash? (Amy Langfield, Aug. 11)
Editor's Letter: Gawker -- The LA Edition (Gawker, Aug. 11)
Editor's Letter: Gawker LA Edition Pt. II (Gawker, Aug. 12)
Gawking L.A. (L.A. Observed, Aug. 13)
Why People Who Bash Southern California Usually Look Stupid (Matt Welch, Aug. 15)
Blackout (Turks Head Review, Aug. 15)
Spelling it Out (Elizabeth Spiers, Aug. 16)
First Biggie and Pac, Now This (Jim Treacher, Aug. 16)
Catfight! (Jeff Jarvis, Aug. 17)
Blog Wars (Late Final, Aug. 17)
Still talking about Gawker (L.A. Observed, Aug. 18)
Hollywood Speaks Out About the Blackout; We Respond (Gawker, Aug. 19)
- posted by Amy @ 8/20/2003 08:40:00 AM