There's a lot to love about SF, but there's also a lot of annoying wound licking. (Of course, if people would stop jumping in front of my witty barbs, they wouldn't get hurt.)

Now here comes another little licker, just asking for it. And she's clearly got some misperceptions about the place: I mean, 2-buck-chuck? Maybe six years ago. Now we drink Sofia from little pink cans.

And I'm pretty sure she's confusing the sweet smell of tolerance with the sweet smell of militant, unwashed bicycle commuters or professional burning man attendees who work at raw food cafe's and demand you be "greatful."

themediatrix

ali: Resnica je! if you want to know where I'm "from."

Zorica

Bsana

TheGreenBastard

@metoometoo: It could have something to do with the difference in population density. Or it could have to do with the city limits not including, you know, "West Oakland."

EvidenceOfAbsence

Incher_George

metoometoo

jann9884

rosaluxembourgeoise

zibby

Zorica

PomPom

rosaluxembourgeoise

Kim Gordon's Panties

Also: Gawker, I'll totally be your little online whore for a star!

Smirk

So please kill yourself...

Botswana Meat Commission FC

Buzz Killington

dutchmonkey

So...NYC failed to prostrate itself before a tourist, so in "revenge" she moves across the continent and writes about...New York? Golly, never heard that one before.

raincoaster

Bell County

DigitalVersicolor

helenanapier

oooooh what do they give you, then? Other than the obvious, I mean. Don't give me that "service is its own reward" speech. I only fall for that once a week.

Zorica

I'll give you that. But I think a lot of it is in the presentation. You can make almost anywhere sound exotic, as long as you capitalize on either the strengths or else the horrors of the place. I once heard a gal describe her hometown as "at a crossroads between Beat-Your-Wife and Fuck-Your-Son." I, for one, was totally charmed.

Zorica

sqwodaydc

I've been waiting for post-irony to catch on.

Raoul Duke

[gawker.com]

VirusWithShoes

Seriously Polyanna, thank god we can't still comment about you, and your use of phrases like "bandanna babies." Because if I could, man, I'd rip you a fucking new one.

Unfun

YourWildHorses

belltolls

Saxon 212

HiredGoons

HiredGoons

HiredGoons

Nick Douglas

fileunder

Clarence Rosario

Clarence Rosario

When you truly suck, they don't give you a star.

rosaluxembourgeoise

"I do appreciate the fact that unlike in NY, "being from somewhere else" is totally welcomed and appreciated here..."

Almost 40% of people living in New York were born outside the U.S.

So, I'm not quite sure what you expected from New York in terms of appreciation and welcome.

I think the city officially stopped throwing big "We Welcome & Appreciate YOU!" parties for newcomers sometime in the mid-1660s.

Hamud Ibn Hamud

It never bothered me or anything, I was just startled to notice a total absence of that attitude in San Francisco.

Despite the fact that I don't know the city or its neighborhoods or its history at all, nobody ever scoffs at my geographical ignorance. I have found that people here think their city is awesome, but they aren't snobs about it.

Oh, and by the way, I think you are right that people perk up when you mention you're from somewhere else...IF you're from somewhere "cool" or you have a fun accent or something.

metoometoo

Then again, the original didn't apply that adjective appropriately either, I don't think. She implied that being let into the club is the element that makes it bizarre. That's hardly abnormal for a club. The bizarre part might be that the goings-on of the "club" are made public. We're not laughing at you behind your back, we're laughing at you to your face.

Then again, I don't think she got the "club" part right either. I don't feel like I belong to a club, I don't pay dues and haven't pledged to do anything or follow any specific rules other than those that govern all enlightened human conversation. I don't even "know" a single other person on here (that I'm aware of).

Nit-picky and semantical, yes I am. I'm highly annoyed by whining, no matter how much of it I might do myself.

Zorica

seejanewrite

Zorica

Yeah but you have to suck a lot of dick to get a star making it a bizarre online brothel.

BullfightsOnAcid

ian spiegelman

valarmorghulis

Unfortunately, I think most people here are sort of dumb and most people here think I'm a bitch. So there are downsides.

metoometoo

WackoJacko

fileunder

valarmorghulis

Last time I dared eat an "organic sandwich" (plucked right from the sandwich tree!) and shitty wine anywhere near Bedford Avenue, I had to run for cover when a sweet-smelling cloud of tolerance erupted from out of nowhere, consuming everything in sight. Luckily I was able to make an ad hoc shield out of garbage, homeless people and internet commenters with bad attitudes under which I could lick my outsider wounds and prevent myself from being infected with the good vibes, dude.

flossy

cupcakes

ambitious

fileunder

Lysergic Asset

ambitious

Conbon

Ulrike Meinhof

SharonTaint

The One

RocketRockit

CORNEL WEST BUSHWICK

And for a moment I was more scared/excited than I've ever been in my life.

WackoJacko

Cory

Lysergic Asset

valarmorghulis

Clarence Rosario

Hamilton Nolan