NY vs Philly and wow

Living in the northeast, I'd have to say that this article is pretty accurate. There are A LOT of people that live from Boston to DC. It's really extraordinary how densely populated the NE corridor is. And you don't really get a sense of it until you spend some time here. With all of those people, you get a larger sample size of good and bad. I've noticed that there are a lot of families of military veterans here. I've met a lot of great people. But the rap against the NE is that it's also FULL of obnoxious jerks. This is true as well. It's not because the people are a different breed. We're all Americans. It's simply numbers. The more people you have the more chances you're going to run across a jerk, as well. And as with human nature, the negative reaction sticks with you longer than the good.

Now onto the story. Every NY'er I've met, friend or not, has a built-in superiority complex. The city has been celebrated, written about, fawned over, etc. by every walking sycophant that has ever been there. So when you have people constantly telling you you're great, you'll believe them eventually. It's rather sickening to talk to someone from the 'hub-of-the-universe,' knowing they've never lived or most likely, visited anywhere west of Philly and hear them trash the rest of their own countrymen as unsophisticated rubes. This doesn't just apply to NY, unfortunately. Boston and Philly are just as bad. They can't imagine living in a ho-hum place like KC. The few that have been to KC love it and comment how "clean" it is and are shocked that there are things to do other than plow fields and milk cows. It's quite amusing actually. To each their own, but I'd rather live in a clean, uncluttered, orderly, less crowded, convenient place populated with people that are nice and inviting, than a dirty, trashy, over-crowded cesspool that breeds narcissist, me-first attitudes like it is up here. There's the old saying, 'it's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.'

Say what you want about StL, but to this day, I still hear Boston fans talk in amazement at how gracious the Cards fans were during the 2004 WS. They still can't get over that a fan base would be so understanding after being swept. They readily admit that they would have been highly upset, even now, with 2 WS under their belt, if any team had swept them. They just don't get it. That's the midwest and that is what being an American is all about. Being polite and friendly have long since disappeared up here in favor winning at all costs in a highly competitive arena. Those values have are more prevalent in the midwest, the south and out west (all places I've lived as well) because people aren't trying to climb over each other just to get a simple cup of coffee.

I submit that it's actually the northeasterners that are supremely insecure and have their priorities out of whack. There is this underlying, 'we're better than you' attitude and that doesn't just mean in sports. It's implied that they're better than you in everything, including being a person. I don't know where it comes from, but I have to think it's been perpetuated by the media over the years, most of which are from the NE, that view much of America as backwoods, uncultured and out-of-touch. What makes KC and other towns west of the Miss so great is that there isn't this constant need for attention and self gratification. Yes midwesterners want to win. That's American and human nature. But it's not the end of the world if it doesn't happen because we're pretty grounded and have the things that matter most, family, friends, and a means to make a living. We know that eventually things will go our way. Many northeasterners that have moved to KC for whatever reason come to appreciate the city and the region for what it is. Many midwesterners, that now live in the northeast, grow to understand the diamond in the rough that is KC and eventually move back seeking a simpler, less complicated life.

In closing, hopefully someday, KC will get sports teams worthy of the great fans that follow them, win or lose.

You give them way more credit than I do, Sam. I didn't take this as something that was meant in fun at all; and I believe a good deal of the quotes are deadly serious.

If indeed the commenters think they are being cutesy-funny, then the article is pointless. This is not acceptable trash talk for a printed article.

I'm glad to see that the article has many negative comments attached, and that plenty of New York folks are embarassed.

Then I would say there may be feelings behind the words, but the brain cells might equal that of mud.