TheCunningStunt

don't you live in NYC?

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Towns so full of parks it basically is a forest with waterfalls and native birds

I love that NZ is so laidback too, and I love how every man here more or less has a beard. How we always put 'aye' at the end of our sentences, and I love the rocky NZ beaches that have more in common with gravel than sand. I love how much I hate stubbies, and how much L&P is worshipped here. I love the millions of sheep and how everyone else sees as the place with hobbits. How much we hate Australians, and how its like a sibling to us. The pavlovas and the buzzy bee and the goodnight kiwi. I love NZ humour, because its so weird and no other cultures seem to get it. We have an awkward stereotype now thanks to Flight of the Conchords but I love that too. I feel fuzzy when I go overseas and see someting that reminds me of NZ. I love the millions of reservations and parks, and all the maraes you can visit. And holy crap, PINEAPPLE LUMPS. Choooice.

Sansa Stark

lol no

Freebase Dali

Some of my cultural adorations

Growing up in southern Louisiana, I loved:

- Living in the country where your houses are NOT almost touching the neighbor's houses, with plenty of land to shoot guns in, ride dirt bikes and 4-wheelers in, grow pot in, and play your music as loud as you want, etc.

- Crawfish boils. Where all your family and friends would gather at a particular person's house and boil crawfish outdoors, drink beer, listen to old honkey-tonk cajun music, share stories about hunting trips, etc.

- The people. Southern hospitality isn't just a cliche', although now days it's becoming a long-forgotten legend.

- The food. I have been to lot of places, and I'm not sentimental about my taste buds, as I love food and all its flavors... I've eaten a lot of food from a lot of different places and I don't discriminate... but I am very happy I was born and raised here. My taste buds agree.

- The distinct culture. I will be the first one to admit I carry none of the noticeable traits held by a stereotypical southern Louisianian. I don't have the accent, I don't use the slang... but being around all that is comforting because it's familiar. Because of that, I can understand why other people are inclined to support their own cultural values. Not because it's some objective judgment call, but because that's what you know and love. And that's totally ok.

I will say, though, that most people only have an image of Louisiana as either being New Orleans, or tooth-less swamp-dwellers without electricity. I would like to take this opportunity to call you ignorant and be correct about it.


Living in Florida:

- Of what I experienced, I fucking hated it. Bunch of thieving, car wrecking, old people driving, crap food tasting, un-trustworthy people just moving from one place to the next with absolutely no concern for anyone but themselves. I lived there for 4 years. Worst 4 years of my life. And they had a lot of skanky bitches. Inordinate amounts of skanky bitches. But I didn't grow up there, so I couldn't possibly understand how that would be awesome.......

Living in Germany [and traveling abroad]:

- Good food, and absolutely beautiful scenery. So much history to explore. If it weren't for Germany, I'd have never visited an actual castle (we don't have those in the U.S... unless you count Disney...) and I'd have never been to Paris and Amsterdam, so I owe Germany that much. Being such a central location to practically everything most rich people brag about to their snotty rich friends, I'm glad I had the opportunity to visit at least 2 of those places by just driving a car or taking a train to what could be considered your back yard in that context. I wish I had been able to visit more places and cultures while there, but apart from deployments to Romania (which was awesome), Iraq and Kuwait (neither of those were awesome), I pretty much spent most of my time in Germany.

Living on the internet:

- wut?

CanwllCorfe

Hmm.. living in Kunkletown

I love that we're in the middle of PA Dutch territory where every Fall we go around and get apple dumplings at the local diner or maybe some shoo fly pie. I can walk to the farmer to get eggs in the morning, or if it's in season I can get some amazing sweet corn. I love the scenery. I love being equidistant between NYC, the beach, and Philadelphia. I love all the small shops, old farm houses, and restaurants I didn't know existed. Just the other day we found a little diner who still charge around $2.50 for eggs, toast, home fries, bacon or sausage, and coffee. I love all the history and knowing I'm in an area that's been inhabited for a hell of a long time. I love that it's a small town and I can go to a big town as sort of a change of scenery and not the other way around. Living in a city would be too stressful for me.

And.. that's about it!

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Zaqarbal

• The Australian and NZ sheeps.
• The US toponymy.
• The British Celtic genes.
• The guitar.

It would take me a very long time to list the many other things. I will continue later on.

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Things I love about living in Texas!

-The fact that Texas is the largest of the contiguous 48 states. If means you can go to the Gulf of Mexico and lay on a sandy beach, over to East Texas and fish all day in a lake surrounded by thick green woods, up to Amarillo in the pan handle and camp in the desert, or head on over to Fredericksburg in the hill country and watch the wildlife or go craft shopping. The terrain, the weather, and the sights vary so much from place to place that you could travel the state for years and never get bored, and always find something else you missed your first time around.
-The food. Especially Mexican food. Oh god I could live on enchiladas verdes for the rest of my life. And we can't forget about Texas barbeque. And crawfish boils.
-Outdoor festivals with live blues music from a local no-name band and a bunch of guys and gals getting tipsy on Budwieser and singing along loud and terribly, but no ones cares because they're all having such a good time.
-Living in a big city, but being able to drive 2 hours north and find a quiet place to camp out.
-How excited everyone gets when it actually snows, even though it's just flurries and it never sticks and people have just enough to make a 6 inch tall snowman on the hood of their cars.
-Tailgating in the parking lot at the Houston Texans games.
-How people in other countries think we all wear cowboy hats and ride horses to work everyday.
-Going to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Go Western day, when even the most non-redneck of people get out their Wranglers and big belt buckles, boot and hats and head on down to the show to watch the calf scramble or the bull riding or the barrel racing and listen to some loud ass country music.
-Sandcastle competitions down in Galveston.
-Floating down the Guadalupe River in a tube in the blistering heat, with a cooler full of beer and jello shots floating next to you.
-The word "y'all".

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Zaqarbal

I see the thread especially refers to Culture at a popular level, so I'm just putting some examples in that sense.

We could say our Mediterranean coast is a sort of "European California". In fact, the climate and many natural landscapes are exactly the same thing. In addition, the Spaniards who founded the first European settlements in California were from the Mediterranean coast, and they described the two territories as "twin lands". Nowadays, both have also a similar tourist industry. In our case, the main clients are the hordes of pale holidaymakers from Central and Northern Europe who visit the country every summer.

I can't deny that this condition of "Californian-type European" represents a cultural peculiarity in a way. When Californian band Red Hot Chili Peppers came to Spain during a European tour some years ago, Anthony Kiedis said they had "an erection" (sic) as soon as they got off the plane at the airport. Obviously! The man perfectly knew what he was talking about. Only a Californian or a Mediterranean can fully understand that kind of things. If you're not, you might lose your self-control. For instance, some Brit chicks go mad when they come here in summer, as we can see at this illustrative video:


I have to stop for now. I'll continue later on with other things...

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It's not just Spain that they let their hair down. It's everywhere.
And that looks like a quiet night out to me. Not joking.

FETCHER.

Thats not wild! Thats a typical night in my local club

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