I didn't say my base of comparison was NY. I've actually travelled rather widely, and have done a good deal of READING about St Louis. Having done that with other areas, and then visited them, I'll say that it's reasonably effective. Generally, effective enough that whatever gets written is not negatively impacted., especially as concerns a fantasy setting.
The Mets rock. Sorry, they do. They do not act in a pond scummy manner, and are a very good team when they're on. The Cubs do not rock. I've developed a bit of a fondness for the Cardinals, at times.
I would expect animosity toward New York. It's NORTHERN. Missouri was in opposition to it during the Civil War, so I'd see no reason to expect attitudes to be any more accurate about my home state there than in Florida, (or Georgia), where they also did not tend to leave the state if born to it. I've lived both in the South and with Southerners. I've got a point for comparison. I've also traveled extensively in the South West, particularly through Arizona...an entity with thought patterns all its own, but also typical in some ways of a place settled later than the East Coast.
Most places of that nature also have societal dividing lines as concern what high school one went to...that's pretty typical. (In my area, we have that by town. Long Island is a giant suburb going to beach and even semi-rural in places, with dozens of towns.) Knowing which is which is a feature of living there, true enough.
Actually, the St Louis area from everything that I've come to understand is quite comparable to our own upstate suburbs, from flora to general layout, and including the windy ass streets, and some of the interesting older architecture. Likely quite close to Westchester and Putnam, at least in part, and certainly in part points further North (All of NY is NOT Manhattan, and any other city, pretty much, is in no way comparable to that..though outlying areas often ARE). The further up there, the earlier they roll up the sidewalks, also..except for Denny's, etc. The weather can also be somewhat similar, although tornadoes are rarer here.
Would there be a huge problem with marijuana and drinking amongst the bored teen population? Perhaps designer drugs? Also pretty typical where they do things like close down the local arcade for being a bad influence, and where the closest movie theater is reachable only by car.
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Re: part 2
Date: 2006-05-25 04:44 pm (UTC)The Mets rock. Sorry, they do. They do not act in a pond scummy manner, and are a very good team when they're on. The Cubs do not rock. I've developed a bit of a fondness for the Cardinals, at times.
I would expect animosity toward New York. It's NORTHERN. Missouri was in opposition to it during the Civil War, so I'd see no reason to expect attitudes to be any more accurate about my home state there than in Florida, (or Georgia), where they also did not tend to leave the state if born to it. I've lived both in the South and with Southerners. I've got a point for comparison. I've also traveled extensively in the South West, particularly through Arizona...an entity with thought patterns all its own, but also typical in some ways of a place settled later than the East Coast.
Most places of that nature also have societal dividing lines as concern what high school one went to...that's pretty typical. (In my area, we have that by town. Long Island is a giant suburb going to beach and even semi-rural in places, with dozens of towns.) Knowing which is which is a feature of living there, true enough.
Actually, the St Louis area from everything that I've come to understand is quite comparable to our own upstate suburbs, from flora to general layout, and including the windy ass streets, and some of the interesting older architecture. Likely quite close to Westchester and Putnam, at least in part, and certainly in part points further North (All of NY is NOT Manhattan, and any other city, pretty much, is in no way comparable to that..though outlying areas often ARE). The further up there, the earlier they roll up the sidewalks, also..except for Denny's, etc. The weather can also be somewhat similar, although tornadoes are rarer here.
Would there be a huge problem with marijuana and drinking amongst the bored teen population? Perhaps designer drugs? Also pretty typical where they do things like close down the local arcade for being a bad influence, and where the closest movie theater is reachable only by car.
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