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>” Even Americans get kind of brainwashed that their local culture is inferior and everything is better in New York (and California) because that's where so muc
by coastflow 4y ago
>” Even Americans get kind of brainwashed that their local culture is inferior and everything is better in New York (and California) because that's where so much of our popular media originates and is set.”
For additional evidence, the setting of most of “Breaking Bad” (now continuing as “Better Call Saul”) in Albuquerque, New Mexico led to meaningful economic benefits for people living there, such as increased tourism (from https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-aug-07-la-fi-ct-onlocation-breaking-bad20130807-story.html https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-a...).
- thebean11 4y agoThat’s surprising, watching those shows did not make me interested in going even a little bit
- jimmygrapes 4y agoHaving been to and through those regions I agree, I would not want to vacation or visit there without good reason. However, the show(s) made it seem like a fairly quiet and comfortable region (barring the cartels and drug addictions). Other than certain desert scenes, they really didn't do the environment justice; I rarely felt like long-sleeved Oxford shirt-wearing Walter or suit-wearing Jimmy/Saul were sweating constantly, which contradicted my own experiences, and I've been there in all months of the year. It does get chilly, as any desert/scrub land region does, but it felt a little off. I have the same issue with all the Dune adaptations, they just never really get across the temperature and/or humidity of the place unless it's relevant to a plot point.