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My understanding is that the Northeast US care(s|d) a great deal about appearance, as contrasted with Silicon Valley. Does that agree with your experience?
by pnathan 13y ago
My understanding is that the Northeast US care(s|d) a great deal about appearance, as contrasted with Silicon Valley.
Does that agree with your experience?
- ChuckMcM 13y agoIs Washington DC in the Northeast? Basically folks I have hung out with who are in that nominally urban region defined by New York, Boston, and DC are certainly more aware of appearances than folks in the Portland/San Francisco/San Jose region. I'm careful not to assign 'caring' or 'not caring' because it is that the attribute of caring is more evenly distributed, its more about awareness for me.
- nostrademons 13y agoBoston isn't that appearance-conscious, at least as far as clothes go. It's much snobbier about academic pedigree, which books you've read, and how much interesting trivia you can recall. I'd say that the fashion corridor runs from New York (epicenter) down the eastern seaboard. Paul Graham's "Messages cities send" piece is a pretty interesting reflection on this: http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html
- kingraoul3 13y agoYou forgot Philly. It's cool. 5th largest city in the country and everything, but you know, whatever.
- dkuntz2 13y agoYou forgot Chicago, third most populous city in the US and everything, but you know, whatever.
- kingraoul3 13y ago? He was listing the cities in the Northeast corridor.
- pnathan 13y agoI do lump it in as sort of the bottom tip, in my mind. But thanks for the clarification regarding the attention paid.