I find it funny that he thought that any crime in the county must be thugs driving from the city. He hates when you prove him wrong, he just acted shocked when I told him uhh no, they were not people from the city.
That's how I've gotten too, I don't fight any more.olividarte wrote:I agree. Why bother trying to change minds? I've grown so tired of caring about what people who don't know any better think about where I live.
Life is much less stressful when you just blow them off and live your life.
haha, I love that.The Central Scrutinizer wrote:
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This guy is literally frightened of the city. Frightened.
I know several people like that -- it's hard to have a conversation with them without getting visibly frustrated.
Have you offered to give him a tour of the city (even the parts NORTH of Delmar <gasp>) to help reshape his opinion?
Why even waste your time?
For me, the conversation usually goes like this:
Me: Hey, we're meeting at Flannery's on Thursday night for some beer and to watch the game.
Them: Where is that?
Me: Washington & 14th
Them: You mean downtown?
Me: Yeah
Them: No thanks, a little too dangerous for me down there, especially after dark
Me: OK. I'll talk to you next week.
That's exactly what I get miffed about, and that's why companies that locate their little eye center in Chesterfield and call it "St. Louis Eye Center" (just an example). Something like Six Flags, where people will be driving from 100 miles away to makes sense, but something built for locals (like a doctors office) should not be associated with the city. There's a reason they didn't locate in the city. But, apparently when I argue that, it upsets some peopleThreeOneFour wrote:That is absolutely insane. Of course, he's not much worse than the people that come into the city just for Cardinals and Blues games. I can imagine the panic they must feel when they make that long one or two block walk from the parking lot or garage to their destination. And yet when someone asks where they're from, they'll say St. Louis, sometimes with a disclaimer about how they don't live in the city or even visit the city.
Now, to be fair, this doesn't accurately describe every suburbanite. I know people that drive into the city frequently from places like Oakville, Imperial, Waterloo, Belleville, Edwardsville, Ballwin, and yes, St. Charles. But there are plenty of loudmouths (many of whom seem to pass their idle time on STLtoday.com forums when they're not peering out their windows looking for people that don't look like them) that perpetuate the myths about city living not unlike the person you mentioned. It's so ridiculous, but there's little one can do to change a mind that's so inflexible to begin with anyway.
