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If you live in Overland Park do people have a problem if you say you live in KC? If you live in KC should you point out if you live on the Kansas or Missouri side? If you live in Chicago but not downtown can you say you live in the city? If you live in Glen Oaks should you say Glen Oaks or West Des Moines? What about Beaverdale?

There's a big difference between Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, MO.
 
Same here. The culture, lifestyle, daily interactions, etc. is all so much different in the city than the suburbs. It's a completely different situation. The reason this bugs me is because our childhoods had nothing in common with those who grew up in a car-centric suburb. Familial roots go back over 100 years in my neighborhood whereas some cities didn't even exist 10 years ago. The city is a place to experience and the suburbs are a place to live. They each have their advantages and disadvantages but that's why it bugs me. Don't try to claim something authentic and with history as your own when you've specifically chosen to not live there for various reasons.

Edit - someone asked about Beaverdale. Beaverdale was its own city at one point and as such has its own unique identity and history. People know it is now a neighborhood of DSM. Glen Oaks is a housing development in a suburbs with no unique history. Saying you from there is to boast because being rich is the only common theme among its residents., at least that's my take.

Beaverdale born and raised! What what?!?!
 

i think he dated my avatar

Not quite that, inflated. All natural and very nice though. Her two most redeeming qualities.

I don't think she was particularly dumb, just not a lot of personality. Also not a lot of common sense. It was pretty obvious after the first real date that it wasn't going anywhere. I still put forward my best efforts to get her naked though. For science. I didn't get past 3rd base though. We got a little frisky after a party, which was nice.

We went out to dinner, nothing fancy, and it was a struggle just to have a conversation with her.

"What kind of music do you like?"
"I dunno, pop I guess."
"Do you like any kind of sports?"
"Not really."

The only thing that actually got more than a few sentences out of her was when she talked about Equestrian Club. Maybe that was a cue that she was a stuck up suburbanite from "Chicago".
 
Same here. The culture, lifestyle, daily interactions, etc. is all so much different in the city than the suburbs. It's a completely different situation. The reason this bugs me is because our childhoods had nothing in common with those who grew up in a car-centric suburb. Familial roots go back over 100 years in my neighborhood whereas some cities didn't even exist 10 years ago. The city is a place to experience and the suburbs are a place to live. They each have their advantages and disadvantages but that's why it bugs me. Don't try to claim something authentic and with history as your own when you've specifically chosen to not live there for various reasons.

So what if you just moved there from a suburb? Do you still get street cred or do you need to have been born in the city? Are there stickers for your bicycles like the ones people have for Iowa Native? Are there rules?
 
So what if you just moved there from a suburb? Do you still get street cred or do you need to have been born in the city? Are there stickers for your bicycles like the ones people have for Iowa Native? Are there rules?

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I think you're just trying to instigate now.
 
So what if you just moved there from a suburb? Do you still get street cred or do you need to have been born in the city? Are there stickers for your bicycles like the ones people have for Iowa Native? Are there rules?


Here is my simple test. If you regularly rode CTA buses and trains, then you are a true Chicagoan. Taking suburban trains to an office downtown doesn't count.

I drove CTA buses to pay for grad school so I have never-ending Chicago cred even though it was 30 years ago.
 
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Here is my simple test. If you regularly rode CTA buses and trains, then you are a true Chicagoan. Taking suburban trains to an office downtown doesn't count.

I drove CTA buses to pay for grad school so I have never-ending Chicago cred even though it was 30 years ago.

What if you live downtown but take a train to the suburbs to work? Is there a rule book somewhere?
 
When I visit Chicago I drop off my car 5 miles outside of downtown and walk into the city. I don't want to touch any form of transportation that has had contact with those wusy sububrbs./

I also make sure I'm not wearing tennis shoes with my skinny jeans.
 
When I visit Chicago I drop off my car 5 miles outside of downtown and walk into the city. I don't want to touch any form of transportation that has had contact with those wusy sububrbs./

I also make sure I'm not wearing tennis shoes with my skinny jeans.

Well no ****! ******* casual!
 
What if you live downtown but take a train to the suburbs to work? Is there a rule book somewhere?

Page 342. Section 22.1 (a)i : Any resident of downtown ("the loop") shall be allowed to claim Chicago as his/her home regardless of place of employment if ALL the following condition are met:

1. said employee takes "the el" a minimum of 8 times per week for business-related purposes
2. said employee pays rent or owns outright a place of habitation in "the loop". staying at a friend's place of habitation does not meet these requirements
3. said employee drives a personal vehicles fewer than 50 miles on average per week for non-business reasons.
 
I think there are some basic rules for telling people where you're from, which depends on the situation.

Telling a local, or someone extremely familiar with the area: I live in cardboard box on DMACC's campus.
Telling someone familiar with the region/state: I live in Ankeny.
Telling someone from a different region who know's geography: I live in Des Moines.
Telling an idiot (hawk fan): I live in Iowa.
 
People not using turning signals - drives me nuts when you are not sure if someone is going to turn or not so you wait and they turn without signaling when you could of made a move before they arrived at the intersection.

People that don't drive with their headlights on when it's raining, snowing, foggy, or dark out. I flash my lights at these people, some get it some just keep on driving.

People that don't pick up their dog's poop. Nothing more annoying than walking down the sidewalk and coming across dog turd or mowing your lawn stepping in some you didn't see. It's part of owning a dog, I don't care if he craps all over your lawn that is your choice but leaving it on someone else's property is just lazy and careless. Have a friend that did this when he took his dog out in public and we'd call him out on it if we saw it.

Idiots that drive down the street late in the night with the bass up so loud you can feel it in your home or in your car if you are driving near them. Even worse are the idiots that have their kids in the backseat that do this
 
why not say "a suburb of DSM" or "just outside DSM".

Because, many of the people I have to talk to (work with), that would ask where I live, are from out of state and I will be lucky if the know where Des Moines is, let alone Ankeny. Also, since the large company I work for has offices all over Des Moines, it is just easier to say that I am from Des Moines. That, and laziness.
 
Page 342. Section 22.1 (a)i : Any resident of downtown ("the loop") shall be allowed to claim Chicago as his/her home regardless of place of employment if ALL the following condition are met:

1. said employee takes "the el" a minimum of 8 times per week for business-related purposes
2. said employee pays rent or owns outright a place of habitation in "the loop". staying at a friend's place of habitation does not meet these requirements
3. said employee drives a personal vehicles fewer than 50 miles on average per week for non-business reasons.



Haha. Nice. Except that only the really rich live in "the loop" (and really poor).

Real Chicagoans live in neighborhoods . . . from which you must use the CTA to go anywhere.

In Chicago, people ask if you live on the north, west, or south sides . . . not if you live downtown.
 
Haha. Nice. Except that only the really rich live in "the loop" (and really poor).

Real Chicagoans live in neighborhoods . . . from which you must use the CTA to go anywhere.

In Chicago, people ask if you live on the north, west, or south sides . . . not if you live downtown.

Those are all addressed in Section 23 - this was from Section 22.
 
People not using turning signals - drives me nuts when you are not sure if someone is going to turn or not so you wait and they turn without signaling when you could of made a move before they arrived at the intersection.

People that don't drive with their headlights on when it's raining, snowing, foggy, or dark out. I flash my lights at these people, some get it some just keep on driving.

People that don't pick up their dog's poop. Nothing more annoying than walking down the sidewalk and coming across dog turd or mowing your lawn stepping in some you didn't see. It's part of owning a dog, I don't care if he craps all over your lawn that is your choice but leaving it on someone else's property is just lazy and careless. Have a friend that did this when he took his dog out in public and we'd call him out on it if we saw it.

Idiots that drive down the street late in the night with the bass up so loud you can feel it in your home or in your car if you are driving near them. Even worse are the idiots that have their kids in the backseat that do this

Well well, I would say I agree with the last two. I stepped in dog poo Sunday while taking out the trash bins. It wasn't the certified white stuff, but it seemed pretty fresh. I'm pretty sure, on that same night, there was a high schooler driving around my neighborhood with their bass blaring. Now, having done that was I was younger, his sounded pretty weak. Probably made in China.

Which leads into my next annoyance, more than petty, however. Stuff made from China. It doesn't last.
 

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