[defconw]

The big cities of the mid west are just as bad. I grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio. I would not go back there for all the money in the world. But in all seriousness. The tone of this country is set on the coasts. They don't give a rip about the interior. Before all this social media and cable TV, it took months/years for things to move inward.

For instance, movies used to premier only on the coasts. If the movie stunk, it never made it to the Midwest. Same for music, I remember my cousins making fun of us for talking about "new" songs, that had already faded on the coast, before we even heard them the first time.

I have a friend out here in the west. He is a transplanted and reformed New Yorker. You should here him talk about it! He's so happy out here amongst the bitter clingers he can barely contain it. Now if we could just do something about his accent. :) Just kidding.

[Biggirl]

Yep, the midwestern cities are not anything to e-mail to home about either. The only thing about Cleveland I like, it is not saying much, is the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, that is it.