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Was the USA more interesting or better before it started becoming homogenized?
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:08 pm
It seems like our regional differences are slowly going away compared to what they once were. Some accents are fading (including Southern), a McDonald’s in Georgia is a McDonald’s in Kansas, most everyone ordering from Amazon, etc.
What must it have been like to travel around the country decades ago before such uniformity?
Or maybe the conveniences now are worth the tradeoff?
What must it have been like to travel around the country decades ago before such uniformity?
Or maybe the conveniences now are worth the tradeoff?
This post was edited on 11/24/19 at 8:10 pm
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Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:11 pm to weagle99
I remember watching a video with a woman author from Mississippi from early in the 20th century. Don’t remember her name but the creator was effectively saying that an accent like hers was now gone.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:12 pm to weagle99
Same things with hotels. They used to be unique and usually showed some regional characteristics. Now they all have the same soulless "modern" look. It's why I mostly stay at B&B's now, hotels have become so sterile.
I agree that nationalization and even globalization are slowly killing regional and ethnic differences. You go to an airport, a hotel, a chain restaurant, you could be anywhere USA.
I agree that nationalization and even globalization are slowly killing regional and ethnic differences. You go to an airport, a hotel, a chain restaurant, you could be anywhere USA.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:13 pm to weagle99
most of america is pretty much the same
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:14 pm to weagle99
It was a very regional country as recently as the late 1970s. As you would go from state to state it was totally different and there weren’t the same looking strip malls , gas stations and restaurants on every interstate exit. And people really didn’t travel the country like they do now either for pleasure or work. The local accents were deeper and the local flavor was more pronounced.
I don’t know what was better but it sure felt differently.
I don’t know what was better but it sure felt differently.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:39 pm to weagle99
quote:i hope so. would love to lose mine
Some accents are fading (including Southern)
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:54 pm to TheFirstSaints
One thing I love about the ms delta is it preserves a lot of old traditions. It’s not like the cookie cutter corporate rest of America.
Tons of great restaurants, southern culture, old beautiful homes, unique hotels downtown. There’s a culture here that cant be understood unless you live here
Tons of great restaurants, southern culture, old beautiful homes, unique hotels downtown. There’s a culture here that cant be understood unless you live here
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:57 pm to weagle99
USA becoming homogenized? 
Bruh there is all kinds of "culcha" all over the place. I wish we were homogenized. We lost that chance the second we let rampant illegal immigration (aka "dreamers") and filth into our country.
Bruh there is all kinds of "culcha" all over the place. I wish we were homogenized. We lost that chance the second we let rampant illegal immigration (aka "dreamers") and filth into our country.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 8:59 pm to deltaland
quote:
One thing I love about the ms delta is it preserves a lot of old traditions. It’s not like the cookie cutter corporate rest of America.
Tons of great restaurants, southern culture, old beautiful homes, unique hotels downtown. There’s a culture here that cant be understood unless you live here
C’mon man the Mississippi delta doesn’t have the monopoly on that
Everything you said is true and more prevalent in the northeast in places like Maine, Boston, Providence etc....
Many many mountain towns have unique culture and way of life as well.
MS delta is pretty average as far as “uniqueness” of culture
Posted on 11/24/19 at 9:00 pm to weagle99
I can't remember the title, but I watched a documentary a few years ago on the accents and dialect of the Appalachian people. It had interviews with older people and younger that showed the difference in the accent. One of the points it highlighted was the prevalence of cable television and access to the internet. It is possible now for a person to never leave the area they were born, but still lose their accent simply by exposure through television and internet.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 9:08 pm to weagle99
Real culture is being homogenized by culcha.
We live in a world where you can fill a rom with young Italians, Cajuns, Hispanics, WASPs, Irish, etc and the music of choice would be fricking rap.
We live in a world where you can fill a rom with young Italians, Cajuns, Hispanics, WASPs, Irish, etc and the music of choice would be fricking rap.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 9:30 pm to weagle99
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remember watching a video with a woman author from Mississippi from early in the 20th century. Don’t remember her name but the creator was effectively saying that an accent like hers was now gone.
Eudora Welty.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 9:37 pm to Slippy
It would be the same listening to Flannery O'Connor.
Posted on 11/24/19 at 9:43 pm to weagle99
Yeah before interstates and mega corporations created virtually the same cityscape across the country.
You can walk down a street in Washington and see the same stores as in Maine.
Every town used to be fairly self reliant.
You can walk down a street in Washington and see the same stores as in Maine.
Every town used to be fairly self reliant.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 2:52 am to weagle99
I wish more women had the stereotypical Georgia peach accent and also the transatlantic accent.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 2:59 am to weagle99
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a McDonald’s in Georgia is a McDonald’s in Kansas,
Try getting a spicy chicken from a McDonald’s in Kansas. Or florida.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 3:06 am to weagle99
I didn't get to see the times when things weren't so homogenized, but I got a little slice of it when I left Louisiana. Louisiana is still reasonably different from other places in the US, even within the Deep South, and I moved out of the Deep South altogether. I'd say the differences now have more to do with the personalities of the people living there since so much of the material aspects of the culture have homogenized.
If my little experience of the differences is representative of how things used to be, YES a thousand times over, things were better. This commercialized "culture" is a menace on humankind. It's all so soulless and ugly. I struggle even getting through football games because every commercial reminds me of how completely and utterly shitty commercialized "culture" is. So many people living for nothing more than the annual cycle of BUY NEW PRODUCT X, GET EXCITED FOR NEW PRODUCT Y!
I'll grant you that a lot of the conveniences that made this homogenization possible are very nice. I was born late enough that I can't meaningfully remember life without them. Interstate highways are wonderful, the Internet is incredible beyond words. But I think there were a lot of ways a country could have handled the connectedness that those things brought, and America chose the route of selling its soul.
If my little experience of the differences is representative of how things used to be, YES a thousand times over, things were better. This commercialized "culture" is a menace on humankind. It's all so soulless and ugly. I struggle even getting through football games because every commercial reminds me of how completely and utterly shitty commercialized "culture" is. So many people living for nothing more than the annual cycle of BUY NEW PRODUCT X, GET EXCITED FOR NEW PRODUCT Y!
I'll grant you that a lot of the conveniences that made this homogenization possible are very nice. I was born late enough that I can't meaningfully remember life without them. Interstate highways are wonderful, the Internet is incredible beyond words. But I think there were a lot of ways a country could have handled the connectedness that those things brought, and America chose the route of selling its soul.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 5:46 am to weagle99
As a kid, when we went on vacations all of the towns were different.
Different grocery stores, department stores, gas stations, etc. Now, regionally all towns are the same. Walmart and some combination of Chili’s/Applebee’s/TGI Friday’s.
The grocery stores are different regionally. The last time I saw a different gas station brand was Lukoil in the Northeast and that’s been many years.
Different grocery stores, department stores, gas stations, etc. Now, regionally all towns are the same. Walmart and some combination of Chili’s/Applebee’s/TGI Friday’s.
The grocery stores are different regionally. The last time I saw a different gas station brand was Lukoil in the Northeast and that’s been many years.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 6:03 am to Loungefly85
quote:
Real culture is being homogenized by culcha.
We live in a world where you can fill a rom with young Italians, Cajuns, Hispanics, WASPs, Irish, etc and the music of choice would be fricking rap.
The most ok boomer post I'll read today.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 6:14 am to weagle99
What year was that? 1777?
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