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[carli]

It’s funny that some are implying that I’m “touting” the east coast…I’m not trying to start a debate about which coast is “better” overall (as I said, there are reasons I choose to live here and visit there), but I think briansd1 has hit the nail on the head with his observations.

And it’s really silly to say that people on the east coast are snooty about having degrees or not having degrees – degrees are irrelevant in this discussion, and the fact that number/type of degrees one has is even mentioned in the same discussion shows a lack of awareness about what was being addressed. Enjoying the company of great thinkers and debaters and engaging in fascinating discussions with open minded people has nothing to do with what number/type of degrees anyone has. Degrees are irrelevant to the concept of intellectualism.

Not to say that degrees are not wonderful and worthwhile and obviously represent many years of hard work, commitment and study…but many times there is little correlation between someone who is a true intellectual and someone who has a lot of impressive degrees.

Sorry if I sound snooty, but that’s my take on it… by the way, I have lots of wonderful, accomplished friends here (many are PhDs), and I bet they’d even agree with that statement.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]UCGal, I think that the city planning is not conducive to meeting interesting people. Everyone is isolated in a car and in far away suburbs in their own villages so how do you meet people? Remember the city of villages concept? [/quote]
This is an interesting point.
But I would argue that suburbs here are the same as suburbs back east. And most people live in burbs.

I recently stayed with friends that live a block from Rittenhouse Square in Philly, then friends that lived in the mayfair neighborhood, then friends in montgomery county. (We followed Ben Franklins rule about fish and house guests…) We ended the trip at the jersey shore. I would argue that we met intellectuals in all locations. The architecture changed with each location. The dependancy on cars changed. But where we had historic sites in the first stop, we had a chance to help in the organic garden at the last. Both offered value. (The middle stop involved hanging at our hosts bar – The Grey Lodge.)

You get more of a European influence back east, probably, but you get more of an Asian influence here. I personally won’t put one as better than the other.

And to diss tech degrees… That is quite a judgement. Do you include Chem and Bio PhD’s in your disdain – because that’s what the parents of my kids classmates have. You seem to forget that San Diego has a decent bio-tech industry.

I just think people here are more laid back and less pretentious. If you think they’re less intellectual then perhaps you’re mistaking intellectuallism with pompousness. Or perhaps you need to broaden who you hang out with.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]UCGal, I think that the city planning is not conducive to meeting interesting people. Everyone is isolated in a car and in far away suburbs in their own villages so how do you meet people? Remember the city of villages concept? [/quote]
This is an interesting point.
But I would argue that suburbs here are the same as suburbs back east. And most people live in burbs.

I recently stayed with friends that live a block from Rittenhouse Square in Philly, then friends that lived in the mayfair neighborhood, then friends in montgomery county. (We followed Ben Franklins rule about fish and house guests…) We ended the trip at the jersey shore. I would argue that we met intellectuals in all locations. The architecture changed with each location. The dependancy on cars changed. But where we had historic sites in the first stop, we had a chance to help in the organic garden at the last. Both offered value. (The middle stop involved hanging at our hosts bar – The Grey Lodge.)

You get more of a European influence back east, probably, but you get more of an Asian influence here. I personally won’t put one as better than the other.

And to diss tech degrees… That is quite a judgement. Do you include Chem and Bio PhD’s in your disdain – because that’s what the parents of my kids classmates have. You seem to forget that San Diego has a decent bio-tech industry.

I just think people here are more laid back and less pretentious. If you think they’re less intellectual then perhaps you’re mistaking intellectuallism with pompousness. Or perhaps you need to broaden who you hang out with.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]UCGal, I think that the city planning is not conducive to meeting interesting people. Everyone is isolated in a car and in far away suburbs in their own villages so how do you meet people? Remember the city of villages concept? [/quote]
This is an interesting point.
But I would argue that suburbs here are the same as suburbs back east. And most people live in burbs.

I recently stayed with friends that live a block from Rittenhouse Square in Philly, then friends that lived in the mayfair neighborhood, then friends in montgomery county. (We followed Ben Franklins rule about fish and house guests…) We ended the trip at the jersey shore. I would argue that we met intellectuals in all locations. The architecture changed with each location. The dependancy on cars changed. But where we had historic sites in the first stop, we had a chance to help in the organic garden at the last. Both offered value. (The middle stop involved hanging at our hosts bar – The Grey Lodge.)

You get more of a European influence back east, probably, but you get more of an Asian influence here. I personally won’t put one as better than the other.

And to diss tech degrees… That is quite a judgement. Do you include Chem and Bio PhD’s in your disdain – because that’s what the parents of my kids classmates have. You seem to forget that San Diego has a decent bio-tech industry.

I just think people here are more laid back and less pretentious. If you think they’re less intellectual then perhaps you’re mistaking intellectuallism with pompousness. Or perhaps you need to broaden who you hang out with.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]UCGal, I think that the city planning is not conducive to meeting interesting people. Everyone is isolated in a car and in far away suburbs in their own villages so how do you meet people? Remember the city of villages concept? [/quote]
This is an interesting point.
But I would argue that suburbs here are the same as suburbs back east. And most people live in burbs.

I recently stayed with friends that live a block from Rittenhouse Square in Philly, then friends that lived in the mayfair neighborhood, then friends in montgomery county. (We followed Ben Franklins rule about fish and house guests…) We ended the trip at the jersey shore. I would argue that we met intellectuals in all locations. The architecture changed with each location. The dependancy on cars changed. But where we had historic sites in the first stop, we had a chance to help in the organic garden at the last. Both offered value. (The middle stop involved hanging at our hosts bar – The Grey Lodge.)

You get more of a European influence back east, probably, but you get more of an Asian influence here. I personally won’t put one as better than the other.

And to diss tech degrees… That is quite a judgement. Do you include Chem and Bio PhD’s in your disdain – because that’s what the parents of my kids classmates have. You seem to forget that San Diego has a decent bio-tech industry.

I just think people here are more laid back and less pretentious. If you think they’re less intellectual then perhaps you’re mistaking intellectuallism with pompousness. Or perhaps you need to broaden who you hang out with.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]UCGal, I think that the city planning is not conducive to meeting interesting people. Everyone is isolated in a car and in far away suburbs in their own villages so how do you meet people? Remember the city of villages concept? [/quote]
This is an interesting point.
But I would argue that suburbs here are the same as suburbs back east. And most people live in burbs.

I recently stayed with friends that live a block from Rittenhouse Square in Philly, then friends that lived in the mayfair neighborhood, then friends in montgomery county. (We followed Ben Franklins rule about fish and house guests…) We ended the trip at the jersey shore. I would argue that we met intellectuals in all locations. The architecture changed with each location. The dependancy on cars changed. But where we had historic sites in the first stop, we had a chance to help in the organic garden at the last. Both offered value. (The middle stop involved hanging at our hosts bar – The Grey Lodge.)

You get more of a European influence back east, probably, but you get more of an Asian influence here. I personally won’t put one as better than the other.

And to diss tech degrees… That is quite a judgement. Do you include Chem and Bio PhD’s in your disdain – because that’s what the parents of my kids classmates have. You seem to forget that San Diego has a decent bio-tech industry.

I just think people here are more laid back and less pretentious. If you think they’re less intellectual then perhaps you’re mistaking intellectuallism with pompousness. Or perhaps you need to broaden who you hang out with.

[scaredyclassic]

i am a preeminent intellectual and i live in southern cal

[scaredyclassic]

i am a preeminent intellectual and i live in southern cal

[scaredyclassic]

i am a preeminent intellectual and i live in southern cal

[scaredyclassic]

i am a preeminent intellectual and i live in southern cal

[scaredyclassic]

i am a preeminent intellectual and i live in southern cal

[carli]

This is really getting silly. I guess if you don’t get the nuances of the differences, and choose to view it in black and white, then it’s easy to just brush it off as snootiness. Everyone’s life experiences obviously come into play here, and help shape opinions. Sorry it doesn’t make sense to you.

[carli]

This is really getting silly. I guess if you don’t get the nuances of the differences, and choose to view it in black and white, then it’s easy to just brush it off as snootiness. Everyone’s life experiences obviously come into play here, and help shape opinions. Sorry it doesn’t make sense to you.

[carli]

This is really getting silly. I guess if you don’t get the nuances of the differences, and choose to view it in black and white, then it’s easy to just brush it off as snootiness. Everyone’s life experiences obviously come into play here, and help shape opinions. Sorry it doesn’t make sense to you.

[carli]

This is really getting silly. I guess if you don’t get the nuances of the differences, and choose to view it in black and white, then it’s easy to just brush it off as snootiness. Everyone’s life experiences obviously come into play here, and help shape opinions. Sorry it doesn’t make sense to you.

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