Hang on. Don’t lump everyone in the US into that basket of deplorablism. Maybe I’m an outlier, but I’ve watched enough British television, like Antiques Roadshow UK, Wheeler Dealers, Time Team, and lots of BBC historical documentaries to be more familiar with the layout of the land than that. And it’s surprising how much of that stuff is available on Youtube these days. It’s almost like the BBC doesn’t give a crap about copyrights.
Sorry, and I will edit the post to clarify.
The explanation was provided as a joke by a US colleague describing the level of knowledge of most of the people he knew.
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That’s about the distance between Ann Arbor (generally thought of as a lovely place) and Detroit (the city the planet loves to hate).
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Thanks for proving my point. BTW, that’s getting renovated for realzies - groundbreaking was in May.
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
It’s where Elvis Costello and Echo and the Bunnymen are from!
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Well, I did grow up in Ohio…
Yes, sorry, I use that as shorthand for central London, which is technically SW1, EC, WC, W1.
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Everyone knows that the best British music comes from Manchester!
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Well The Clash are from London, they get my vote as #1!
Two words: Joy Division.
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I heard “London calling” in my local supermarket (Morrisons) just the other day. I wasn’t sure whether to be amused, horrified, or both.
For the record, Manchester can also draw on Smiths, Stone Roses, Oasis, recently Blossoms… but to be fair, the city has changed a lot; it’s less economically desperate, hence less musically interesting. The real frontiers at the moment are the NorthEast and London’s grime-fuelled ghettos.
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Aren’t the Buzzcocks also from Manchester?
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Bolton, so yeah
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would you say that you were
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Also Inspiral Carpets and Happy Mondays.
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Madchester indeed!
Sadly I know.
The crime rate against LBGT people is high there too.
It’s like a food truck, but for espresso
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