Buddy of mine and I were chatting on Discord and we ended up having a conversation about this topic.

Namely imagine you just put two people in a room. One from New Jersey and one from LA and observe

Wild how different cultures can be even inside a country.

What do y’all think? Is it due to the size of the US (geographically)?

  • Vengefu1 Tuna@lemmy.world
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    Completely agree. I grew up in the Dallas area and spent 3 years in Colorado Springs. The “coffee culture” of the area was shocking to me. I had a roommate sit me down and tell me I needed to stop wearing camo pants because it looked ridiculous, while it was fairly common back home. There’s so many little things that are different that you don’t realize until you’re in it.

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      1 year ago

      I’m with your friend there, wearing camo is weird, unless you’re trying to hide in some snow/shrubbery/desert.

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      Camo clothing is associated with hunting and slaughtering wild animals for sport, and bootlicking military cosplay. it doesn’t fly well outside the South.

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      I started elementary school in Quebec, and one of the rules was we weren’t allowed to wear camo because it was pro-violence. Then I moved to Texas and there were days at school where everyone was supposed to wear camo. It was a big culture shock for 8 year old me.