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OK Ms. Heather_m, Here is my response to you. I will start off by saying that I respect what you had to say more than Mr. Gardiner. At least you just simply implied that SD is not your cup of tea and you did say you try to make the best of it while you’re here. I agree that people DO have a right to their opinion and as such they also have a right to express their opinion about some one if they don’t like that person’s opinion. Mr. Gardiner came off as a snobbish little twit. Yes I am name calling him. You said “On the flip side, not everyone enjoys beer, burritos, "tons and tons" of outdoor activities and perpetually temperate weather.” Very true, but he seems to think of himself as culturally superior to those of us who do like those things. It’s one thing to not like it here (or anywhere) but quite another to write a letter to a local paper implying how much the town sucks and how much better you are for thinking so. He did come off that way. Mr. Gardiner I guess seems to like the arts. Yeah our cultural scene leaves much to be desired, but has he checked out areas like Hillcrest (where I live), North Park, South Park, Kensington, Golden Hill, University Heights? Does he know about events like Ray At Night, Thursday Night Thing (TNT), and many more? If so what did he think? We do have little pockets of it here and there. I have to wonder too. What kinds of things does he like to do that SD seems to lack? You said: “No, the scads of image-obsessed bubbleheads are not. There are pros and cons of any living environment, and you could definitely do worse than San Diego. But does that mean that we have to throw on a thong and fake smile, down a brewski and head down to the beach to engage in the endless singles' meat market, and just suck it up?” I’ll admit that people like that are annoying and quite honestly do not relate to them in any way shape for form, but that doesn’t make up everybody who hangs out at the beach. As a matter of fact, people like that are often the butt ends of jokes by that majority of people who live in and love San Diego. If nothing else they are just sort of a comical part of the atmosphere. BTW, I’ve seen no shortage of people who fit that description at Chrissy Field during the summer, so the Bay Area (which I love as a matter of fact) has its share also. The bay area is quite the beer drinking sports bar kind of town. Maybe even more so than here. People up there love their Niners and there Giants. It’s quite the microbrew town too (which is a good thing). Anyway the most two most laughable things he said was “the rest of us will suffer in silence” and the part about his relatives from Hawaii considering this a redneck town, something even you acknowledged was silly. If part of why he hates it here is because he puts of with mock and ridicule from people like oh well.— October 24, 2008 11:56 a.m.
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Dude, you have series issues. Quite honestly I think half the stuff you wrote is not really your feelings of San Diego. There is no way you have visitors who complain there is nothing to do in San Diego. If they really do complain about that then they are serious loses (as are you). If they don’t really say that (and I suspect they don’t, that is if you really get visitors) then you are just simply a troll. True our downtown is no Chicago, Boston, or New York but then again who cares? There are so many better things to do then hang out downtown anyway. I’ll admit our arts/cultural scene leaves much to be desired but that alone does not make this a bad place to live. We have some good live music venues though not as much as other cities I’ll admit. The Casbah, The Ken Club, Brick by Brick, House of Blues and I could go on and on. Yeah we do have the beaches, and with that surfing, kiteboarding, swimming, diving, great weather, tons and tons of other outdoor activities. What’s wrong with that? I also think you full of BS when you day your Asian relatives from Hawaii consider that a redneck town. Yeah are some rednecks here. There are rednecks everywhere and a much higher percent in other towns. I you really have rednecks that say that then they need to travel a bit more. Hell I’ve seen full fledged white trash rednecks even in Hawaii. Your comments about jocks, working out, following silly sports teams drinking beer and eating burritos was pretty funny. I guess I didn’t now being an athlete and working out was considered a bad thing. Beer and burritos? No that’s not high end dining but so what? Are you so high class that you only eat gourmet food all three meals a day? Lets face the fact here. If you hate San Diego so much you can always leave. You’re here so you must not hate it that much. Don’t give me some BS about how you have to be here because of your job. You’re here by choice and guess what? Most people who live in San Diego are transplants from somewhere else. Most people like it here. That just a simple fact. When you say the rest of us will just suffer in silence that cracked me up also. There is no “rest of us”. If you are really suffering I hope to meet you in person so I can laugh in your face at your misery. You twit.— October 4, 2008 12:49 p.m.