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#1
Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 03:11:53 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:22:02 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on Today at 02:19:26 PMI never hear any the Boston stereotypes you reference other than the left-wing point

Really? You never heard the "Pahk the Cah in Hahvahd Yahd" gag?

Of course I've heard that. But you didn't mention the incorrect way of speaking. You mentioned Irish heritage (which to me would be a point of pride), an abundance of colleges, and liberal politics. I, in turn, referred to "the Boston stereotypes you reference."
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Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by webny99 - Today at 03:08:44 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:22:02 PM
QuoteI never hear any the Boston stereotypes you reference other than the left-wing point

Really? You never heard the "Pahk the Cah in Hahvahd Yahd" gag?

I'd argue that this (and variants thereof) are usually a stereotype of the East Coast in general, not Boston specifically.
#3
Central States / Re: Kansas
Last post by Stephane Dumas - Today at 02:34:58 PM
Quote from: Sani on February 12, 2025, 10:40:14 AMKDOT finally got an updated website!

https://www.ksdot.gov/

It's still ksdot.gov instead of kdot.gov, but at least it doesn't look like they built it in GeoCities anymore. Unfortunately, a lot of the old project pages are gone now.

 :-D   Still the old school Geocities look might have some rare advantages. Maybe the Wayback Machine might have archived some old project pages. Here an archived copy from April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230401053202/https://ksdot.gov/

Or further back in time, when it was http://www.ksdot.org  https://web.archive.org/web/20000915080247/http://www.ksdot.org/
#4
Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by kernals12 - Today at 02:22:02 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on Today at 02:19:26 PMI never hear any the Boston stereotypes you reference other than the left-wing point

Really? You never heard the "Pahk the Cah in Hahvahd Yahd" gag?
#5
Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 02:19:26 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:16:55 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on Today at 02:07:17 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:02:44 PM
Quote from: webny99 on Today at 01:50:30 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 11:15:38 AMHow, when you think of Philadelphia residents, few stereotypes pop up in one's mind, unlike for residents of the other major northeastern metros.

What? This is wild. There are TONS of Philly stereotypes, varying from sports and food to history and culture.


Not nearly as many as are applied to Boston.

That depends on where you live. I hear far more stereotypes (almost all of them very negative) about Philadelphia residents, no doubt because when you live in the DC area you encounter Philadelphia sports fans on a regular basis due to our respective cities' major pro teams* playing in the same division.

*Before someone squawks, I'm not counting DC's basketball team as "major." They've had two separate 16-game losing streaks this season alone.

I've had two comments now bringing up the reputation of Philadelphia's sports fans as a retort to my point. That actually proves my point. That hardly compares to the stigma attached to DC residents for living in the nation's capital or Boston for its Irish heritage, abundance of colleges, and its liberal politics.

That is your opinion, not a fact, and I said absolutely nothing to "prove" anything you said. I never hear any the Boston stereotypes you reference other than the left-wing point, but when I hear that it's generally applied to Massachusetts as a whole, not just to the city.

Same shit, different day: People disagree with kernals12 and he's too thin-skinned to be able to deal with it.
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Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by kernals12 - Today at 02:16:55 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on Today at 02:07:17 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:02:44 PM
Quote from: webny99 on Today at 01:50:30 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 11:15:38 AMHow, when you think of Philadelphia residents, few stereotypes pop up in one's mind, unlike for residents of the other major northeastern metros.

What? This is wild. There are TONS of Philly stereotypes, varying from sports and food to history and culture.


Not nearly as many as are applied to Boston.

That depends on where you live. I hear far more stereotypes (almost all of them very negative) about Philadelphia residents, no doubt because when you live in the DC area you encounter Philadelphia sports fans on a regular basis due to our respective cities' major pro teams* playing in the same division.

*Before someone squawks, I'm not counting DC's basketball team as "major." They've had two separate 16-game losing streaks this season alone.

I've had two comments now bringing up the reputation of Philadelphia's sports fans as a retort to my point. That actually proves my point. That hardly compares to the stigma attached to DC residents for living in the nation's capital or Boston for its Irish heritage, abundance of colleges, and its liberal politics.
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Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by kphoger - Today at 02:11:57 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 11:15:38 AMHow, when you think of Philadelphia residents, few stereotypes pop up in one's mind, unlike for residents of the other major northeastern metros.
Quote from: webny99 on Today at 01:50:30 PMWhat? This is wild. There are TONS of Philly stereotypes, varying from sports and food to history and culture.
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:02:44 PMNot nearly as many as are applied to Boston.
Quote from: 1995hoo on Today at 02:07:17 PMThat depends on where you live. I hear far more stereotypes (almost all of them very negative) about Philadelphia residents, no doubt because when you live in the DC area you encounter Philadelphia sports fans on a regular basis due to our respective cities' major pro teams* playing in the same division.

Yeah, I've lived in the Midwest my whole life, and a Philadelphia stereotype is definitely more of a thing in my mind than a Boston stereotype.
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Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 02:07:17 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 02:02:44 PM
Quote from: webny99 on Today at 01:50:30 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 11:15:38 AMHow, when you think of Philadelphia residents, few stereotypes pop up in one's mind, unlike for residents of the other major northeastern metros.

What? This is wild. There are TONS of Philly stereotypes, varying from sports and food to history and culture.


Not nearly as many as are applied to Boston.

That depends on where you live. I hear far more stereotypes (almost all of them very negative) about Philadelphia residents, no doubt because when you live in the DC area you encounter Philadelphia sports fans on a regular basis due to our respective cities' major pro teams* playing in the same division.

*Before someone squawks, I'm not counting DC's basketball team as "major." They've had two separate 16-game losing streaks this season alone.
#9
Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by kernals12 - Today at 02:02:44 PM
Quote from: webny99 on Today at 01:50:30 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on Today at 11:15:38 AMHow, when you think of Philadelphia residents, few stereotypes pop up in one's mind, unlike for residents of the other major northeastern metros.

What? This is wild. There are TONS of Philly stereotypes, varying from sports and food to history and culture.


Not nearly as many as are applied to Boston for example.
#10
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Indiana Notes
Last post by I-55 - Today at 01:57:58 PM
Quote from: ITB on Today at 01:49:08 PM
Quote from: seicer on Today at 01:07:20 PMThere is nothing on the Wikipedia articles nor on INDOT's radar for a freeway between Interstate 74 and US 50.

It's mentioned in the U.S. Route 421 Wikipedia page, under the Future subhead. No reference is cited, however. The pertinent section reads:

"US 421 is projected to be upgraded to a freeway in Indiana from Greensburg to Versailles. US 421 freeway will go near, or pass through Napoleon and Osgood."

4k AADT is very low for freeway, let alone for divided highway. This seems like something the editor found on a "future highways" site or something, since this is pretty out of left field.

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