Banal conformity is not necessarily a bad thing. Boring perhaps, but that conformity is often why people move to cities like San Francisco, to be with like minded thinkers.
I grew up in the suburbs and went to college in a small conservative city. But, my family visited California when I was a child and I always liked it, although I'm not sure I could put my finger on "why" as a child. So, when I had the opportunity to do a college exchange program in California I jumped on it.
The first thing I noticed was that people felt comfortable being different. As someone who always felt like I didn't belong, I immediately felt comfortable.
It took me about 10 years after college to make my way to California, but I finally feel at home. I don't enjoy the excitement of being different, I like the comfort of similarity.
It's interesting how some of us like the same while some others like different. I like SF because I am the most boring person you can imagine (opposite you, who I imagine edgier. I have no tattoos and my hair is natural color, stereotypically boring). But I like that I can go there and see people who are so different than me and different among themselves.
Excuse me, but the Straight Edge subculture is a thing. There are lots of people with very strange or unusual ideas who don't have tattoos and don't dye their hair.
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Banal conformity is not necessarily a bad thing. Boring perhaps, but that conformity is often why people move to cities like San Francisco, to be with like minded thinkers.
I grew up in the suburbs and went to college in a small conservative city. But, my family visited California when I was a child and I always liked it, although I'm not sure I could put my finger on "why" as a child. So, when I had the opportunity to do a college exchange program in California I jumped on it.
The first thing I noticed was that people felt comfortable being different. As someone who always felt like I didn't belong, I immediately felt comfortable.
It took me about 10 years after college to make my way to California, but I finally feel at home. I don't enjoy the excitement of being different, I like the comfort of similarity.
It's interesting how some of us like the same while some others like different. I like SF because I am the most boring person you can imagine (opposite you, who I imagine edgier. I have no tattoos and my hair is natural color, stereotypically boring). But I like that I can go there and see people who are so different than me and different among themselves.
Excuse me, but the Straight Edge subculture is a thing. There are lots of people with very strange or unusual ideas who don't have tattoos and don't dye their hair.