Darn Stereotypes

[Zardoz]

How cosmopolitan of the city folk! I think the whole "Progressive, Forward Thinking, Politically Correct, Multiculturalism" attitude thing is often just a glamour covering the real fears, insecurites and isolation that most urban dwellers feel.
I feel like most small town folk are generally more accepting of whatever 'differences' folks may have.

Or they are at least polite enough to keep their mouth shut!

[dutchy kilted]

I have in fact found that small towns and smaller cities, where I would think that a kilt would attract the least positive attention, is usually where I am greeted with the most compliments and thoughful questions. Maybe people with open minds find their way to the smaller cities.

Of course, there is always the consideration that a certain percentage of the population are born idiots (or insert other noun here), and in s large city there are just numerically going to be more of them.

[Lyle1]

I have in fact found that small towns and smaller cities, where I would think that a kilt would attract the least positive attention, is usually where I am greeted with the most compliments and thoughful questions. Maybe people with open minds find their way to the smaller cities. Of course, there is always the consideration that a certain percentage of the population are born idiots (or insert other noun here), and in s large city there are just numerically going to be more of them.

Truthfully, I think it has more to do with people being idiots than where they live. I've lived in really large cities, small cities, small towns, and really small towns. I most often found that people in the larger cities simply don't care that you are different as long as you don't smell and stand too close, and people in the smaller towns worried about anybody whose family they did not know back several generations. But I really believe that there are simply a certain number of idiots everywhere.

[macwilkin]

How cosmopolitan of the city folk! I think the whole "Progressive, Forward Thinking, Politically Correct, Multiculturalism" attitude thing is often just a glamour covering the real fears, insecurites and isolation that most urban dwellers feel.
I feel like most small town folk are generally more accepting of whatever 'differences' folks may have.

Or they are at least polite enough to keep their mouth shut!

T.