kmg365, I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank you for pointing out my stupidity and ignorance. Forgive me for accusing you of being out of touch. I now see the error of my ways for trying to point out that not all east coasters are either snooty or snobby.
Here’s what you wrote initially that grabbed my attention:
The thread in question is here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=228381
After slu expressed his distaste for your description of east coasters:
you chose to point out that Friends is an unrealistic depiction of living situations in NY for twentysomethings. Thank you for enlightening me - I had never noticed that before.
I made an initial remark that I was offended by your comments, and davidm also chimed in:
You did not respond to either of us. It was because there had already been three postings pertaining to your charges that you were too busy to address that I posted again.
You answered my querie by comparing me to the “stupid, ignorant American-types” described by Reverse. How right you are! Again, thank you for helping me out.