# Can you really find girls like this in small towns and rural areas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583 "2011-10-23T23:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/41 "2011-10-24T23:10:17Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > “California girls” ain’t what they used to be, señor. [Yeah, they’re more like this these days.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F57P9C4SAW4&ob=av3e) ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/42 "2011-10-24T23:44:09Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Those photos are selling an image, not a reality. And Manic Pixie Dream Girls are only cute in the movies. Actually these pics are from the flickr of a member of the band Eisley, who play kinda whimsical dreamy poppy alt-rock. Hmm, never heard of that term before. Doesn’t seem to fit her though. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PLpheN8CE9Y/hqdefault.jpg "Eisley - Telescope Eyes (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpheN8CE9Y) She doesn’t seem full of mania and crazy or frantic. She seems more … melancholic? but still whimsical and dreamy. Their songs conjure up images of dreams, the fantastic, magical nature, and other storybook wondrous things. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/43 "2011-10-25T00:25:44Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > Actually these pics are from the flickr of a member of the band Eisley, who play kinda whimsical dreamy poppy alt-rock. > > Hmm, never heard of that term before. Doesn’t seem to fit her though. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpheN8CE9Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpheN8CE9Y) > > She doesn’t seem full of mania and crazy or frantic. She seems more … melancholic? but still whimsical and dreamy. Their songs conjure up images of dreams, the fantastic, magical nature, and other storybook wondrous things. You need to listen to more of their songs. I have a bunch in my MP3 collection and none are dreamy or storybook-like. “Smarter”, “Better Love”, “Taking Control” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/44 "2011-10-25T00:29:43Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > What does that have to do with this thread? This girl isn’t a hipster I disagree. That girl looks like she listens to Yo La Tengo. Which is exactly what hipsters listen to. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/45 "2011-10-25T00:50:17Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > She looks clinically depressed, to me. Because she’s actually not a rural small-town girl… she’s from Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/46 "2011-10-25T01:00:11Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > “California girls” ain’t what they used to be, señor. Why don’t we point the OP in a different direction?.. Prince Edwards Island, or some place like that. Some place whimsical, where we can convince him that all the girls pose for pictures…pose for pictures just for him. Jesus, don’t send him to Canada. We have enough problems. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I disagree. That girl looks like she listens to Yo La Tengo. Which is exactly what hipsters listen to. Nah. She listens to [insert band you hate] who play [insert genre you hate], as we discussed above. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/47 "2011-10-25T01:02:35Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Nah. She listens to [insert band you hate] who play [insert genre you hate], as we discussed above. No, no, trust me: hipsters listen to Yo La Tengo. And if they’re feeling particularly ironic, The Minutemen. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/48 "2011-10-25T01:28:15Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > Actually these pics are from the flickr of a member of the band Eisley, who play kinda whimsical dreamy poppy alt-rock. > > Hmm, never heard of that term before. Doesn’t seem to fit her though. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpheN8CE9Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpheN8CE9Y) > > She doesn’t seem full of mania and crazy or frantic. She seems more … melancholic? but still whimsical and dreamy. Their songs conjure up images of dreams, the fantastic, magical nature, and other storybook wondrous things. I would guess you can find girls like that in Tyler, Texas. Mostly with their husbands and/or children. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/49 "2011-10-25T02:31:10Z")
Please post a picture of a girl who is _not_ a hipster, so we have a data-point. Then go and get laid fer christsake. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/50 "2011-10-25T02:34:50Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > You need to listen to more of their songs. I have a bunch in my MP3 collection and none are dreamy or storybook-like. “Smarter”, “Better Love”, “Taking Control” etc. I’ve only heard their first album so maybe they’ve changed their sound. > [@BMalion](#): > > Please post a picture of a girl who is _not_ a hipster, so we have a data-point. > > Then go and get laid fer christsake. This one? I’m not the one who called her a hipster. I was saying other people did. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/51 "2011-10-28T04:11:54Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > …She doesn’t seem full of mania and crazy or frantic. She seems more … melancholic?.. SEEMS is the operative word here. IRL, she could be bitchy and shallow and more concerned with clothes than transcendent beauty. In fact, I can guarantee she’s nothing like your fantasies of her. Free advice: Go. Now. Get to know some Real Life Girls. Or better yet, women. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/52 "2011-10-28T04:40:59Z")
Yeah. Sexy local singles are waiting to meet YOU! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/53 "2011-10-28T17:15:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > In fact, I can guarantee she’s nothing like your fantasies of her. This is true of pretty much anyone you’ll ever meet. People have flaws, varying interests, will possibly like some food/band/tv show that you can’t stand. They’ll chew their food too loudly or fail to put their socks in the hamper or be terrible cooks or not know how to do some task that is painfully simple and obvious to you. They’ll have friends you might not like all that much, and carry around all kinds of weird baggage from their childhood and previous relationships. They’ll be insecure about some aspect of their appearance or maybe be less than eloquent in their speeches. They’ll choose to cut their hair in a manner you won’t like, or wear clothes that might be described as hipster/goth/emo/valley/punk/trendy/frumpy/whatever. They will never, ever live up to the fantasies and the pedestal you might put them on. The trick is to realize that, and accept people as they are. Approach people as they are. Love people as they are. And you’ll be so much happier for it. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/54 "2011-10-28T17:24:38Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > No, no, trust me: hipsters listen to Yo La Tengo. And if they’re feeling particularly ironic, The Minutemen. Dammit! I wish the hipsters would stop listening to the music I like and making it suck! I was into Yo La Tengo and The Minutemen before they were cool.:mad: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/55 "2011-10-28T19:07:21Z")
The girl in the photo is on crystal meth. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/56 "2011-10-28T21:31:45Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Imagine if I posted four fashion ads in which the ruggedly-handsome-yet-carefully-groomed male models were posed in such a way that they looked like they could offer me an exciting and slightly dangerous night – _slightly_ dangerous but not, like, _actually_ dangerous, like maybe they’d take me riding on their motorcycle without a helmet, but wouldn’t try to kill me on purpose or anything – and I asked you where I could find men like these guys, because aren’t they so dreamy? Reminds me of a friend who’d had a little too much to drink and felt like she wanted an exciting and slightly dangerous night, so she decided to accept a motorcycle ride from a guy she met in a bar. Next thing she knew she was on a deserted road with a knife at her throat. That was in Kansas. As for the girl in the OP’s photos, she’ll probably ask him if he can score her a few dozen boxes of cold medicine – the really good stuff, with pseudoephidrine. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/57 "2011-10-29T04:13:21Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > … As for the girl in the OP’s photos, she’ll probably ask him if he can score her a few dozen boxes of cold medicine – the really good stuff, with pseudoephidrine. Wow, wistful and ethereal _and_ congested… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/58 "2011-10-29T05:05:26Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Why would they be daydreaming about daydreams? They have to go deeper. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/59 "2011-10-29T13:53:41Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > They have to go deeper. It’s too unstable at that level. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583/60 "2011-10-29T15:25:44Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > It’s too unstable at that level. Wow… it’s daydreams _all the way down_! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-find-girls-like-this-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas/600583.md?page=4)