Why is your hometown better than mine?

It is in England.

But why?

It is in England? I don’t understand why you need further clarification

My question is asking why, not where. It’s pretty simple, but I guess it isn’t for people from England. Do I need a translator?

Depends on where your hometown is. The only place I really bash is Orange County. But I think I’ve earned partial bashing rights for the time I served there.

Most of the time, a comparison isn’t even necessary to point out why Orange County sucks so hard.

I don’t have this illusion.

No, The fact that it is IS why.

Lesser mortal

Are you Bill Clinton?

Do you have a blue dress?

did you just lurve all over it?

Wishful thinking on my part.

Need there be a reason? It is better because that is where the person is, surely they will look like some doofus living in a place that wasn’t better. If they had a hint that it wasn’t, they can bamboozle themselves and maybe others by touting their home town as better than _those people__ home town over there. Just like politicians who have nothing good to say aboutr themselves so they mudsling their opponent so no one notices how weak they are

I don’t believe my hometown is better than yours. I believe the notion of ‘better’ is a matter of opinion and perspective.

However, I do think I live in an amazing place. My hometown is close to some awe inspiring natural beauty spots. I can easily drive to rainforests, I can go on bush walks through places like this, or this. I can play on beaches like this or this. I can walk along the river, or even be a bit more active on the river. I can sit and eat amazing food in one of the many, many great restaurants by the river. I can visit an art gallery or a museum, or maybe visit one of our many markets.

Anyone here can access healthcare. No matter how rich or poor they are. We’ll take care of you. All kids get a decent education and they can attend great universities if they want to. There are six close by. They can participate in sports from scuba diving to hang gliding. We have clean air and water. Our housing isn’t the most expensive in Australia. We have great food and delicious seafood, fruits and vegetables.

It might not be as good as you think your hometown is, but I think I live in paradise.

^ May I come visit?

I’ve lived in many many towns east of the Mississippi both north and south so when I “bash” it’s from experience. Not one place I’ve lived is all bad or all good.

I live in the Tampa Bat area of Florida now. I don’t know where you live, but this area has many redeeming qualities.

Blue waters everywhere. Blue skies and sunshine around 300 days a year.

Palm trees and around me quite a bit of wildlife. I see wild turkeys, deer, rabbits, turtles, cranes, and more.

No state income tax.

Disney World is less than two hours away.

Tampa airport is consistently rated as one of the best. The airport has free wifi, decent food options, clean, pleasant open feeling, friendly employees. Fares are usually quite competitive and many options for nonstop device to many cities. Only 20 minutes from that airport we have another airport that serves Allegiant airlines with very reasonably priced flights to smaller airports.

Large Greek population so I get very good gyros and baklava. We even have fast food Greek food. Restaurants in general are pretty good. We have lots if Thai that is very good. I’ve had very good seafood, Italian, southern, and New York deli style food. Quite a few local food chains that are interesting, tasty, and reliable.

It’s a very diverse area with people from all over. I almost never hear one group seriously negatively stereotyping another group.

Publix supermarkets.

The Dali museum with one if the best collections of Dali paintings in the world. Other art museums and historical museums that are quite good.

Three performing arts theaters within an hour. The Florida symphony is excellent and we get the Broadway tours.

Crystal clear rivers perfect for kayaks and canoes within two hours.

I don’t think my hometown is necessarily better than any one else’s. I do have a great hometown but I would never say “mine is better than yours. Someone’s appreciation of their hometown is their opinion and not for me to try to change. Our perceptions of places are made up of a variety of factors, many personal and not external.

Because I live here and you don’t!

My home town is full f bigots and Baptists, who think they are doing God’s worth in the Bible Belt. So clearly my home town is more moral and upright than yours, because our residents are closer to God.

Of course, that means that we don’t have much diversity in residents and even less in employment opportunity, but the bigots in my home time are pretty comfortable with living in a place where caucasians hold all the power.

So a “better” home town is really based on what you want. For homogeneous white enclaves, come to the suburbs of north Atlanta.

Cause it has me. If I moved to your hometown then we could bash my old one. ~ Pfft, rolls eyes. You can always find things to bitch about. That’s life.

I think my hometown is a sparking, little gem. Everything @Earthbound_Misfit said, plus it’s super safe. I lived in a city in America that looked down on ‘transplants ’ and people who weren’t cool. And I think my hometown beats the crap out of that one .

I once worked with a guy from New Zealand who had moved over to the UK a good few years back. He was always bashing Britain and bragging that New Zealand was better that we eventually asked why he didn’t just go back there if it was so much better. He couldn’t answer!

Since I have no idea where your hometown is, I can only tell you the things I like about my town. It’s a small, easy going farming community in the mid west.

Why is it so great that you feel the need to bash those who live elsewhere?

And then…

My question is asking why, not where. It’s pretty simple, but I guess it isn’t for people from England. Do I need a translator?

Yeah, nice.

:)

On a basic gut level I think it is a tribal thing. My tribe are human, yours, not so much.

What was that Bedouin saying? Something like: I against my brother, I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all of us against the foreigner.

My house is the best on my street. My street is the best in my neighborhood. My neighborhood is the best in my hometown. My hometown is the best in the county, My county is the best in the state. My state is the best in the country, My country is the best in the world and, eventually if we survive all this My world is the best in the galaxy, which is the best galaxy in the universe.