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imbolcnight t1_j9qkcla wrote

I said this the last time this quote got posted here, but why not say it again: My favorite John Waters quote about Baltimore is the difference between New York and Baltimore is that New York is full of normal people who think they're weird and Baltimore is full of weird people who think they're normal.

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RL_Mutt t1_j9qlccy wrote

Former NYer here, and god damn is that the truth.

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dizzy_centrifuge t1_j9qvb61 wrote

As a former NYer who just spent the week in Brooklyn, this feels very untrue. Everyone in NY tries hard to stand out. No one in Baltimore tries at anything. I see very little eccentricity in this coty beyond the odd schizos

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timmg42 t1_j9r2brb wrote

That's the whole point of his quote. NYer's feel they have to show their weirdness. Bmoreans just are weird with no pretense.

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lpycb42 t1_j9r39ix wrote

Right, they don’t try they just are; so they don’t have to try.

Brooklynites have to try because they aren’t.

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No-Success7693 t1_j9uirmt wrote

Brooklyn is a very small sample of life in the city. I think maybe people try a little harder over in Curtis Bay.

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