Posted: Jan 25, 2006 4:38 pm
Well, OK, that is simplfying it a bit...though not much! The thing that is annoying is that this is a relatively small town (Memphis-sized) with an absolutely enormous population of white kids, post-college (or drop out) 20-somethings, creative subculture of some stripe etc etc. So it is all imbalanced. Regular people are underrepresented because anything that gets attention is rather flashy and part of the whole YOUTH subculture(s) here. There is very little connection or opportunities for connection between these subcultures and the rest of the culture. So they just live in this hipster realm--music, record stores, food, bars, semi-famous musicians who just moved to town, bands...
While you have the people you described, you also have 17 other youth subcultures all over the damn place. It just is uncomfortable when you are perhaps a little over those scenes. Which I happen to be. Call me provencial, small town, Southern, whatever. Its what I am.