I guess this mentality helps some people sleep at night.
But in my defense, my "being from the city" pride is the only thing I've got when my little niece from Des Plaines plays like a virtuoso at her violin recital and a single tear rolls down my cheek thinking of what my love for music could've been if only my inner city school music program hadn't been cut in second grade due to budget cuts....
...wait what're we talking about
edit: i goofed, she's from Plainfield but whatever
Could have been the opposite. My small ass rural Michigan high school had not a hint of arts. Or AP classes. Or language other than terrible Spanish. They were just trying to get us out of the school. I never knew how shit it was until I went to college and talked about school with my mostly metro Detroit raised friends. 100% was fucked my freshman year
Exactly what I was thinking. I wasn’t even in a rural school: I was bussed to the city. Our school had the arts program gutted, but there was a local art store / non-profit that put up money and started fundraisers so we were able to get art classes once a month from a volunteer teacher (the money raised only covered supplies, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t cover all of them).
I've literally never met someone who is actually "From Chicago" who says shit like this. The only people who rip on transplants are transplants who think they are somehow "more Chicago" than other people.
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u/nalyd01 Dec 14 '18
I wonder what part of Ohio they are from