Re:Midwest Developer
by vineyardmike on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @05:54PM
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> the people i met in the MW were way nicer than the people i knew from the east coast or west coast.
The people i met were way more polite than people elsewhere. Thats what nice meant.
> it seems like a great place to be...
It seems to be a place that is rewarding to be in and will make you happy (if you fit in and want their cultural norms). Normal in this context = Want a quaint middle class hetero nuclear white-picket-fence american-dream style life and you're also polite and friendly just like those around you. Many people want that, especially "all american" people who grew up (white, middleclass, american) with that experience themselves (and american propoganda). No bigotry implied... thats not everyones experience, but its probably the "normal" for a native Midwesterner (from my time there).
> it seems like a great place to be, and a culture that wants you to have it... if you're straight and white and "normal".
That suggests that you are using a definition of “nice” that many people (especially those who are not, but even many who are, unless the last term includes bigotry within its ambit) straight and white and “normal” would rather strongly disagree with.