[Spooky23]

The whole point here is to have more signal than noise, and it's usually successful. I made a similar comment a few years ago about another geography and got a similar response. It gave me pause.

Reflecting on it, the way dang and others handle these things is right, if you have a point, you can make it without making an insulting generalization and characterization.

If you don't, at the end of the day, whatever point you try to make is wiped by the visceral response.

[nailer]

I'd be surprised if dang or others took offense to saying "Ohio is a cultural wasteland".

Removing all color from speech makes the world a very boring place.

Criticising bay area culture is not a 'slur' and saying that is more inflammatory than the original statement.