...and Stayed for the People
Mar. 29th, 2006 12:25 am"So why'd you move to the city?" she asked.
"Honestly?" he asked.
"Honestly."
"Well. It's kinda lame. It wasn't Following a Dream or Just Because or any of the reasons you're supposed to end up in the big city. It's kind of a middle class privileged bourgeois reason, the really stupid kind."
"Now I'm both curious and confused. You worry about some really weird things."
"I guess. But anyway, I came for the food. That's one of the awesome things about cities, especially in America, there's so many immigrants, you can get food from anywhere within a couple of blocks."
"Honestly?" he asked.
"Honestly."
"Well. It's kinda lame. It wasn't Following a Dream or Just Because or any of the reasons you're supposed to end up in the big city. It's kind of a middle class privileged bourgeois reason, the really stupid kind."
"Now I'm both curious and confused. You worry about some really weird things."
"I guess. But anyway, I came for the food. That's one of the awesome things about cities, especially in America, there's so many immigrants, you can get food from anywhere within a couple of blocks."