[conspire] You are cordially invited, despite being unworthy

[Paul Zander]

All top 10 cities on the list are either west of the Mississippi.   Well New Orleans is just barely west, flood walls still holding.
Anyone know the HQ of the company that made the survey?
For a while, I have been developing the opinion that there is a big difference between people from Silicon Valley and New York.  New York ( least based on what I see on TV) is based on "celibritary".   Someone is "important" because they have been able to convince a following that they are important.   Regis and Donald are two examples that come to mind.
In Silicon Valley a lot of folks go about their job of creating amazing new products.  It isn't bragging if you can do it.  They work hard and can afford Star Bucks.   

There are few Walmarts in the South Bay.  IMHO land prices are a bigger factor than lack of shoppers in expanding the chain.  The City of San Francisco has its unique traditions favoring smaller merchants but I think the reasons are not about being pretentious.

I have grown zucchini and tomatoes in the front yard, not to show off, but because I like fresh vegetables and the front yard gets more sun.  The only reaction I have had has been friendly chats with neighbors on their walks.

OK, maybe Steve doesn't fit this model, and I am sure there are lots of personalities in New York. 
Now to think aoout what to bring to Cabal.
      From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
 To: conspire at linuxmafia.com 
 Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 9:11 PM
 Subject: [conspire] You are cordially invited, despite being unworthy
   
CABAL ahoy!

We need a suitable occasion for the already-scheduled CABAL meeting
tomorrow, Saturday November 14th, so here's one:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-San-Jose-ranked-as-most-6627907.php

  San Francisco, San Jose ranked as 'most pretentious' cities in U.S.
  by Bill Disbrow
  Thursday, November 12, 2015

  It's a fact: San Franciscans look down on people from San Jose. But do
  South Bay residents put on airs almost as much as their neighbors to the
  north? The answer is yes, at least if you believe a study done by Café
  Valet. Too bad we don't.  

  The so-called "pretension index" was dreamed up using criteria like
  concentration of independent coffee shops, number of art galleries and a
  lack of WalMart stores. Bay Area residents also got dinged by for their
  love of yoga, poetry and - of all things - liking the artist Sting (To
  be fair "Fields of Gold" was on the radio for a solid decade a while
  back).

  Then, after they ran out of other ways, they judged us for having too
  many community gardens. Nothing says pretentious like a ripening
  zucchini, I guess.  
  [...]


I have a garden, but it's not community -- because You're Not Worthy.

Despite which, you are invited to the Epicentre of Pretentiousness
(3km west of the San Andreas Fault, as well), mid-way between the twin
capital of undeserved haughtiness for the _whole USA_, San Francisco and
San Jose:  tomorrow's CABAL meeting in Menlo Park.

4pm to midnight.  Be there, or be no longer chic.[1]


We _are_ likely to still be in my spacious back yard, this time with
the chiminea (outdoor wood-burning heater) running full blast.  Because
roasty and nice.  BYO marshmallows.


Fresh garlic bread using more of the fresh[2] sourdough bread I'm cooking
tonight.  Probably outdoor BBQ meat again.


Visits to the Menlo Park area's independent coffee shops, yoga studios,
art galleries, Whole Foods Markets, philosophy lectures, poetry
readings, Moleskine notebook vendors, operat performances, and
hybrid/electric car dealers are optional.  CABAL attendees are _not_
required to bring Sting CDs.


[1] Or be in Riverside.  According to TFA, that's the least pretentious
city in California.  (But what about West Covina?)

[2] Artisanal!

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