[Class of 82]

Was talking to some fellows while having lunch at a local watering hole today, and I brought up the subject of the new stadium, and how excited I am about it, and the future of Akron football and athletics generally. Wow. Sometimes I wonder why I live in Akron, a city that just seems to breed negative, pessimistic, pathetic bozos like these jokers, who simply have nothing good to say about anything or anybody.

I not sure why this is bothering me so much, since the majority of people I've talked to are pretty juiced about the new stadium, or at least think it's a good idea and good for the city. But this isn't my first experience like this, and these a-holes have put me in a really crrappy mood.

GO ZIPS!

P.S. And yeah... they were Suckeyes fans. the OSU

[ZachTheZip]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Just ignore them. Stop acting like a Clevelander.

[Class of 82]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Well, kid, I guess I just wish people could take a little more pride in the community in which they live. I've lived in two other states, and the way so many Akronites dump on their own town is a phenomenon I've only witnessed here.

I'm not negative about NE Ohio. Not in the least. I am negative about people who seem to actually hate their own hometown. I wish they would leave and not let the door hit their a** on the way out.

[ZachTheZip]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Well, kid, I guess I just wish people could take a little more pride in the community in which they live. I've lived in two other states, and the way so many Akronites dump on their own town is a phenomenon I've only witnessed here.

I'm not negative about NE Ohio. Not in the least. I am negative about people who seem to actually hate their own hometown. I wish they would leave and not let the door hit their a** on the way out.

You have the right attitude toward your community, and I get where you are coming from, but you have to understand what these people are like before you can try to talk to them with out them spewing negativity.

If this place was so bad, they would have left already. If you want an example of what that's like look at Detroit. The problem is that people see some bad areas in the major cities and project that onto the entire region where they live. No other city does that, despite them all having some horrible areas. I don't know why the mindset is different here, but everywhere else they either ignore or try to improve the problems while here we magnify them in the public's mind. The only way to combat it is to take an example from the rest of the world and ignore them. It won't go away but it will become irrelevant.