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Originally Posted by mikeod

Serious question. Is this a Northeast thing? I had several college friends from the Northeastern US who, for various reasons, found themselves in other parts of the country. When talking to them, I was baffled by their comments about food, housing, manners, and other regional differences. In their minds, if it was not done like they were used to growing up, it wasn't different, it was WRONG.

I've moved around a bit, and I've travelled throughout the country and it never occurred to me that regional differences were wrong, just different. I remember reading that Pizza Hut altered its sauce recipe in different parts of the country to account for regional preferences. I know that the Mexican food I enjoyed in San Diego is different from what I tasted in San Antonio. In all my years in SoCal, I don't remember people being so upset about regional differences.

I have lived in several states and countries and different was different not wrong. I understand if the restaurant claims to be NY style why the person would expect what they are used to from NY, what I don't understand is the the constant complaining and comparing everything to the way it was in NY.