Dayum, factoid #1 was harsh! Good thing I like Chevies, not Fords, huh?
Mark Kraft
· 3 years ago
Found my way here after doing a technorati search of people linking to my website.
I know that I have a special journal entry on my site where I keep people informed about how much Fresno... well... sucks. Some Fresnoites find it pretty harsh, but what I like about Fresno is that so many people in Fresno seem to embrace its suckitude.
During my occasional fun bits of research on all that sucks about Fresno, I recently stumbled upon a blog entry that mentioned a Fresno band -- not sure what their name was -- that wrote a song named "Fresno sucks". And you know, that's kind of cool.
Really, I think probably the coolest thing about Fresno is that it has lots of young, pissed off, rebellious youth. I hear it has a pretty good local music scene, and a pretty good gothic scene too, and that's almost certainly because people who grow up in Fresno actually have something to rebel against!
And I think that's kinda cool.
Perhaps if the youth of Fresno embraced their city's suckitude and reveled in it a bit, they might inadvertently turn their little hellhole into a countercultural oasis.
But then again, it's too damn hot for doing that kinda shit, and the mall is air conditioned...
Incenjucar
· 3 years ago
You forgot to mention that they've kicked the live music out of some night clubs, various famous bands have been kicked out of town, they've shut down stages to replace them with churches, and that the local State University only supports the least marketable creative arts, and the last graduation ceremony consisted of the Dean saying "Well, now maybe you can go to a good college, and please send us money."
Cowboy
· 2 years ago
I can see why you would choose San Francisco. It's hardly ever foggy there and the drug and crime rate is next to none. Plus, your broadminded, blame everyone else for my problems liberal mind would fit in perfectly.
telly
· 1 year ago
I HATE Fresno! Wait, i'm sorry, hate is such a strong word. I'll rephrase...I FUCKIN' HATE FRESNO!!!!! How's bout this common Fresnonian (Fresnan, Fresnite, Fresnofuckingsuxian) comeback;
"Fresno is cool because it's only hours from L.A., the Bay Area, SLO, Yosimite, etc, etc, etc..."
That's like me saying that i'm cool, not because i'm actually cool, but rather, because my neighbors are cool. My truly cool neighbors that live hours away. Do people in the Bay Area tell their naysayers
"The Bay Area is only hours from Fresno"
Ooooh, i hate Fresno. carma will see to it that i am shot or ran over by a taco truck next time i visit.
muscati
· 8 months ago
Man I hated my years in Fresno State. I spent years after graduation telling people I went to college in California without every specifying where. If I'm asked for specifics I'd say "California State University" without saying which one. I think one of my main motivators to go through grad school in Scotland is so that when I'm asked where I went to college I can say Glasgow and never have to mention Fresno.
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I know that I have a special journal entry on my site where I keep people informed about how much Fresno... well... sucks. Some Fresnoites find it pretty harsh, but what I like about Fresno is that so many people in Fresno seem to embrace its suckitude.
During my occasional fun bits of research on all that sucks about Fresno, I recently stumbled upon a blog entry that mentioned a Fresno band -- not sure what their name was -- that wrote a song named "Fresno sucks". And you know, that's kind of cool.
Really, I think probably the coolest thing about Fresno is that it has lots of young, pissed off, rebellious youth. I hear it has a pretty good local music scene, and a pretty good gothic scene too, and that's almost certainly because people who grow up in Fresno actually have something to rebel against!
And I think that's kinda cool.
Perhaps if the youth of Fresno embraced their city's suckitude and reveled in it a bit, they might inadvertently turn their little hellhole into a countercultural oasis.
But then again, it's too damn hot for doing that kinda shit, and the mall is air conditioned...
"Fresno is cool because it's only hours from L.A., the Bay Area, SLO, Yosimite, etc, etc, etc..."
That's like me saying that i'm cool, not because i'm actually cool, but rather, because my neighbors are cool. My truly cool neighbors that live hours away. Do people in the Bay Area tell their naysayers
"The Bay Area is only hours from Fresno"
Ooooh, i hate Fresno. carma will see to it that i am shot or ran over by a taco truck next time i visit.
I think one of my main motivators to go through grad school in Scotland is so that when I'm asked where I went to college I can say Glasgow and never have to mention Fresno.