Comments on: 64 Worst: Lack of Dunkin Donuts vs. Transplants

By: The Pilgrimage Has Gained Momentum | Los Angeles Metblogs

The Pilgrimage Has Gained Momentum | Los Angeles Metblogs — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:13:53 +0000

[...] one of the dreaded East Coast transplants, I recently made my first trip back east after moving to California. I held out for 16 months [...]

By: Annika Barranti

Annika Barranti — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:51:14 +0000

I keep bristling when people say I should have qualified "transplants" and I’ve just figured out why. It’s not because I didn’t qualify (of course I meant the whiny ones) but because the beauty of a poll like this is that you can interpret it however you like. Answer it the way YOU want to. So now that it’s too late to vote, that’s what I want to say: answer the question in the way that suits you, and insert the word "whiny" if you need to.

By: Dave Bullock / eecue

Dave Bullock / eecue — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:17:49 +0000

I totally agree with Bert Green.

Btw what are donuts? Oh yeah something I can’t eat on my diet!

By: pcloadletter

pcloadletter — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:38:14 +0000

Here in Las Vegas, Dunkin’ Donuts-branded coffee is sold in stores but the shit is something like $8.00 a pound. No thanks.

They are sold here in L.A. too (my local Ralph’s and Target both have DD coffee). The price is prohibitive though.

By: bunnicula

bunnicula — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:12:28 +0000

my vote goes to whiny transplants. i’ve been in LA since i was 4. in college i was constantly defending LA because everyone thinks everyone in LA is plastic.

so when the whiny transplants refer to the "plastic" people they are referring to other whiny transplants…i used to get really bothered but nowadays the whiny transplants are just amusing

By: colinski

colinski — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:34:05 +0000

Lack of Dunkin Donuts upsets me the most because they advertise on local TV. WTF is that about?

By: Julia Frey

Julia Frey — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:33:50 +0000

Random re: Dunkin Donuts — I remember there was one in Honolulu when I was about 5 (early 70’s) and it was a really special treat to go there and get donuts on a Saturday morning. After Malasadas the humble donut was such a novelty!

As for transplants, I think there does need to be the adjective/qualification about said transplants. I’ve been here 22 years and was a whiny transplant after about 7 years (the first 4 were college, which was awesome, then I had to "start life" and that was hard.) So after whining, I walked my talk and moved away. After a year with some travel and then settling into Seattle (which I liked very much) I realized, "hey LA, it’s not you, it’s me" and I HAD to move back and I’ve been in love with this amazing city every since. The honeymoon will never be over.

By: Monday Morning ‘Minders | Los Angeles Metblogs

Monday Morning ‘Minders | Los Angeles Metblogs — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:30:09 +0000

[...] Lack of Dunkin’ Donuts vs. Transplants [...]

By: Bert Green

Bert Green — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:45:47 +0000

"Yes, but all of the great cities of the world are full of provincial conceit. Ergo NYers, Parisians, Chicagoans, Bostonians, et. al. If you want to consider Los Angeles a world class city then it, too deserves the right to practice provincial conceit. You can’t have it both ways."

Well, in my experience, the "provincial conceit" that you are referring to in other cities is what I would call civic pride. Cities that are "world class" — New Yorkers, Parisians, etc generally do not refer to people who move to their city and choose to contribute to its cultural and/or economic strengths as whiners or transplants.

I would not place Chicago, Boston or San Francisco in that category. Los Angeles can do better.

By: militantangeleno

militantangeleno — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:58:34 +0000

Bert Green: "Complaining about "transplants" is a provincial conceit. All big cities are full of people from elsewhere…"

Yes, but all of the great cities of the world are full of provincial conceit. Ergo NYers, Parisians, Chicagoans, Bostonians, et. al. If you want to consider Los Angeles a world class city then it, too deserves the right to practice provincial conceit. You can’t have it both ways. You lose, good day sir!