Cultural osmosis. A kind of osmosis that does not exist -- where city-dwellers who think their living in a metropolitan area with access to venues of culture they never visit makes them culturally sophisticated. They also think their city dwelling makes them cosmopolites, although they have extremely limited contact with cultures other than that of their immediate families. They fail to recognize what shallow provincialists they are.
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Nothin' like livin' in the Big Apple for me. Beats the hell out of living in Binghamton with all that clean air and sunshine. Yeah, I know. I've never been to Lincoln Center -- or even to Rockefeller Center. Haven't been to MOMA either -- or any other museum, for that matter. Art galleries and museums are for eggheads and the rich. Can't afford to go to a Knicks game either, but I'm still a big fan. Still, I've been to Central Park several times. I figure I've benefitted from cosmosis and am much more suave than any hick who lives in a flyover state.
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