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Regional foodways you dislike?
Are there any particular food ways (not trends, just regional ways of doing things) that you don't like about your area? Here in Massachusetts, it seems that everyone who serves coffee MUST serve it with half and half, which has a flavor and mouthfeel I detest, rather than milk. And if someone is offering both coffee and tea, they still trot out the half-and-half, which totally overpowers the tea.
I'm also picky about pizza. I can't stand Chicago pizza, which seems to have all the toppings under the cheese. And in St Louis, where a friend of mine lived for several years, pizzas were made with a processed cheese called provel, instead of mozzarella. If you wanted the real thing, you had to request it.
Obviously, there's no right or wrong here, just preference. Anything you dislike about the way restaurants or people in your area make certain dishes?
Just a mild caution here about Provel. It is the real thing to a lot of St. Louisans! (Not so much to me, but to many others)
Home barbeque in StL is likely to be pork steaks, which I understand is a foreign concept anywhere else. And the sauce is likely to be red and sweet.
re: sueatmo
Good thing I'm a native because I LOVE provel and I LOVE pork steaks (slathered in Maull's, of course.) Good stuff.
re: sueatmo
That's why I said there was no right or wrong WRT food. It's perfectly okay to hate something someone else likes, and vice versa.
re: Isolda
people always hating on the provel...
but Maull's? I'd rather make my own, ok how about a Not About Food thread on regional food brands that advertise and if you never hear that damn jingle ever again you'll die happy?
re: hill food
I make my own for pulled pork, but pork steaks require Maull's. It's one of the few products with HFCS that I knowingly, willingly and happily consume.
re: hill food
Wait, I'm part of a club? I thought I was the only one! ;)
re: Isolda
actually I sorta like the stuff just hated the ad.
re: sueatmo
And your pal must have lived here a good while ago or just gone to certain pizza spots. More places use mozz, or even other cheeses. But you can still like provel as well as other cheeses. I never understand why it's become an either/or thing. Where was she on gooey butter cake?
re: lemons
I don't know why the provel thing has gotten to be such a touchstone for local pizza. Didn't it start with just one chain using it? Beats me.
However, I have given the original post some more thought, and I've decided I don't like most Hill style Italian food. We've taken out of towners to the Hill from time to time and I've personally been a bit embarrassed about what we were given to eat. I also ate a few years ago at a popular Hill pasta place, and I was actually offended at the sloppy presentation of the dish. Where I live a Hill restaurant has opened an outpost, and after 2 tries, we will never go back. Food mediocre, and service bad.
I understand the idea of the sweet tomato sauce and the butter in the dish and all, but I realize I don't like it.
re: sueatmo
There are two places on the Hill I like (I'm leaving Modesto out; it may be on the hill, but it surely isn't "of the Hill"). Gian-Tony's for trad, and Lorenzo's for modern Italian. Beyond that, you're on yr own.
re: lemons
GT's is the one with the bocce court right? good pizza (and yes not provel)
re: hill food
Gosh, no, it's catty-cornered from Berra Park. You're thinking of Milo's I believe. Let me see if I can set up a link for Gian-Tony's.
re: lemons
And I did over in Great Plains; you can't do it in these categories.
re: lemons
really? it's been a while, but I could swear a place on a corner near Amigh$^%'s with a bocce court out back had either 2 guys names are a single hyphenated one.
I need to get out more.
re: lemons
I've had Lorenzo's recommended to me. If I need a place to take special visitors, we can try that. In the meantime, I've gone low carb.
Northeastern/New York, also called Red Sauce Italian. For a cuisine whose admirers profess near-cultic devotion, I find it remarkably bland, unrefined and stalled by its undeserved self-regard. While regional Italian cuisine elevates flavors with herbs, produce and temperate drizzles of oils and sauces, Red Sauce seems to club it with grease, the suggestion of some dried herbs and a ladle of bland "gravy."
Sicily is a pan-Mediterranean array of interesting flavors and nuance. Meanwhile New York's Little Italy has become a pantheon of excess: oil-soaked sponge bakes masquerading as eggplant parmesan, mountains of spaghetti and meatballs beneath a snowcap of parmesan blizzards and veal cutlets whose only seasoning is a thick coat of partially-cooked flour and tinny gravy.
re: JungMann
I think Red Sauce is all across America.
re: bbqboy
I've encountered less red sauce in Italian-American families outside the Northeast, but I see your point. There are definitely plenty of restaurants attempting to capture a red sauce ideal, but part of their mythology seems to be centered around New York Italian cooking.
re: JungMann
Well sure, that is the model for most checked tablecloth type places where there is no or little Italian-American presence.
re: JungMann
You're correct. Red sauce Italian is one of the frequent sources of heartsick nostalgia by Northern transplants on the South board, who generally feel, no doubt correctly, that the region is lacking in good examples of the style. And speaking as a native Southerner, while red sauce exists down here, it is not something that really arouses the passions of natives.
Lots of people equate rich, oily mouth-feel with comfort. Warm, soft, gooey, savory and just a little bland are all good. Sharp, chewy, crunchy, or anything new and/or unexpected = bad. When I was a child in the Midwest, "spaghetti" was well-cooked pasta (nobody EVER called it that!) smothered in canned cheese and canned meat sauce; I joke that to a Midwesterner "al dente" is an Italian phrase meaning "noodles ain't done yet", but it was certainly true in our family. I even preferred my spaghetti leftover and re-heated, a savory paste on my tongue. I'd sneak some onto my bread and butter to make a rich, gooey sandwich … It's a wonder any of us had any teeth, we used them so seldom!
I've outgrown most of that, but I still retain my prejudices in favor of cream over milk, and wonder why anyone would NOT prefer a pizza's toppings to be under the cheese, given any choice in the matter. And as for the original question, I don't have an answer. I'm trying as many different ones as I can, and haven't found a bad one yet. And at 70 I could be running out of time ;-)
re: Will Owen
This must be a matter of upbringing. I can't stand the taste of cream or half and half in coffee because I grew up with whole milk. (I don't love low fat milk, either). And I grew up with pizza that had toppings on top (so they'd cook and get all crispy.)
re: Isolda
"I can't stand the taste of cream or half and half in coffee because I grew up with whole milk." Okay, that sounds like a contradiction to me. I grew up with whole milk, which is why I DO love cream and half-and-half. Until around the time I got to my teens, we could buy pasteurized, non-homogenized milk, which we preferred partly because you could taste the cream better (and Mom liked it because when it soured you could still use it). In fact, we used to fight over who'd get the first glass, because no matter how well you shook it up that first glassful would have more cream than any of the others.
re: Will Owen
As a kid I gagged on the cream that rose to the top of non-homogenized (home pasteurized) milk. I had the same problem with the skin that forms on hot chocolate, and the stringiness of some varieties of squash. Most of my dislikes were based on textures.
re: Will Owen
"Al dente" is not just the midwest. My grandmother (raised in WA & Japan) follows the same technique. We refer to the concoction as pasta soup ... may as well cook the noodles in the sauce.
Of course, she also makes potato salad by tossing the raw potatoes, onions and eggs all in one pot, to boil for what seems like hours before tossing with miracle whip, relish and yellow mustard if she's feeling adventurous. And then she has the audacity to get offended because my grandfather (and the rest of us) reach for the salt.
I live in Chicago, but really dislike Chicago pizza (it's really some sort of awkward pizza casserole). Of course, when my friends from back home come to visit me, they have to try to pizza, so I eat it more often than I care to.
I really can't complain about food in Chicago (there's amazing stuff to be had here), but I will say that it's generally less flavorful than the stuff I grew up on in California. I'm sure part of that is due to the amazing local produce we have in Southern California, but part of it does seem to be a regional difference in palate. I won't go so far as to say "bland," but I will say that, in many places, the seasoning isn't inspired.
On the flip side, the L.A. suburbs are filled with thousands of identical shopping centers with the same chain restaurants. It didn't matter that there were amazing local places to go to, many of my friends were perfectly happy spending night after night at the Olive Garden.
re: caseyjo
oh Casey, isn't there some kind of law? I think there is up North in Alameda county.
re: caseyjo
I'm originally from Chicago and I couldn't agree more about deep dish pizza. It's so heavy and dense I feel gross after only one piece. And that buttery crust is way too rich. But, like you said, whenever anyone would visit they had to have deep dish.
I also like ketchup on my hot dog. Sorry about it.
re: theuninvitedguest
Oh yes, the butter crust. I've learned to just not take people to restaurants that offer it, because when they see it they have to have it. I always just order a salad and eat part of one "slice" (if you can call it that).
I do like the Chicago style hot dog though; definitely don't miss the ketchup!
re: theuninvitedguest
"And that buttery crust is way too rich." And some of us do not recognize "too rich" as a valid category!
re: Will Owen
Perhaps, but buttery anything doesn't belong in pizza crusts. Should be olive oyl.
re: lagatta
Okay, that's another one of those "authenticity" arguments of the kind that always starts when someone mentions barbecue. I'd never use butter in a pizza crust myself, but if someone fed me one I would not complain. If one finds that something tastes good, then one should just go ahead and eat it. If not, don't.
re: James Cristinian
You don't like bbq sauce, or you don't like it applied during smoking?
re: bbqboy
I love sauce in small amounts after the cooking, but I prefer to let the flavor of the meat stand on it's own, with just a little salt, pepper, and paprika applied as a rub. Long low and slow smoking is the way to go.
re: James Cristinian
true story. Sauce is best put in a pool on the plate and used for dipping the meat and fries.
re: bbqboy
re: bbqboy
Dry rubbed only for me, don't try to cover it up. Not meant to start a flame, only just saying what I like.
re: hill food
Which I would enjoy with gratitude. TY.
re: bbqboy
I gotta say low and slow and lotsa real smoke is about as universal as it gets. I prefer hickory. but appreciate the other types.
Though my family is southern, much of our cooking reflects that, I lived in north eastern NY state, from middle school through college. when my husband decided to pursue another degree ( as Jeanne Thompson said about her husband "that man has over degreed himself") at Indiana Universtiy. We were supposed to be here18 mos. That was in '81 and that is another story.
Anyway, what I have never adjusted to is the amount of sugar in food in the mid-west. If we are dining out you can be sure that we are not going to an "Italian" restaurant . When I buy bottled pasta sauce I read the labels carefully. I have long wondered if the big national brand companies have different formulations for different parts of the country. Even mayo tastes sweet and most breads do too.
In NC you come across Calabash style seafood a bit. Now I've not been to Calabash, but elsewhere the shrimp served are the tiny, tiny sized fried up Calabash style. Just doesn't do it for me. When I think shrimp I think something crisp, fresh and consisting of several bites - maybe that's from growing up on the Gulf of Mexico. But these itty bitty shrimp just aren't worth the bother - basically tastes like fried batter. Which may be their appeal. I have met many people who dislike seafood in any other form, but love those shrimp! Perhaps its place in regional foodways is to be the gateway dish that turns the seafood hater into a seafood lover?
re: meatn3
I am Canadian and I always find that foods in general are sweeter in the States. Apparently, in Canada we use a lot more salt in our packaged food and the Americans use a lot more sugar. The thing that annoys me is that I have bought items with 1/2 sugar or no sugar added expecting them to be less sweet and they are doublely as sweet as they have added sucrolose.
re: KCMcG
This is so true. In fact, whenever I read reviews for dessert recipes on sites like Allrecipes or Epicurious, I tend to pay closer attention to the reviewers that say they're from Canada. I figure if they think it's too sweet, I'm going to need to cut down on the sugar in the recipe. And I do the same if people from the south and midwest US say it's just right. I know I'll hate it otherwise.
re: Isolda
Yes, we are a salty bunch. And decidedly not sweet.
Okay, I may be electronically beaten and banished for sharing this dislike, but I dislike basically most Southeastern barbecue. I'm a huge barbecue fan, but I find that most from this region, NC as an example, has very little smoke and the vinegar based sauce does nothing for me at all. I'm always disappointed when I re-try BBQ from this region. I much strongly prefer Kansas City and Texas style 'Q.
re: EarlyBird
Eastern North Carolina barbecue is a passion of mine, but one cannot help but notice that many people from out of the area, including other parts of the South, dislike it.
I would agree too that most of it is not good, because most places do not cook with wood or charcoal. It's a style that really demands that you spend time seeking out quality purveyors that cook traditionally.
re: linguafood
Really? I've found the ubiquitous brotchen found all over Germany to be what you describe: crunchy outside, fluffy in the middle. And you can't find them in Berlin? I did the last time I was there in 2006.
re: Mayor of Melonville
Really. I didn't say you couldn't find the ubiquitous brötchen all over Germany. I said the regional quality of brötchen in Berlin (called Schrippe) is abysmal.
If you can tell me which "bakeries" in Berlin - and most of them just finish pre-fab factory crap anyway - come even close to the crunchy fluffiness of the brötchen I am accustomed to, please don't hold back.
re: linguafood
That is a pity, considering how wonderful German breads and bread rolls can be.
re: lagatta
Tell me about it! Thankfully, there are a number of Berlin bakeries producing some very nice breads - multigrain, pumpkin seed, rye. It's all good. Plus the brötchen is probably the nutritionally catastrophic equivalent to wonder bread, so I shouldn't be eating too many of those anyway.
But I can whine about them '-)
Jell-O salads w/ canned fruit & mini marshmallows are quite popular in the Midwest, but not so much at my house.
For many families in eastern KS and western MO, chicken & noodles is holiday food, and it's eaten on top of mashed potatoes. That's just weird.
Steakhouses in eastern Kansas put canned beets on the side salad, either diced or one big round slice. I forgive them because the steaks and onion rings are the absolute best.
re: viperlush
Oh, good one! Though I don't like it at all and wish they wouldn't even "sprinkle" (it's usually very generously caked on) it on shrimp or crab.
re: LorenM
In my experience that's the verdict of maybe one person in ten or twenty, but absolutely no one seems indifferent to it. My mom hated it, and a co-worker almost hit me when I made a pot of it in the office machine. But those who like it REALLY like it, though not necessarily all the time.
re: Will Owen
but to echo the sweet n rich comments upstream, dissolve some sweetened condensed milk into that coffee and you've got something close to VN cafe sua da...
re: hill food
Yes, you're exactly right, and I'm sure that's why Café du Monde is available at most of the Asian groceries with a large Vietnamese constituency. But it's too sweet for me. I use just enough sugar in mine to round off the flavor. I'm really not any kind of dessert guy - my notion of a fine "dessert" is third helpings of the mashed potatoes and gravy! Though I will have some strawberry shortcake, if it's real. THAT requires cream …
re: Will Owen
Though I've read that the chicory is not why Vietnamese like Cafe du Monde. The grind and robustness of the coffee is more important, more like the ones used in Vietnam (which you can also buy in the US now). The stainless steel filters need a perc grind, and the sweetened condensed milk masks the flavor of a gourmet Arabica.
re: LorenM
I love starting the day with some steaming hot chicory coffee when I visit NO, but the one time I bought a can of CDM coffee to use back home, it lasted for years.
Grew up in New Jersey and had lots and lots of "American Chinese" food. One of my faves which never varied much was Shrimp with Lobster Sauce (yeah, yeah I know now lobster in it etc., I did say "american"). Viusally, unappealing if you haven't grown up with it.
So when I moved up to MA, and New Bedford/FallRiver area at that. the first time I ordered SwLS takeout, I called them back and told them they sent the wrong thing. I mean it was BROWN! Dark Brown! Seems that was the way iy was in that area. Tasted exactly the same as I was used to.but that color, sure was WRONG!.
I do think that New Bedford / FallRiver "American Chinese" food is a different universe in itself. I never knew anyone could and would order Chop Suey. strained.
re: Quine
jeez Quine for rock bottom Americanized Chinese (actually food that has the Chinese Americanized out of it) if you're ever in the MW esp the St. Louis area look for a St. Paul sandwich - essentially an egg foo yung sandwich deep fried, sounds horrible, but is sorta good in an embarrassing way (kind of the one night stand of food - yeah I enjoyed it, but I'm not bringing it around to meet mom)
re: hill food
Does it have that only can only be found in "those" places brown Egg Foo Yung sauce? I am a sucker for that stuff!
re: Quine
I too faced the shock and disappointment when I ordered the old standby, shrimp w/ lobster sauce and was served shrimp AND ground pork in a brown sauce (and it wasn't very good). It kind of looked like S.O.S with shrimp.
It has always in the past been the stuff that is like thick egg drop soup with just shrimp, mushrooms and veg. I did some research online and discovered recipes for the brown, pork variation so it wasn't necessarily wrong. I just wish it was called something else so I know what dish I am getting when I order it from an unfamiliar restaurant. I don't really care which version is authentic (maybe neither), I just know which one I like.
re: goodhealthgourmet
I guess it's the same feeling I had after eating New England Clam Chowder and then tried Manhattan Clam Chowder expecting something similar. I warmed up to it but only after making it myself.
speaking of tea, when i lived in Georgia it drove me crazy that the default iced tea was always "sweet tea." it wasn't just lightly sweetened iced tea, it was rot-your-teeth-and-send-you-into-a-diabetic-coma sweet. gag.
re: goodhealthgourmet
oh yeesh I really hate the sweet tea
re: goodhealthgourmet
I'm from the North, but I don't understand the concept of unsweetened iced tea. It's like drinking straight tannins!
re: JungMann
At least you can add a sugar packet or some honey to unsweetened . "Sweet tea" isn't just sweetened tea. It's a tooth aching, stomach clenching sugar drink w/tea flavor. Give me unsweetened any day.
re: JungMann
as i tried to explain - and viperlush clarified for me (thanks for that!) - it's the *level* of sweetness that i just find intolerable. i sweeten the plain stuff myself, but in the South they add *so* much that it basically becomes a viscous sugar solution with some tea flavor in the background. my teeth hurt just thinking about it.
re: goodhealthgourmet
If I'm ordering iced tea in a restaurant in the South, I always say "Half sweet; half unsweet" in order to get the sugar level down to tolerable and I've never had a waiter think that was somehow weird or our of the ordinary. When the drinks are self-serve, it's more of a 67/33 or 75/25 unsweet to sweet ratio- that way you end up with just enough sugar to temper the bitterness, but it doesn't seem excessive to me.
re: beachmouse
that's a good solution. personally i prefer to have precise control over the sweetness, and i don't use sugar much anymore these days so it's easier for me to just do it myself. of course then there was the matter of people calling it "unsweet" instead of unsweetened...makes me cringe every time.
re: goodhealthgourmet
I'm another one who can't stand sweet tea. Fortunately it is not the default at the majority of places around here but when it is, it will affect whether I eat there if they don't have non-sweetened or it takes too long to get it. Unfortunately I've encountered a lot of ethnic restaurants from countries that don't normally serve iced tea that will serve you Lipton pre-sweetened tea in a can with lemon also already added if you ask for iced tea. Gack!
re: brucesw
Asking for iced tea at an Indian restaurant makes about as much sense ask for a mango lassi at Cajun or Texas BBQ joint. You are lucky they even have the Lipton cans (do doubt bought from their regular soda supplier). Asking for tea at a Thai place could get you something very different, though no less sweet.
re: brucesw
if I somehow get a mouthful of sweet tea I just can't swallow it- I have to be rid of it, and feel lucky if I can keep from spitting it right out almost before I taste it, It's weird- almost a knee-jerk thing instead of a conscious decision.
No sugar in my iced tea- ever.
re: brucesw
Unfortunately I've encountered a lot of ethnic restaurants from countries that don't normally serve iced tea that will serve you Lipton pre-sweetened tea in a can with lemon also already added if you ask for iced tea. Gack!
i'll do you one better. here in LA they like to serve *fruity* iced tea - passionfruit, mango, peach...gag. i learned my lesson pretty quickly when i moved out here - ALWAYS ask.
re: Mayor of Melonville
There could probably be a long thread just one what people do and don't like about various barbecue traditions -- sauces (broken down by sweetness, thickness, served on or off the meat, etc.), types of meat, chopped (coarse or fine) or sliced, preferred accompaniments, proper beverages, etc.
re: hill food
reminds me of the thread where some Brits were trying to convince me that when I said shepherds pie I really meant cottage pie. :)
re: hill food
I just don't get those Texas brisket vs the world or Tenn ribs vs NC chopped threads. Yes, they're all called barbecue, but they're really different foods. So why not expand your mind?
It's like a Chinese food aficionado scoffing at Thai -- "you call THAT Asian food?"
My approach is to look for the best barbecue in whatever style is native to the area I'm in. If I ever get to Kentucky, I'll be looking for the best mutton. 8<D
Tip: When in North Florida, look for goat bbq!
Having been raised in Manhattan and on Long Island in the 1950's-60's, I was used to German, Jewish, and French style bakeries. Every shopping area had at least one, all turning out crusty sour rye breads and rolls, buttercream cakes, and puff pastry treats. In the Boston suburbs where I've lived most of my life, the bakeries are almost always Italian or Greek. They don't seem to have heard of butter, and I loathe anise and honey in pastries.
Also, I am really sick of the ubiquitous lime/chili/cilantro seasoning - the unholy trinity, sometimes corrupting a perfectly innocent mango. It puts in regular appearances on that PBS Scandinavian cooking show, so apparently it's a culinary pandemic.
re: greygarious
If it's ubiquitous (and it does seem to be so), then it's a trend, not a regional foodway.

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- Author(s): Sarah John
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- Posted: September 16, 2014
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- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Cumulative Voting, Home, FairVote, All Reports
In July, the city of Santa Barbara became the most recent in a string of California cities being sued under the California Voting Rights Act for diluting the votes of their Latino population. By electing candidates at-large with fair voting, Santa Barbara could remedy any alleged vote dilution in a race neutral way, avoid the pitfalls of redistricting, and encourage the equitable election of women.
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- Posted: August 8, 2014
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy , Rob Richie
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Research & Analysis, Home, Redistricting, Voting Rights
Florida is facing an electoral quandary as two of its congressional districts have been found to violate the state constitution, and the legislature is redrawing the maps as November elections loom. The legislature does not want to use the new map in 2014, but FairVote's analysis outlines two plans that could resolve the crisis. The better of these plans would also improve the representation of Florida voters in the process.
World Cup of Democracy Goes to the Netherlands
- Posted: July 8, 2014
- Author(s): Nicholas Golden, Bogdan Popescu, Anthony Ramicone
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Voter Turnout, Elections Worldwide
While the FIFA World Cup will decide the best soccer team in the world, the World Cup of Democracy will decide the best democracy in the world. See how the tournament played out after the jump.


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Collateral Damage: An Analysis of the Achievements and Unintended Consequences of Batterer Intervention Programs and Discourse
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This paper reviews and critiques two prevailing program models for batterer intervention in order to highlight both their valuable achievements and attendant costs and consequences. We analyze these batterer intervention program models at 3 levels. First, we describe the historical development and basic program components of the intervention models. Second, we trace differences in the models to their grounding in different psychological assumptions and theories about behavior change, masculinity, and violence. Third, differences between the models are mapped onto contrasting approaches to the regulation of human deviance in the criminal justice and mental health systems. Based on this analysis, we conclude that further attention to structural and contextual factors, such as class, race, economic stress, and substance abuse in explanations of domestic violence is needed, together with alternative approaches to collaboration between victim advocates and batterer intervention providers.
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- Title
- Collateral Damage: An Analysis of the Achievements and Unintended Consequences of Batterer Intervention Programs and Discourse
- Journal
Journal of Family Violence
Volume 17, Issue 2 , pp 167-184
- Cover Date
- 2002-06-01
- Print ISSN
- 0885-7482
- Online ISSN
- 1573-2851
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- domestic violence
- batterer intervention
- Duluth model
- unstructured group therapy
- criminal justice system
- Authors
- Eric S. Mankowski (1)
- Janice Haaken (1)
- Courtenay S. Silvergleid (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon


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AndroidPIT Forum - Thread "Nokia to go Android?" This feed contains the most recent forum posts at www.androidpit.com in the thread "Nokia to go Android?". urn:androidpit:forum:thread:e2bb9aa93da7ab6b617121f414475b64 2014-06-17T12:39:55Z 2014-06-17T12:39:55Z RE: Nokia to go Android? britt Mobil urn:androidpit:forum:post:765ebf728a25bbc9a7e603860f4e4bf9 2014-06-17T12:39:55Z 2014-06-17T12:39:55Z
This is the phone which disappointed me more than any other mobile I have had. I purchased it - and returned it the same day it was delivered. While it has the Nokia logo (which is why I bought it) - it "feels" like a windows phone and not what I expected.
 britt Mobil 2014-06-17T12:39:55Z RE: Nokia to go Android? britt Mobil urn:androidpit:forum:post:0c67ff0d3c2adc6e8d2d52e10ec5a497 2014-06-17T12:28:23Z 2014-06-17T12:28:23Z
Yes - and I wish Nokia had done that instead of Microsoft.
 I got the Nokia X delivered today. Unfortunately the user interface looks more like something coming from Microsoft than what I expected - and I am returning it. This is - for me - a useless phone and I am very disappointed.
 britt Mobil 2014-06-17T12:28:23Z RE: Nokia to go Android? MAGISTR-S urn:androidpit:forum:post:db2f4adde7dbca4a0150f0b5ef8bb0a2 2014-01-09T17:40:16Z 2014-01-09T17:40:16Z I think android more powerful than nokia =) MAGISTR-S 2014-01-09T17:40:16Z RE: Nokia to go Android? AJ STA ANA urn:androidpit:forum:post:500b765aceffd998167230da6da27819 2013-12-22T14:25:09Z 2013-12-22T14:25:09Z That's NEVER going to happen. AJ STA ANA 2013-12-22T14:25:09Z RE: Nokia to go Android? Ctls_Murari urn:androidpit:forum:post:b5a322ffc3dceac552feba49ecc7d33f 2013-12-12T08:29:06Z 2013-12-12T08:29:06Z Yes.........

Nokia may be working on an Android device as a successor to its low-end Asha efforts, but for new owner Microsoft the project risks consumer confusion and further entrenchment of an Android-first mentality among developers.

 Ctls_Murari 2013-12-12T08:29:06Z RE: Nokia to go Android? Anders Bagger urn:androidpit:forum:post:93236c826a6d29a22a9447c067bae3a0 2013-12-11T14:53:42Z 2013-12-11T14:49:27Z And how would this compete, amoungst the broad publich? I think that it will fail, because the "audience" have been lulled and taught by the various marketing devisions. America is i-land, europe is android land. Asia... I don't know. Yet they shure is ditching i-products bacause of all that nsa talk.

Anyway.
I think this is only going to sell, if it is sold cheap on contract. Cheaper than any other cheap product, and does any one know if that is possible if we take a look at production costs?
My bet is. That even with a low price tag. Nokia need to fuel the ads with something like: "Nokia, now with chocolate" or "Nokia, offering YOU another oppertunity".... That way, they might sell some, for the broad publich. That buy according to what company name, they have been "brainwashed" with by ads. Anders Bagger 2013-12-11T14:49:27Z RE: Nokia to go Android? plck74 urn:androidpit:forum:post:3b2541aa31d76f80e5f9858f820a7324 2013-12-11T13:50:25Z 2013-12-11T13:50:25Z if nokia with android, i will be back. i still love nokia phone. great...but the os....haiz.. Now Nokia must learn to adapt survive. plck74 2013-12-11T13:50:25Z RE: Nokia to go Android? sinkster urn:androidpit:forum:post:fe0bc5a6d8953c4d89c921b8d35d59c6 2013-12-11T10:08:42Z 2013-12-11T10:08:42Z The thinking behind android 4.4.x seems to be partially about being able to run it on low-end devices, which for Google can only be a good thing. Nokia is still one of the most recognised phone brands, but now are basically looking for another os since selling out to Microsoft. The beauty is, Nokia still own the Nokia brand, so a Nokia Android phone running KitKat priced around €100-€130 could be a massive seller. What a coincidence, eh? sinkster 2013-12-11T10:08:42Z RE: Nokia to go Android? Kris Carlon urn:androidpit:forum:post:b5430223d04e47ed0506870f2f0d9aa8 2013-12-11T08:52:55Z 2013-12-11T08:52:55Z And now there's the Nokia Normandy rumor that it might be released in early 2014 running on Android. Just prior to Microsoft's takeover, this could either be a last ditch rebellion (Nokia were working on Android phones just prior to the acquisition announcement three months ago), or an attempt to demonstrate that Microsoft needs to push both their own Windows Phone platform as well as Android if they seriously want to compete with the likes of Samsung and Apple. The Normandy will reportedly be a low-wend phone along the lines of the Asha (''hope'' in Sanskrit) series.

 Kris Carlon 2013-12-11T08:52:55Z RE: Nokia to go Android? Ramana Yellapu Jr. urn:androidpit:forum:post:6349ade9f67cba55e82b2d875b077ac2 2013-07-15T11:56:03Z 2013-07-15T11:56:03Z I think, nokia did the right thing to partner with microsoft for windows phone os.
microsoft engineers will definitely break the ice soon or later. single player dominace is never a good choice for either buyers as well.
so , nokia has got edge in its own form. as all players queued up to android, they have to run up the race from too far to capture the market. lets look at a bigger picture. xp saga contined for a long run but lost its ground with vista. but bounced back with win 7. microsoft guys actuallly can come to light sooner or later. Dual os can turn race. for blackberry to role out os as a stand alone paid service. which can rope in paid mobile os a fine touch.

increasing android adoption can be good sign for malwares and security lapses.
Nokia is the one which tastes its success by beating the market expectations with a boring audience finding a solace to replace android for a new falvour.

i conclude to suggest equal fair competitors alone can make customers more satisfied. so lets hope both android and windows phone os /blackberry/firefox os/sailfish os/ubuntu os/tizen os. or something new let it come and join the race. Ramana Yellapu Jr. 2013-07-15T11:56:03Z RE: Nokia to go Android? Gordon Christie urn:androidpit:forum:post:0829af4d471298166f54d5f4b9a500e5 2013-07-05T20:07:56Z 2013-07-05T20:07:56Z
Anthony Muzonzini

Do you think that Nokia should go consider going Android with its line of phones or should it stick it out with Windows?

yES i THINK THEY SHOULD AND ALSO SHOULD LOOK AT OTHE OS FOR MOBILE LIKE uBUNTU ETC ALSO ITS A SHAME THAT IOS ISNT AVAILABLE FOR OTHER MANUFACTURERS AS IT IS A GOOD OS DESPITE BEING A LITTLE DATED BUT STILL HAS GREAT FEATURES. Sorry for shouting only just noticed caps lock was on :-) Gordon Christie 2013-07-05T20:07:56Z Nokia to go Android? Anthony Muzonzini urn:androidpit:forum:post:2206ee966ac62b490e707f0dc90b1764 2013-07-05T16:00:48Z 2013-07-05T16:00:48Z Do you think that Nokia should go consider going Android with its line of phones or should it stick it out with Windows? Anthony Muzonzini 2013-07-05T16:00:48Z


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1222 Spruce Street
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Flat as a pancake, minimal bike lanes.
1222 Spruce Street has a Walk Score of 83 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
1222 Spruce Street is a three minute walk from the MLB MetroLink Blue Line and the MLR MetroLink Red Line at the CIVIC CENTER METROLINK STATION stop.
This location is in the Downtown West neighborhood in St. Louis. Nearby parks include Lucas Park, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and Edward Jones Dome.
Nearby schools include Peabody Elementary School, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Academy and Imag Acad of Cult Art/Charter.
The closest grocery stores are Culinaria - A Schnucks Market, K D Market and Salama Supermarket.
Nearby coffee shops include Marco's City Hall Cafe, Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasters and Breve Expresso. There are 108 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Maurizio's Pizza, Envy at the Park and Joe Buck's Downtown.
1222 Spruce Street is near Washington Square Park, Monsanto Headquarters and Poelker Park.
There are minimal bike lanes and the terrain is flat as a pancake. 1222 Spruce Street is bikeable, there is some bike infrastructure.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from 1222 Spruce Street.
Rail lines:
MLR MetroLink Red Line
0.2 mi
MLB MetroLink Blue Line
0.2 mi
Bus lines:
36X Bissell Hills Express
0.0 mi
410X Eureka Express
0.0 mi
40X I-55 Express
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58X Twin Oaks Express
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174X Halls Ferry Express
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99 Downtown Trolley
0.1 mi
10 Gravois-Lindell
0.1 mi
32 ML King-Chouteau
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97 Delmar
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11 Chippewa
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1222 Spruce Street is in the Downtown West neighborhood. Downtown West is the 2nd most walkable neighborhood in St. Louis with a neighborhood Walk Score of 84.