Like this:

Humans are social creatures.  We are very influenced by society.  You may say that you are not influenced by what anyone else does and you do your own thing but that is not true.  You are just not aware of it.  We all are influenced in one way or another.  It is on a subconscious level.  If you go to Brooklyn, people have a different accent then they do in Long Island.  There are no genes in our bodies that determine the type of accent we will have when we learn to speak.  It is based on of how we learned the language from those around us in our everyday lives.  Brooklyn to Long Island is about a 20-30 mile trip but the difference in the way people act, dress, speak, and think is like night and day.

I always hear people speak about what is going on in the VIP scene in Japan like they been there and know what everyone is up to.  This is often not the case.  Just because you see a bunch of cars at a meet with some very loud colors, sunken in rims, excessive vents, etc., that is just what is popular at the time for that region.  It is unfair to put a whole country in the same category.

Even in the US, you can clearly see a difference in style between regions.  From what I see on the message forums, Hawaii is into an older style Junction Produce/Fabulous type of body kits, dark-colored cars with traditional full face rims.  SoCal is more into the modern Euro style body kits, sportier rims and lighter colored cars.  This is not to say either SoCal or Hawaii is doing it wrong, they are just doing what is cool for their area.  Both regions seen the same Japanese vip magazines and the same pictures online but the end result in their car styling is very different based off of how society geared their thinking.

Because of this, I never get offended when people gives their opinions.  Something sick in one place might not fly in the next region.  Some people I know will not wear the same shoes twice and they have to match from head to toe.  I think that is kind of outrageous but where they are from, it is the thing to do in order to be the man.  If they are wearing red, they are drinking coca cola in order to match.  If they decide to wear green, you better believe they are holding a Mountain Dew can even if they don’t like how it tastes.  Different strokes for different folks.

-AGI

Advertisement