Does where you live affect the way you perceive pop culture?

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Does where you live affect the way you perceive pop culture? Apr 14, 2018 6:34:12 GMT 10

Post by rainbow on Apr 14, 2018 6:34:12 GMT 10

I was looking through the thread I made on inthe00s Does 2002 belong with the core 2000's? and here is something I've noticed.

The people who considered 2002 a core 2000's year were more likely to be Americans. The main reason for it is because 9/11 happened and people even outside of inthe00s say that 9/11 was when the Y2k era officially died as well as the 90's.

But the people who said that 2002 doesn't belong to the core 2000's were more likely to be non-American. For example, SharksFan99 longaotian and unicornic are all not American, but they all agree that 2002 wasn't really core 2000's yet. They also think that 2009 wasn't as early 2010's as many people make it out to be (correct me if I'm wrong

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Have you noticed a pattern similar to this?

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Does where you live affect the way you perceive pop culture? Apr 14, 2018 8:35:30 GMT 10

Post by longaotian on Apr 14, 2018 8:35:30 GMT 10

Yes, but this is Becasue the Y2K era did actually last longer outside of America. 9/11 definetly did have an affect overseas aswell and it might have been a factor, but I was basing my answer on pop culture alone. In North America, the Y2K Teen Pop era came to an end pretty quickly around mid 2001 in favour of a more mature & urban sound. Maybe in other countries aswell, but at least in New Zealand, from looking at the music charts, Teen Pop remained until 2003, almost 2 years after the U.S. Maybe this is because the U.S. is generally less accepting over overseas pop culture as a lot of these groups were from the UK.

I would say the core 2000s began in Late 2003.

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Does where you live affect the way you perceive pop culture? Apr 14, 2018 10:06:23 GMT 10

Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 14, 2018 10:06:23 GMT 10

I've noticed this trend as well. I would generally have to agree with longaotian, in regards to the Y2K-Era lasting longer in other countries around the world. Mind you, I think the teen-pop movement was phased out earlier here than it was in the UK and New Zealand.

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Does where you live affect the way you perceive pop culture? Apr 15, 2018 14:12:47 GMT 10

Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 15, 2018 14:12:47 GMT 10

I think another good example of this thread, is how people generally perceive the Late 2000s. I've read a lot of comments from people overseas, who regard the Late 2000s as being a "horrible" era and a terrible time for pop culture. Yet, I remember the Late 2000s as actually being quite a decent time for music and a generally good era to experience. Although, I guess it could also be because Australia was one of the few countries in the world that wasn't significantly impacted by the Global Financial Crisis. The GFC has definitely influenced people's perceptions of the era.

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