Vancouver. Photo Andrew Strain
By -Magee Walker
After ruffling the feathers of Whistler’s local girls in my last post City Girl versus Local Girl (I get it! You girls shower!) I have decided, in the name of equality, to do a comparison of City Dudes and Local Dudes. While I can’t claim to belong to either of these teams, I have completed my fair share of market research and feel qualified to offer an objective and unbiased analysis of the awesomeness level of each subgroup.
Behold: City Dude vs. Local Dude
1) Snowsporting skills: This is not even a contest. I know some guys from the city who can do some pretty cool things on a plank or two, but the boys of Whistler are the best of the best. When I’m watching ski and snowboard movies, I can expect that someone in the room with me was either a) in that movie or b) has at one point been roommates with someone in that movie.
Point: Local Dude
2) Grooming: I recently went back to the city and couldn’t believe all the short hair and smooth faces around me. I liked it! You know what though? The whole shaggy hair and various lengths of beards is almost starting to grow on me. In fact, I have had a number of ladies of Whistler tell me that they prefer this unkempt look. Curious.
Point: City Dude… sorry locals, I’m still not totally there yet.
3) Style: If you think about it, bar clothes for men are pretty standard. A button down shirt (Ralph Lauren for City, plaid flannel for Local) and jeans (dark wash for City, ripped at the hem for Local). Still, there’s just something about a man in a suit.
Point: City Dude
4) Steeze: Local Dude has quite a steezy range. Half of his snow gear might be next year’s line (nice sponsorship, bro) while the other half is lovingly held together by duct tape. Either way, Local Dude’s mountain look has heart.
Point: Local Dude
5) Capability of Buying You Stuff: No big surprise here. While Local Dude is busy having an awesome time, City Dude is busy in his cubicle on the 19th floor of his accounting/finance/real estate/whatever firm. I don’t mind near-poverty—hey, I’m there myself—but if your goal is a bloke who can buy you stuff, you know who to look for.
Point: City Dude
6) Capability of Taking You on Awesome Adventures: City Dudes like to think they know how to have a good time. Maybe they’ll take you to the latest Donnelly Group restaurant. Perhaps you will grab a drink in Gastown afterwards. But Local Dudes know how to have a REALLY GOOD TIME! Here are but a few examples of some awesome things I have done with some awesome Local Dude buddies: Snowmobiling! Shooting stuff at a gun range! Fishing trips in Tofino!
Point: Local Dude
7) Likelihood of Being Attracted to You: There is something amazing about being a girl in Whistler. I have never received this much attention from the opposite sex. I feel like Emily on The Bachelorette (I don’t watch that… yes I do). I’m almost afraid to let Local Dudes know that just an hour and a half away, there is a city FULL of girls, and pretty ones to boot. A night out in Vancouver means more competition amongst the ladies, so girls, you’re going to have to step up the plaid (just kidding, please no hate mail).
Point: Local Dude
8) Likelihood of Parental Approval: Parents love responsible gentlemen. For their daughters, they want men who will hold open doors, have contemplated retirement savings and who know approximately where they will be six months from now. No contest here.
Point: City Dude
9) Availability: Sure, there are loads of handsome men in the city, but most of the ones I seem to meet are already attached to one of the gazillion ladies they have to choose from. Most men in Whistler seem to be single. It’s plain economics, kids: the demand for ladies is simply more than the supply.
Point: Local Dude
10) Long Term Love Potential: Whistler boys have a bit of an eternal-bachelor reputation, but what I have actually learned is that many of them, particularly those who have been here awhile and are beyond the partying phase, are ready to settle down. They just can’t always find a lady to settle down with them. In the city, you might find love, but City Dude has more temptation.
Point: Local Dude
The final tally: 6-4 for Local Dude!
Is this the Burnaby Sky Train Line Up? Photo. Andrew Strain
Basically, if you want someone with money and looks (or at least all the looks that money can buy), stay in the city. If you’re keen on passionate people full of awesome, Whistler life is where it’s at! Go Local Dudes!
You don’t belong to either of these teams because you have a who-ha
Where do country boys fit in?
usually in too tight Wranglers
Don’t tight butts drive women nuts? lol
What about the weekend warrior/sponsored local. Do they win every point?
Probably get no points, right?
…You’ll never know. Lol.
Being a city guy with a brother who is a local, I can unequivocally state that city guys are better. Clearly your mistake was valuing point number 5 the same as all other points.
Oh, we can also seamlessly use words like ‘unequivocally’ in a sentence.
Douche. Not all chicks are materialists.
First off, Mark is a douche for calling you a douche. Second off, your use of the word ‘unequivocally’ was far from seamless. I live in the city, I’m kicking ass in a marketing job and taking names and will probably own a yacht when im 30, but I also slay in the backcountry – inversion, cliffs whatever you throw my way. PS Suck it, i dont care if you like me, this is about who wins the poon and girls nowadays are shallow so… I WIN! haha.
To the point: Im sick of all these posts. UnofficialNetworks was built on an awesome framework designed to keep people informed about counterculture happenings at SkiResorts where the $$ has taken too much control. What happened to that mission. I DONT WANT TO KNOW WHAT GETS YER POON WET, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO PARTY. Jeeez, get back on track already UnofficialWhister. Have a board meeting or something. This is not how you run an online community
Right on brother. These articles are fucking garbage
Well put.
After reading this Post, at 539 pm, I don’t feel that incredibly stupid anymore about my old Ramblings, just a little bit kinda…. hahah fuck me…… I digress,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85V1Xewv20k
Whats worse? Being blue collar at 30, moving into the white collar, or the exact reverse as you move into your mid 40′s ?
You know what they make in cites for things like “i dont care if you like me, this is about who wins the poon and girls nowadays are shallow so… I WIN! haha” ?
The UNION. Thank you Jimmy Hoffa, still looking (shoulda had a transceiver bro)
$Fhaced
You clearly have no fucking clue about unions.
sounds like your in the rat race bitch boy
It’s people like you that make people like me, well, loathe people like you.
how about the one place where the locals live in a city? rip on salt lake’s lack of nightlife all you want, but a lot of pro’s and outdoor companies call it home due to the fact that you have a city, 7 ski resorts and the most accessible backcountry in north america all within a few miles of each other. theres a much thinner line between the two stereotypes here.
And Wasatch pow is ridiculous!!!
I’ve skied whistler and love it, am a norcal local—but s***, snowbird has insanely good snow.
And lines that make you cry when you return home to kt.
HAHA! Of course, being a “local girl” at whistler and all, im sure you have indeed completed your fair share of “market research”. It’s been “Hard”, the work, im sure. Putting your blood and sweat into it, no doubt?
Yep, Anonymous was right: Anthony is a douche.
what about alejandro guiry?
Ive been to enough ski towns to know that the ‘locals’ are 90% migratory transplants that have somehow figured out how to pay a ridiculously inflated mortgage.
What this post is really talking about are one girls (or guy?) opinion on what she prefers, a guy that chooses to live in a ski town vs. a guy that chooses to live in a metropolis.
In a surprise ending that shocks no one, the ski-town writer chooses that ski-town mate . Fascinating.
You guys are sooooooo over critical!
Poor girl is just trying to keep people entertained at a time where snow is a thing of the past (unless you moving down south)
City guys will hate. But they have the right to think they are the best thing that walked gods green earth, because they spend their dads life saving going to school and waking up early for the morning commute.
Local guys will hate too! They all think they are pro or on their way to be. If its not that they get in dick swinging competitions about who was doing girls, tricks, or wearing shit first.
All guys are full of ego, and can act like chumps… So it should be a competition about where the biggest chumps come from…. Still won’t prove much tho…
Ps… If you like local guys HIT ME UP!
I’m actually from Whistler. I wear fancy clothes and dress nice if I feel the need to, I also have a job that pays me extremely well, I believe that would leave no points for the city. Suck it Vancouver!
I vote Local Guy on this one all the way and Local Girl on the other all the way. Living in a City is no comparison to living IN the locale that you want to play and work in. It’s not about the money, it’s about the lifestyle.
Magee, I went back and read both your posts again. I like them and I also think you need 2 more years in Whistler…I don’t think you’ve let go of your City roots yet. Instead of judging men by “capability of buying you stuff” & “capability of taking you on awesome adventures”, maybe eliminate those two and replace with things like:
1. Pays all his bills on time for rent/mortgage/utilities.
2. Has a car that works and has insurance.
3. Doesn’t cheat on you and doesn’t text a girl he met at Snowbird on the phone that you bought for him (true story).
4. Shows up on time and does what he says he’ll do.
5. Has a job that he loves and is passionate about it.
6. Would make a great responsible team player Dad.
I think the subject is entertaining and certainly it’s on the minds of many in a ski town whether they are visiting or live there. I work in a ski town and I asked this question all the time by girls and guys, “where’s a good place to meet single chicks/guys”
Happy hunting and I hope you pick a local.