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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:14:10 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Friday, July 26, 2002 9:29:22 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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Derived obviously from the Los Angeles street gang territory, a lot of Hamilton youth like to proudly align themselves with a gang that they have no idea of the politics on; now fallen into either general or comical use. "West side" refers to Hamilton West, "East side" refers to Hamilton East. You don't have to be a member of either of these.
Which reminds me, I went to a new school in Standard 4, and I remember a little 10 year old bogan coming up and asking me if I was a rapper or a 'mettler'. The concept that you could like music that wasn't rap or metal worried me.
-The WestSide Connection is the 'clan' name that some Hamilton gamers comically use in that one of the members lives on West Ridge Drive in Western Heights.
+The WestSide Connection is the 'clan' name that some [
Hamilton]
gamers comically use in that one of the members lives on West Ridge Drive in Western Heights.
CraigBox is a west-sider that has lived on the east-side for a year and a half.
Note: has nothing to do with being a 'westie' (aka Ewen Gilmour); westie == "west aucklander" == "bogan".
