Pat fan vs NYG fan

[Nacho]

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New England Patriots [team stats] fans are smarter, classier and healthier and own pricier homes than the riff-raff who root for the New York Giants - and now we’ve got the research to back it up.

Some 62 percent of Pats fans living in the Boston area earned a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree or have some higher-education experience, compared to 59 percent of Giants fans, according to the latest marketing data provided by the Nielsen Co., the TV ratings firm.

Likewise, 72 percent of Pats fans live in homes worth north of $200,000, compared to 63 percent of Giants yahoos, the Nielsen data show.

That’s just for starters.

Pats fans consistently show better taste than their Gotham counterparts, according to Nielsen.

We drink Amstel Light, not Bud Light. Giants fans slug back lots of whiskey.

We are likely to read connoisseur magazines like Wine Spectator. Gotham fans like to pig out on junk food like pretzels, chips and nuts. They’re also less likely to favor organic food than other New Yorkers.

Giants tailgaters are conspicuous consumers who party off the backs of Land Rovers and showy BMW SUVs. Pats fans are more likely to tailgate off the back of an understated Lexus or a sturdy Volvo SUV.

When Pats revelers aren’t watching football, they’re hitting the slopes skiing or going for a sail. They’re also more likely to belong to country clubs.

When Giants fans aren’t booing Giants coach Tom Coughlin or punk quarterback Eli Manning in that New Jersey stadium they call home, they’re out practicing their tennis backhands in the backyard.

None of these marketing revelations came as a surprise to Mike Schuster, 45, who lives in the shadow of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.

“Boston fans are much classier,” said Schuster, a real estate agent and software consultant who is heading out to Arizona for the Super Bowl. “Have you ever been to Yankee stadium? I mean, they boo their own players.”

“Bostonians, in general, are better educated,” Schuster added. “New Yorkers have to send their kids to Boston to educate them.”

It’s also worth noting that the Patriots are an equal opportunity franchise, drawing more female fans than the competition. Nearly half of all Pats backers - about 43 percent - are women. In Giants country, just 31 percent of the fans are female.

Pats fans are also more Web savvy, some 63 percent have broadband Internet connection.

Of course, though we may hate to admit it, fans on both sides of the turf do have some similarities. The Nielsen data indicate that Pats and Giants fans are both likely to live in “affluent” suburbs or rural neighborhoods. They both buy “above average” amounts of beer, too, and they like to garden.

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“Boston fans are much classier,” said Schuster, a real estate agent and software consultant who is heading out to Arizona for the Super Bowl. “Have you ever been to Yankee stadium? I mean, they boo their own players.”

That's news to me.

sin

Ted Williams

[Dinsdale]

New England Patriots fans are smarter, classier and healthier than the riff-raff who root for the New York Giants

Werd!


Sin,

[Neely8]

New England Patriots fans are smarter, classier and healthier than the riff-raff who root for the New York Giants

Werd!


Sin,

There are exceptions to every rule.....

[Neely8]

That article is about the most pathetic tripe dripped over a piece of paper as I have ever laid eyes upon. Really reaching to confirm elete status for fledgling Chowddlers who can count their years as a fan on the fingers of one hand.

Mike Schuster? Me thinks I've taken a whiff of Dinsdale East.

Yeah because Mike made all that up. He didn't attibute it 100 times to Nielsen or anything. Do you always shoot the messenger or just yourself hopefully???

How's this year working out for your Chowd hatred? Not too well from my vanatge point....

[Neely8]

I suppose not much escapes your vantage point.....having a head shaped like balloon and all.

Yeah a fans head does tend to get big when:

A) Their favorite baseball team wins the division over their arch rival and goes on to win the World Series again. Twice in the past 4 years....

B) Their favorite football team is not only playing to win their 4th Superbowl in the last 7 years, but also for the only 19-0 perfect season in league history.

C) Their favorite basketball team is 33-7 and on their way to hopefully their 17th banner

Hell even the Bruins would be in the playoffs if the season ended today.

Cheer up Todd. You can always make fun of Revolution fan. I mean they have lost 4 MLS Cup games in a row after all.....

[Neely8]

Did you catch the Pats on TV before Parcells showed up here in NE? Most Pats fans were too ashamed to wear any gear.....

Oh...I see.

SO the New England football fans we see walking around with Pats gear on today were actually fans 10 years ago. They were just too ashamed to go public.....okie doke.


Some pretty interesting notions are competing with the oxygen in that thing resting on your shoulders.

You can pass judgement on any NE fan you like. Me personally: I was at the AFC Championship in 1986 and that is when I became a football fan. I was 12 at the time. I wore my Andre Tippett # 56 jersey with pride. I watched Scott Secules, Marc Wilson, Tommy Hodson, Doug Flutie, Hugh Millen and many others play QB for the Pats. When Bledsoe & Parcells came here it most certainly became chic to be a Pats fan. They still however did not win their first Championship until almost 10 years later. People jumped on the bandwagon because it looked like they finally had hope. Hell the team was all but packed and ready to move to St Louis before Bob Kraft stepped in and saved them.

Edit--In my opinion the greatest article ever written detailing the history of what it was like to be a Pats fan for so long is this one:

Bill Simmons

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Some 62 percent of Pats fans living in the Boston area earned a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree or have some higher-education experience, compared to 59 percent of Giants fans, according to the latest marketing data provided by the Nielsen Co., the TV ratings firm.

Likewise, 72 percent of Pats fans live in homes worth north of $200,000, compared to 63 percent of Giants yahoos, the Nielsen data show.

This article is very confusing.

Okay... are we still talking about Pats fan in the "Boston area"... are does include Pats fan living in Mississippi as well? Let me tell you something, EVERY homeowner in the "Boston area" who's a Pats fan has a house worth 200,000. You couldn't get a 500 sq ft half-bedroom, no-bath shack in the "Boston area" for less than $200,000.

(I am sure some asshat will do a search and return some crackhouses for sale in Eastie, Fuxbury, or Whorechestah, or maybe even JP -- fuck that shit... I am talking a real home... with walls and shit)

This article can go fuck itself.

[smackaholic]

There is a pretty good explanation for the difference.

Giant fan has a long history of loyal support going back many decades. Alot of the season ticket have been in families a long ass time, going back to when normal blue collar fukks could afford season tickets. Also, there are alot of uneducated union goons in the NYC area that make pretty good coin despite dropping out of 10th grade.

Patsie fan, on the other hand is johnnie come lately. Back in the 70-80s when the giants were selling out every game in the swamp errrrr landfill errrrr meadowlands, the pats were getting outdrawn by local high schools. So, the patsie tickets went more recently to rich fukkers that can afford them.

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