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50 Things People from St. Louis Will Argue About Forever

By on Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:55 pm

We're good at a few things here in St. Louis. Drinking, for one. And crime, we're super good at crime. We're also great at being awesome and kind and generous and community-minded. But there are some things we just can't agree on. Nope, some local topics will just be debated to death in dive bars, at trivia events and while we're grilling pork steaks. Here are 50 topics that we, as a city, will never agree upon no matter what.
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St. Louis-style pizza: Point of pride, or abomination? Photo courtesy of Jaime Lees
St. Louis-style pizza: Point of pride, or abomination?

Photo courtesy of Jaime Lees
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Should the St. Louis Zoo remain free to all, or should residents of outlying areas have to pay for admission? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Should the St. Louis Zoo remain free to all, or should residents of outlying areas have to pay for admission?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Should the city and county merge? Photo courtesy of City of St. Louis Missouri / Flickr
Should the city and county merge?

Photo courtesy of City of St. Louis Missouri / Flickr
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Provel: angel goo or satan's snot? Photo courtesy of Jaime Lees
Provel: angel goo or satan's snot?

Photo courtesy of Jaime Lees
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Does expanding MetroLink “bring crime” to the suburbs? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Does expanding MetroLink “bring crime” to the suburbs?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Is the "zipper style" of merging on the highway acceptable or a total dick move? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Is the "zipper style" of merging on the highway acceptable or a total dick move?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Was that a gunshot or fireworks? Photo courtesy of Thomas Hawk / Flickr
Was that a gunshot or fireworks?

Photo courtesy of Thomas Hawk / Flickr
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Is St. Louis really the most dangerous city in the nation, or is it just how they calculate the crime stats? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Is St. Louis really the most dangerous city in the nation, or is it just how they calculate the crime stats?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Is it cool to love Chuck Berry, even though he did messed-up stuff? Photo courtesy of Jaime Lees
Is it cool to love Chuck Berry, even though he did messed-up stuff?

Photo courtesy of Jaime Lees
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Should we give money to sports arenas? Photo courtesy of Tojosan / Flickr
Should we give money to sports arenas?

Photo courtesy of Tojosan / Flickr
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Was Todd Worrell's foot on first base in the 6th game of the 1985 World Series? Photo courtesy of Bradley Park / Flickr
Was Todd Worrell's foot on first base in the 6th game of the 1985 World Series?

Photo courtesy of Bradley Park / Flickr
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Did Metallica ever play Mississippi Nights? (Spoiler alert: no) Photo courtesy of Brock Roseberry / Flickr
Did Metallica ever play Mississippi Nights? (Spoiler alert: no)

Photo courtesy of Brock Roseberry / Flickr
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What do we call that shed in Maryland Heights? Photo courtesy of RFT
What do we call that shed in Maryland Heights?

Photo courtesy of RFT
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Should police have to live in the district where they work? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Should police have to live in the district where they work?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Is the River Des Peres really a river? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Is the River Des Peres really a river?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Should we call them Ingrassia Balls or Slay Balls? Photo courtesy of Sarah Fenske
Should we call them Ingrassia Balls or Slay Balls?

Photo courtesy of Sarah Fenske
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Are rolling stop signs a dangerous local habit or source of city pride? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Are rolling stop signs a dangerous local habit or source of city pride?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Do we love having seasons or would we rather have 70 degrees and sunny year-round? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Do we love having seasons or would we rather have 70 degrees and sunny year-round?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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Who has the best fried chicken? Photo courtesy of Neil Conway / Flickr
Who has the best fried chicken?

Photo courtesy of Neil Conway / Flickr
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Who has the best donuts? Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
Who has the best donuts?

Photo courtesy of Paul Sableman / Flickr
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