Comments on: Viva Dirtbin!

By: Gareth Pike

Gareth Pike — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:30 +0000

As someone who ‘semigrated’ from Durban to the Cape, here’s why I love my mom – and why I haven’t missed Durbs for a minute.

* People say “Durban’s about to explode!” – as in, creatively, culturally etc. etc. It never has.

* Roads in Durban might get confusing new names; one restaurant closes while another opens (the Debbin crowd is notoriously fickle), Indian Mynahs are born, learn to fly, die laughing – not much else happens alongside that tepid, lukewarm sea. Cape Town buzzes like a fresh Vida Americano.

* Durban scenery:
The cream obsenity of the Pavilion, with thousands of souped up, tinted-window cars twinkling in its sun-melted parking lots? The Christmassy casino on Battery Beach (probably visible from the Moon)? Or who can overlook Windermere Centre; that large brown tribute to 70’s architecture that so winsomely blocks the sea view for everyone from Morningside to Kokstad. Cape Town: eye-achingly beautiful.

* Some say Cape Town isn’t “African enough.” What an inane comment. We probably have many, many more Kenyans, Malawians, Nigerians and Zimbabweans than Durban does.
And there’s Mzoli’s.

* It’s obvious to lambaste Capetonians for Table Mountain, as if we put it here and can’t stop staring at it. It’s not our fault that “Table Mountain is destined for a spot in the New 7 Wonders of Nature.” http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=180&art_id=iol1253721151385M535. I may be wrong, but I don’t

By: Looks

Looks — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:58:02 +0000

David J smith; you are a wordsmith. I have never hosed myself so comprehensively from just reading something. BIG UPS!!!!!

By: Fred Hatman

Fred Hatman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:41:44 +0000

Well said, Dave Harris – “CT on the other hand has been transformed into an picturesque enclave for the rich and now is boring and pretentious and beginning to resemble a boring old European coastal town without any heart.”
And this is why I must continue my campaign to get Capetonians to keep it real and unplug the humungous carrot from their collective arse… Cape Town must portray a more South African face for our 2010 World Cup visitors, otherwise they’ll think their plane was hijacked and forced to land in Vancouver or Sydney… the fight continues… “Finally, Cape Town explained… like fulllly, my bro!” – http://fredhatman.co.za/?p=1444

By: don

don — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:35:41 +0000

joberg is pretty and so is cape town city but durban is the place for me…

By: mol-d

mol-d — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:58:49 +0000

what kind dave-o? funny post! ous are getting hyped up.. where’s the harm in a little regional banter? B-)

By: Viva La Dirtbin

Viva La Dirtbin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:49:32 +0000

[...] It started here http://www.ioltravel.co.za/article/view/5181521 It got responded to here. http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/amandasevasti/2009/10/16/in-defence-of-the-mothering-city/ And then this guys picked it up. http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/davidjsmith/2009/10/19/viva-dirtbin/ [...]

By: dandaal

dandaal — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:15:07 +0000

Paul you one pothole ek se

David, one luv cuzzie

By: Gareth Pike

Gareth Pike — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:37:57 +0000

Hi, I stumbled onto your CTN/DBN debate, and assume it was sparked off by the CAPE TOWN YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MOUNTAIN piece on http://www.iol.co.za. However, just for interest, I wrote a response article to THAT one, which readers here may have missed: http://www.ioltravel.co.za/article/view/5213161

…and so the debate continues. It will probably die down soon! I’d like to see someone write a “JHB is better than both” piece – just for s and g’s.

By: Dave Harris

Dave Harris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:57:35 +0000

Nice blog cuzzie! I miss that Durbanspeak – that unique rapidfire slang usually requires a professional translater -usually another Durbanite who can speak white

Dirtbin’s legendary beaches are unsurpassed in SA, but should be avoided at all costs during public holidays! Maybe the beaches are not as the pretty as the “lesser used” beaches in CT, but hell its swimmable 24×7 throught the year – yes even at night – definitely not for the faint of heart!!! Having spent time in Durbs, I miss its never-ending summer and the warm tropical Durban nights that turn one into a werewolf – if you catch my drift

Dirtbin is truly a backwater town compared to Jozi, but great for a brief jol. I remember watching the Hare Krishna festival, part of their New Year celebration, on the beach front – its multi-ethnic tapestry is a sight to behold.

CT on the other hand has been transformed into an picturesque enclave for the rich and now is boring and pretentious and beginning to resemble a boring old European coastal town without any heart. I miss the old cosmopolitan Cape Town where the lilting voices of the Cape Coloreds that were once and intrinsic part of the downtown area, have been slowly but surely edged out by the racist DA governance. CT has been hijacked by the DA!

By: Luke Reid

Luke Reid — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:28:55 +0000

And Crap Town is racist…

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3102&art_id=vn20091022043211281C843507