Invasion of the iPod listeners
Philadelphia is the city of Brotherly Love, and it is also home to many an
iPod listener, and during my various treks through the city I have seen more
than my fair share of the tell tale white headphones.
Khoi Winh, a resident of New York City, has noticed the same phenomenon in
his fair city and unlike me he did something about it. He
printed out a map of his walk from his
home to work and marked the map with a red dot each time he saw an iPod listener. A little over 13 blocks later he saw
32 iPods. Not too shabby.
What other cities are being overrun by iPodders?
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what's funny is to see teenagers driving around in fully-crappy cars with white little headphones on. they don't have enough for a car stereo or to replace the dented side fender, but 'hey! i got my iPod!'
June 15 2005 at 11:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI agree with jjvw, chicago is full of them. In my last 7 days stay there i noticed that there actually are more people wearing the white earbuds than other ones. New york comes quite close to that. This is actually making me a little uneasy. Think different, uh? ;) m
March 01 2005 at 1:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI commute to NYC from connecticut...on the train I see easily 10 people with iPods and those are only the people in my train!
February 28 2005 at 2:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySydney is iPodded out. It's just ridiculous how many people on the way to and from work are rockin' them. Was stoked to see someone pull out a first gen 5gb the other day too.
February 20 2005 at 10:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLondon is definitely getting overrun.
February 17 2005 at 6:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIn Austin, they're everywhere. I've spotted nine or ten at the office (counting mine). The Town Lake trail seems to be full of iPod mini listeners, and every coffee shop seems to have several of one variety or another.
February 17 2005 at 10:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMelbourne is FULL of iPods. On the trains, on the streets, everywhere. I went into an audio shop to buy some new earbuds and there were a group of 'trendy' women asking about iPods. Slowly but surely they're working their way through our office too.
February 17 2005 at 7:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUCLA is full of iPods. The white headphones were very popular at the beginning of the year, but now people seem to think it's cool to wear lightweight supra-aural (sit on top of the ear) headphones, like the Sony ones. My Sennheiser DJ 'phones are a bit heavy (and block out too much sound) to wear around campus, so I'll stay w/ the white 'buds.
February 17 2005 at 5:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell I'm in the Hague (The Netherlands) and up until the beginning of 2004 i never saw another pair of white headphones - not once that i can remember. I then went to Indonesia for 6 months last year, and when I cam back in August I was shocked... white headphones everywhere!
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