On the YouTubes: Forget East Coast vs. West Coast -- the Real Gangsta Rivalry is in the D.C. Suburbs

With two humble videos found on the YouTubes, the whole East Coast / West Coast rivalry is officially yesterday's news. Instead, it's Arlington and Reston that are "keeping it real," or whatever the cool kidz say when they listen to their phat O.D.B. tunez about oppression and the ghetto thug life on their $350 iPod Touches. Represent!

This awesome video about the mean streets of Arlington has been posted just about everywhere by this point -- even the Washington Post used it as another opportunity to count multiple Starbuckseses. But a couple of kidz from Reston Herndon did the whole faux gangsta schtick first:



Watching both videos prompts some interesting questions. The Arlington one has better production values and doesn't sound like a badly dubbed 8-track, but which one is more legitimately "gangsta"?

Whole Foods vs. the McTacoHut? No contest there -- Reston for the win!