ST. LOUIS — Have pity for our poor brethren on the East and West Coasts. Yes, they look down on us as provincial and dull, they see us as uninspired and uninspiring. Mostly they just ignore us. But it’s not their fault. They can’t help it. They’re so busy trying to latch onto the latest trend, staying ahead of the next trend and disgorging themselves of the last trend that they don’t have time to think. Terrified that they will find themselves on the wrong slope of the trend curve, they automatically and reflectively look down on people who are constitutionally untrendy. Which is to say, us. …