Posted on 06/20/2014 8:53:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Isn't the South made up of as many culturally, politically, and historically diverse regions as the North?
No one would lump Idaho and Southern California, Western Washington and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, or upstate New York and the Greater Chicago area together into one undifferentiated mass labelled "The North," would they? Then why do the same with regards to the South?
Regards,
But it’s true that y’all eat breakfast regularly at Waffle House, right??
#7 Greasy Foods.
I told my doctor several years ago, “I grew up in the South, where if it ain’t fried, it ain’t food.”
Damn straight we do. Can’t beat the All-Star Breakfast!
They haven't been to Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Obviously hasn't been on some of the Civil War threads around here, or on any of the ACW chatrooms out there.
And Southerners also have a long and proud tradition of serving in the military. . .north or south. . .up to today.
“I grew up in the South, where if it ain’t fried, it ain’t food.”
That’s funny. I grew up on a farm in Kansas and we ate what we raised. T-bone or porterhouse steak and eggs for breakfast and yes it was all fried and accompanied by homemade biscuits and steak gravy made from the pan drippings. But we did use our own lard which my mom rendered. Of course the cracklins were used in homemade cornbread. Just plain good.
Lots of Damned Yankee jokes, but they are not taken seriously (these days)
plus i have found that whole southern hospitality thing to be very true!
Every region of the US is misunderstood and subject to generalities by outsiders. This is not unique to the south. Americans typically stereotype their fellow Americans and people from around the world stereotype America and visa versa...this isn’t news, it’s human nature.
...or Huntsville, Alabama.
We have some fine universities and top notch hospitals.
Most of the rural areas have air ambulance svc. you can join.
I live in a small town 45 miles from Tusc. and 90 from B'ham. Locally, we are suffering from lack of jobs, but it has made the housing market far more affordable for retirees moving back, and a fairly good retirement means a high standard of living here.
Our small local hospital has a state of the art operating and ICU unit, and helicopter ambulance svc.to B'ham's specialty hospitals. We have a jr. college and it is 45 miles to UA, Tuscaloosa, so many commute.
Beautiful country here, and you can get a lovely home 2 to 3 thousand sq ft. for 150 to 250 thousand. Also go out of town a few miles and get some acreage. Property taxes are one of the lowest in the nation. In Tusc. and B'ham, probably 300 to 500 thousand for same size house.
AL also has the Robert Trent Jones golf trails from north to south, and we are half a day's drive to mountains in TN or white sand beaches of the FL andAL panhandle.
vaudine
I was born in the Bronx, grew up outside philly, lived in Springfield, MO for 13 years, and after being in Jville NC for 1.5 years I had to come back to pa. Boy am I homesick for NC! And I don’t even like the beach. I would be in earth/heaven if I was in the Appalachians but was truly content in Jville.
The panhandle and northern Florida is as southern as GA or AL. Southern Florida is pretty much Yankee wall to wall.
“Texas is Texas”
Thank you I was wondering if someone was going to say that. :)
I found your response even though you clicked someone else’s message to reply on.
Thanks so much for this information. Alabama is on my list to check out, but I wasn’t sure which part. I have been to the Birmingham/Tuscaloosa (sp?) areas on business...first thing I noticed was the highway from the airport to hotel was litter-free. I only stayed a couple days but the area seemed nice, and people very friendly. If they muttered ‘damn yankee’ after I walked away, I never knew it. :)
Is there a decent vacation destination (with things to do) that would also allow me to check out those areas, even if we have to drive a couple hours? Thanks!
Actually that makes perfect sense to me. My mom lives an hour north of Orlando, and I’d call it a blend, but leaning toward northern a bit.
That can be true of many parts of the country where a person from a big city moves into a small town. I live in Wisconsin. My siblings and I grew up in a medium-sized city. When one of my sisters got married, she and her husband moved to a much smaller town about twenty-five miles away. They lived there five years. She was never accepted as one of the townsfolk. She was always an outsider.
I knew a co-worker who experienced the same thing. He's been living in another small town for thirty + years, and he said he's still an outsider to the locals.
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