Posted on 06/13/2006 1:19:15 AM PDT by goldstategop
Another 'good town'. . .is Waynesville. . .but have only driven through; suppposed to be a 'great place'; just depends on how small. . .how far you want to go. Highlands, Brevard. . .lots of small towns with great views. . .in the Carolinas. . .but 'city' still speaks to gem. . .Greenville.
Oh please. Spare me the liberalish rhetoric.
Let me tell you a little something about the South, yankee girl.
When I was a kid, you could walk through the neighbors yard without harassment as long as you didn't pick too many apples off his tree or walk through the flower garden.
When you went hunting, you just pulled over to a likely spot and went in the woods.
Fishing was free. No license required. And pretty much all water was public water.
You could ride your horse down the road and people would slow down and give you a wide berth.
That's what I mean by our/my land.
The South is my land. My home. It's where at least 6 generations of my people lived and are buried.
I may not own it all, but it's still my land and that's a concept that the yankee will never understand.
The yankee only understands deeds, titles, paper, etc....because that's your only connection to the land.
The Southerner, like the American Indian, is a part of the land.
Yep, that's it! I'm for border control. Not on the US-Mexico border, but rather a big wall that stretches from VA to TX. Oklahomans get a free entry pass but the rest? We've got plenty, thank you, don't need anymore (yankees that is)...matter of fact can we pay to send some back?
A combination. See post #42.
I had a childhood very much like that, in Pennsylvania. It is hardly unique to you.
So, if I move to your area on legally purchased land, will you call me those names, or just shoot at me? :)
So you didn't go downtown near the old convention then I take it?
What about counties farther to the north, like Watauga and Ashe counties?
Please, could you leave North Carolinians a few pristine counties? Damn yanks have all but ruined Asheville, Brevard, Hendersonville. We're trying to contain 'em and stop the spreading. I can see it now. West Jefferson gets a Starbucks....
Yes, I thought Watauga and Ashe looked nice, too. That northern area had its cover blown when Jan Karon wrote her series of "Mitford" books.
Sorry, what's the "old convention" you refer to in Asheville?
Old convention center in downtown Asheville. The two streets just up from it (forget the name, it's been 7 years since I lived there) used to be filled with hippie bookstores, restaurants, etc.
I must have missed that. We saw the usual - Pack Square, the Thomas Wolfe house, etc. And Biltmore, of course, but we're not thinking of anything QUITE that big since it's just the two of us. :)
Call you names? Like what? Damnyankee?
Well, yes.
Shoot at you? Probably not. I've only shot at one yankee in my life and I purposely shot over his head. However, it had the desired effect.
Your "Lost Cause" persona is very entertaining. :)
Oconee County South Carolina is being hit pretty hard, too. The damnyankees found our lakes and the scalawags are selling it to them as fast as the yanks can write their checks.
Do you remember the TV commercial of the American Indian sadly gazing upon a polluted landscape as a tear forms in his eye?
Well, picture me, a poor redneck hillbilly, looking over the Southern landscape being transformed into yankeeville with a tear in his eye.
Do you still find it 'entertaining'?
I do guess there must yankee transplants since I saw a liberal girl in South Carolina! Oh well, it goes to show nothing's perfect. But I could get used to living in the South. ;-)
This is a familiar tune that is a problem along the coast as well. I am often reminded of a quote...
"For the new folks just arriving, the question is: Did you move here because of what this place is or did you move here because of your plan to change it? If you moved here because of what it is, are you changing it?" -Ernie Foster, Thoughts on Watching a Village Die
More melodramatic.
I haven't moved anywhere in my life with plans to change the place, and in fact I haven't done so. I don't see why the next move would be any different. However, it sounds like some would want to keep me from purchasing a place just because of where I'm from, which is kind of nutty.
(Just my 2c worth)
Bite me.
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