Is that big rocking chair still around North of Kokomo?
I "think" it's still up there by Grissom.
Is that big rocking chair still around North of Kokomo?
Raised in a town of less than 200 people and graduated high school in a class of 68 students.Spoken like a true Urban Dweller with not a clue.
Using income standards from NYC why wouldn't lots of rural folks qualify? Fatherless children are not exclusive to the urban environment. And what the heck is the correlation of fed assistance to independent minded people? Are you saying all rural folks are on assistance?Raised in a town of less than 200 people and graduated high school in a class of 68 students.
You can thump your chest all you want about how living in the sticks makes you "independent," but you'd best pull up some stats on where federal assistance dollars go before you sprain a muscle patting yourself on the back. I guarantee you that there are plenty of EBT cards and WIC babies in rural counties all across this nation.
Some of us can see past the end of our own noses. It's not me who doesn't have a clue.
Raised in a town of less than 200 people and graduated high school in a class of 68 students.
You can thump your chest all you want about how living in the sticks makes you "independent," but you'd best pull up some stats on where federal assistance dollars go before you sprain a muscle patting yourself on the back. I guarantee you that there are plenty of EBT cards and WIC babies in rural counties all across this nation.
Some of us can see past the end of our own noses. It's not me who doesn't have a clue.
You guys are just talking past each other. Might as well just drop it.Using income standards from NYC why wouldn't lots of rural folks qualify? Fatherless children are not exclusive to the urban environment. And what the heck is the correlation of fed assistance to independent minded people? Are you saying all rural folks are on assistance?
Yes, that's exactly what I said. All rural folks are on assistance.Using income standards from NYC why wouldn't lots of rural folks qualify? Fatherless children are not exclusive to the urban environment. And what the heck is the correlation of fed assistance to independent minded people? Are you saying all rural folks are on assistance?
Then why change the subject to assistance and say the independent nature I express rural areas have more than urban areas is nonexistent?Yes, that's exactly what I said. All rural folks are on assistance.
NYC income levels literally have zero to do with anything.
And yes, those on food stamps/federal assistance should not brag too much about how "independent" they are.
Seems self-evident to me, but maybe chopping wood and owning a boat cancels out welfare in some people's minds.
It's not a change of subject. One cannot be "independent" if they are receiving government assistance, regardless of whether they happen to grow some food or chop wood. They are, by the very definition of the word, dependent. And there is plenty of government assistance flowing into rural areas. Thus your characterization of rural folks being "independent" while "urban dwellers" are somehow wholly dependent is misleading at best.Then why change the subject to assistance and say the independent nature I express rural areas have more than urban areas is nonexistent?
Maybe you have been to long gone from the roots you claim? I live and work straddle the urban and rural divide. I see it every day.
Traveled both a lot.How about if I view it from Brownburg, IN?
I've traveled all over S. IL and IMO, the south starts in Illinois south of I74. The accents change, the look changes, the people change.
In Indiana I would say it's south of I70 from Ohio and south of I74 west of Indy.
One of the best compliments I have ever gotten was when a female manager from SC called me a N***** lover, I said Thank you.I was actually called a barbaric cave dweller not long ago. By a dip **** in skinny jeans, black fingernail polish, under eye shadow and a bun on top of his skinny head.
My reaction surprised even me. I let him walk away under his own power. Its a waste of energy to even attempt to confront these human turd sticks.
Of course you are. You were born with racism.One of the best compliments I have ever gotten was when a female manager from SC called me a N***** lover, I said Thank you.
Now, I understand I am a racist????
You are equating Yankeedom with the NE's big cities rather than the more rural areas.Michigan far from "Yankeedom", eliminate a few square miles of concentrated idiocracy and we are as conservative as it gets.
What book?You are equating Yankeedom with the NE's big cities rather than the more rural areas.
Michigan and WI share far more with those areas than they do with rural areas of the south for example.
The map came from a book I read. Has much to do with who settled areas and how that process tends to ingrain certain attitudes and beliefs.
Man can you say man except Yankee is a state of mind.You are equating Yankeedom with the NE's big cities rather than the more rural areas.
Michigan and WI share far more with those areas than they do with rural areas of the south for example.
The map came from a book I read. Has much to do with who settled areas and how that process tends to ingrain certain attitudes and beliefs.
I-65 south of Gary to Indianapolis, before covid, should scare the crap out of anyone. Best not to eat donuts before heading off.I've never met anyone who cannot go on an elevator without assistance, and I've lived in Marion county since 1995. I have met some slack-jawed yokels from the donut counties that were scared to drive on I-465, though.
Everyone is dependent on other people for something. The idea that "urban dwellers" (whatever the **** that means) are somehow helpless while the small towns and trailer parks of rural Indiana are filled with bootstrap pulling rugged individualists is so absurd as to be hilarious.
Have you ever been outside?
Maps like that almost always are simplistic. Did you see what it calls "midlands"? Culturally and politically, Iowa has way more in common with MN than OntarioYou are equating Yankeedom with the NE's big cities rather than the more rural areas.
Michigan and WI share far more with those areas than they do with rural areas of the south for example.
The map came from a book I read. Has much to do with who settled areas and how that process tends to ingrain certain attitudes and beliefs.
redneck and proud.Sounds like problem with hillbillies? Hmmm you might be chatting with one. Just saying
If you called a black man the N word there prob would be trouble if you wasn’t a black man !? But if you called a hillbilly a hillbilly you would prob get “damn straight and proud of it. “ so there is a difference . And same if a black man called a hillbilly a hillbilly “ damn straight & proud of it . “ or maybe just a smileSince some blacks seem to have no problem using the N word every 30 seconds it carries little weight with me. I can't remember ever calling anyone a hillbilly, maybe it's worse?
When I lived in Davenport Iowa, the joke was if the northern half of Iowa became part of Minnesota, the average IQ of both states would be increased.Maps like that almost always are simplistic. Did you see what it calls "midlands"? Culturally and politically, Iowa has way more in common with MN than Ontario
“American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America.”What book?