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re: Experts rank the SEC college towns
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:23 pm to Tornado Alley
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:23 pm to Tornado Alley
Born : Atlanta
Raised : Atlanta/Washington DC (NOVA)/Tri Cities TN
School : little private college in West Georgia for 1 year & Tuscaloosa
Work : Atlanta
Family all from the Black Belt in West Alabama.
Raised : Atlanta/Washington DC (NOVA)/Tri Cities TN
School : little private college in West Georgia for 1 year & Tuscaloosa
Work : Atlanta
Family all from the Black Belt in West Alabama.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:26 pm to piggilicious
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ugh- y'all can have your deep south distinction then, i am fine with not being included in that mess.
You won't hear me arguing that I'm from the Deep South, ever.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:27 pm to Numberwang
Ha I know, I don't really understand why people get offended when they aren't included.
My high school friends from East Tennessee used to get furious when I was say that the Tri-Cities weren't the South, they were Appalachia. Who cares? You are what ya are. It isn't like being Southern is some sort of magical badge of honor nationally, more the opposite.
My high school friends from East Tennessee used to get furious when I was say that the Tri-Cities weren't the South, they were Appalachia. Who cares? You are what ya are. It isn't like being Southern is some sort of magical badge of honor nationally, more the opposite.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:28 pm to Jobu93
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If you can't have fun in ANY college town, you're not doing it right.
Uh huh. Little wisdom dropped for the younguns.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:28 pm to Po Campo
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Why you laugh?
One of my favorite books
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This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:28 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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It isn't like being Southern is some sort of magical badge of honor nationally, more the opposite.
Very true.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:30 pm to cardboardboxer
I mean don't get me wrong, I love telling people I'm southern, but I don't really know why someone would beg to be recognized as that when they aren't. Though, when the alternate is Appalachian.....might make more sense.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:31 pm to piggilicious
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ugh- y'all can have your deep south distinction then, i am fine with not being included in that mess.
Yeah I could not give a single frick, and I know full well where I am from (Houston) and where I went to school (College Station) are definitely not part of the Deep South
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:31 pm to Pettifogger
Ahh, nice taste in literature.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:33 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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Yeah I could not give a single frick, and I know full well where I am from (Houston) and where I went to school (College Station) are definitely not part of the Deep South
It is all kind of moot with Texas anyway. I've never met someone from Texas (originally from Texas) that doesn't identify themselves as a Texan. If anyone from Texas says they are from "the South" then they are imposters clearly not from Texas. Am I right?
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:34 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Pretty much. You see confederate flags around, especially in East Texas like Longview/Carthage and shite, but they still see themselves as Texans above anything
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:35 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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Pretty much. You see confederate flags around, especially in East Texas like Longview/Carthage and shite, but they still see themselves as Texans above anything
I swear I see more Confederate flags in states that were not part of the Confederacy than I ever do in Alabama or Georgia. Quite frankly, I could count the number of times I saw a rebel flag sticker on car on one hand in the last 2-3 years in trips between Tuscaloosa/Birmingham and Atlanta. Makes me pretty happy to be honest.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:37 pm to SummerOfGeorge
See them regularly here in Phoenix.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:38 pm to phaz
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See them regularly here in Phoenix.
Is it an anarchy thing? I remember seeing tons during our drives through Idaho and Wyoming a few years back.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:38 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Ironically, I'd say the Tri-Cities are much further South than Knoxville. That's the one area of the East that was very confederate. Sullivan county was one of only a handful in E. TN that voted for secession/confederacy instead of being pro-Union. I don't think they were a part of East, TN's efforts to secede from Tennessee once the state voted to go with the confederacy either.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:39 pm to Prof
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Ironically, I'd say the Tri-Cities are much further South than Knoxville. That's the one area of the East that was very confederate. Sullivan county was one of only a handful in E. TN that voted for secession/confederacy instead of being pro-Union. I don't think they were apart of East, TN's efforts to secede from Tennessee once the state voted to go with the confederacy either.
If I remember correctly Sullivan did want to secede but Washington and the counties to the East (Johnson, Unicoi, Carter) voted to join the Free State of Franklin (or whatever the Civil War era name for it was - FSOF was the late 1700s attempt).
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
That and being overwhelmed with illegal aliens.
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