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re: Anybody else LOVE their SEC team but really despise the state as a whole?
Posted on 7/14/18 at 2:30 pm to Kentucker
Posted on 7/14/18 at 2:30 pm to Kentucker
I never knew KY had issues like that but I wouldn’t advise coming as far south as Louisiana. Just head down to TN. Middle TN in particular. That’s a destination I have in mind for us
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Posted on 7/14/18 at 3:43 pm to OKTGR580
I fricking love Alabama, beautiful state. Many of the residents however are a different story. Don't get me wrong there are a lot of amazing people here, but at the same time we were an arse-hair away from sending fricking Roy Moore to DC just because he has an R by his name and said he loves Jesus. The amount of ignorance is staggering.
I've lived and worked out of state before, but Alabama is home. But of course I'm aware that my opinion as a native of the Birmingham area and the only other part of the state I've lived in being Auburn is probably a lot more positive than those from rural areas. Most of the rural towns in the state suck terribly and I don't blame people who grew up in places like that for not liking Alabama.
I've lived and worked out of state before, but Alabama is home. But of course I'm aware that my opinion as a native of the Birmingham area and the only other part of the state I've lived in being Auburn is probably a lot more positive than those from rural areas. Most of the rural towns in the state suck terribly and I don't blame people who grew up in places like that for not liking Alabama.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 4:42 pm to OKTGR580
Yeah... I love the Hogs but really hate Louisiana too.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 4:59 pm to OKTGR580
Alabama has its faults for sure. The productive, self sufficient people of this state are some of the nicest folks in the world. We have lots of trash though
Posted on 7/14/18 at 5:03 pm to BowlJackson
Take all the Roy Moore voters out of this state and youd have a third world situation.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 5:14 pm to bamafan1001
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Take all the Roy Moore voters out of this state and youd have a third world situation.
Getting rid of all the trailer trash and meth heads would have the opposite effect
Posted on 7/14/18 at 5:21 pm to OKTGR580
Love the Gamecocks and love South Carolina. Only exception is one tiny little area in the upstate but it's easy to avoid that village.
Beautiful coast, Charleston, Beaufort, all of the history...wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Beautiful coast, Charleston, Beaufort, all of the history...wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 5:25 pm to BowlJackson
Agree with all of that.
I grew up in Bham, went to AU, then Atl right after. Spent most of past 15 years in south Florida, but also few in Houston and Atl.
Alabama is a very pretty state. Grew up camping, rappelling, fishing, going to the beach (where my parents moved as soon as I graduated), etc. Know Alabama from North to South it's small towns, cities, etc. Its a nice place to grow up but frankly not so much to spend your life.
And it has a lot of great peeps. But frick, it supports Donald Trump and child molesters. It has a lot of assbackwards people who are afraid to look in the mirror and be honest. They dont want to admit that they are pissed at the man in the mirror and want someone to blame. Like immigrants, black people, liberals, coastal elites, etc.
I just had enough of that bullshite. It's an embarrassment to me though I am proud of many other aspects of the state and its peeps.
I grew up in Bham, went to AU, then Atl right after. Spent most of past 15 years in south Florida, but also few in Houston and Atl.
Alabama is a very pretty state. Grew up camping, rappelling, fishing, going to the beach (where my parents moved as soon as I graduated), etc. Know Alabama from North to South it's small towns, cities, etc. Its a nice place to grow up but frankly not so much to spend your life.
And it has a lot of great peeps. But frick, it supports Donald Trump and child molesters. It has a lot of assbackwards people who are afraid to look in the mirror and be honest. They dont want to admit that they are pissed at the man in the mirror and want someone to blame. Like immigrants, black people, liberals, coastal elites, etc.
I just had enough of that bullshite. It's an embarrassment to me though I am proud of many other aspects of the state and its peeps.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 5:59 pm to OKTGR580
Kentucky overall is an underrated state. Lots of beautiful scenery, especially in the bluegrass region and western Kentucky.
Northern Kentucky is really nice as well. Eastern Kentucky is meth capital of the world.
I love parts of my state, not not all of it at all.
Northern Kentucky is really nice as well. Eastern Kentucky is meth capital of the world.
I love parts of my state, not not all of it at all.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 7:37 pm to OKTGR580
I don't despise Alabama but I wouldn't live there again. The weather is not for me, to put it mildly. The scenery is mostly meh and there just isn't a lot of what I like to do. Politics are often flat-out embarrassing.
I realize those are totally subjective and that plenty of people love it. It's just not for me.
I realize those are totally subjective and that plenty of people love it. It's just not for me.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:01 pm to OKTGR580
Yes. I only go back to Bama to visit family and go to football games. Most of the state is trash. You could not pay me to move back.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:30 pm to OKTGR580
I'm rather fond of Arkansas as a state but I will be the first to say the delta region is in horrible shape. Its the land that prosperity forgot. Just soul crushing poverty.
Most of Little Rock isn't bad. Most of the Western half the state is very nice. NW Arkansas kicks all kinds of arse. But somewhere around a third of the state is in horribly dire shape.
Most of Little Rock isn't bad. Most of the Western half the state is very nice. NW Arkansas kicks all kinds of arse. But somewhere around a third of the state is in horribly dire shape.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 10:40 pm to pvilleguru
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The three on the west coast are nice.
Explains much about your political beliefs.
I've lived in Modesto Ca,St Augustine,NJ and Atanta and
I really never "hated" any of those places.It was almost impossible to have a middle class existence in NJ or CA though...means next to nothing to pull a 6 figure salary in and would never move back to either.
This post was edited on 7/14/18 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 7/15/18 at 6:20 am to RD Dawg
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Explains much about your political beliefs.
At least I'd be able to walk to the car without sweating. The weather in the southeast sucks arse. I'm also not worried about money. I'm a civil engineer, so I can find an ok job. I never want to have kids, so it'll be easier to keep that money. Access to more music out there. It's tough to find anything in Alabama that isn't classic rock, gospel, or country. Etc., etc.
But yes, my politics are closer to those on the west coast than to the southeast. But that barely comes to mind compared to other reasons.
This post was edited on 7/15/18 at 6:23 am
Posted on 7/15/18 at 9:58 am to OKTGR580
No.
Tennessee is the shite.
Tennessee is the shite.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 10:37 am to pvilleguru
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The weather in the southeast sucks as
Agreed 100%. I'd trade it for almost anywhere.
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I'm a civil engineer, so I can find an ok job
Very true.
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I never want to have kids, so it'll be easier to keep that mon
Well, true, but that's completely irrelevant to location.
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Access to more music out there. It's tough to find anything in Alabama that isn't classic rock, gospel, or country. Etc., etc.
What? What kind of music don't you have "access" to? This statement seems dumb.
This post was edited on 7/15/18 at 10:46 am
Posted on 7/15/18 at 10:49 am to Evolved Simian
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What? What kind of music don't you have "access" to? This statement seems dumb.
Yeah I don’t get that either
Posted on 7/15/18 at 2:21 pm to 1BamaRTR
I'm assuming he means live music and I'm still baffled. Birmingham has a great music scene, and if you wait long enough then just about any act you could ever want to see will come through town eventually.
And I know that Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Mobile/ Gulf Shores all have solid music scenes and get some big acts too.
And I know that Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Mobile/ Gulf Shores all have solid music scenes and get some big acts too.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 2:22 pm to BowlJackson
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Getting rid of all the trailer trash and meth heads would have the opposite effect
You think there are 650k meth heads and trailer trash in Alabama. Id bet you anything that upper and middle class whites overwhelmingly voted for Moore over Jones
Posted on 7/15/18 at 2:53 pm to BowlJackson
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And I know that Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Mobile/ Gulf Shores all have solid music scenes and get some big acts too.
And if the big acts, for whatever reason, don't hit those towns then one of Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, or Atlanta are in easy driving range for pretty much anywhere in the South.
There are reasons to dislike the South, and to love it, but lack of a music scene isn't one of them unless you are bemoaning the lack of polka music.
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