it's way too easy to jerk your chain

4/18/2006 6:19:42 PM

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"You can talk to someone on the street and they're less likely to shoot at you here than say, New York."

Last time I checked NYC was pretty damn safe compared to plenty of places in the south.

More murders occur per 100,000 ppl in Charleston, SC than they do in NYC.

Regarding this thread, all in all it just depends who you meet, and nothing more.

4/19/2006 1:51:26 PM

Yeah the murder rate in NY has really gone down in the last decade or so. It is actually much safer than a lot of cities.

Funny thing is I know some New Yorkers that dislike that fact, because they like to pretend that they are "New York tough guys" and their city is soooo much harder and more dangerous to live than other places.

4/19/2006 1:58:17 PM

^ gangsta italian dudes

4/19/2006 5:46:26 PM

Guidos

4/19/2006 7:12:19 PM

Raleigh is not a very typical southern town. There are three universities nearby with a population of folks from all over. Ask someone from somewhere else in the state and they will tell you that is is much different here than else where. I find in smaller towns in general people are kinder, and since the south is more rural it has the reputation of being more hospitable.

4/19/2006 7:48:34 PM

^absolutely...

4/19/2006 7:59:28 PM

well southerners are actually extremely friendly...

unless you're gay or black or mexican or rich or intelligent or unholy or alive. Then they are not. But as they're lynching you for being something they're not, they will ask if you liked the sweet tea and enjoyed the dolly parton singalong.

4/19/2006 8:11:24 PM

more rural than what?

a small part of the country, nowhere near the whole thing

at least not NC

4/19/2006 8:13:25 PM

ummm... lets all take a minute to think about how intelligent we are by spending our time writing in stupid forums... no matter where we have come from...

4/19/2006 8:47:20 PM

are you saying you arent intelligent?

i think thats what youre saying

4/19/2006 8:52:11 PM

i could be doing drugs and robbing your grandmother.

instead im posting here

4/19/2006 8:53:18 PM

^^ yes and you too

4/19/2006 8:54:19 PM

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"compared to asshole yankees we are nicer and more hospitable."

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"Why do people in the north think they are more intelligent? And why do they think that tea tastes good with no sugar?"

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"and my parents tried to get me to do my ma'ams and sirs, but it didn't work,"

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"me too, but oddly enough some where along the line I started saying it, and now its gotten to be more habit than politeness."

haha yea that happened to me too

4/19/2006 8:54:21 PM

i'm in indiana right now. a ordered a bagel in the campus library the other day. the lady said i was the first person who'd ever said "please" to her when ordering. i told her i was from the south and she understood.

that might not all be regional, though; it might be generational too. the up and coming crop of kids has a sense of entitlement like a mofo.

4/19/2006 9:10:04 PM

You insult southern customs when you're already conforming in the south, set yourself up for checkmate there.

4/19/2006 9:13:36 PM

yeah people in indiana are crazy

most of them dont even speak english

4/19/2006 9:17:34 PM

the folks in seattle are really nice. a lot nicer than folks around here (NC)

4/20/2006 10:47:13 AM