North vs South

[bpike]

My dad and I were talking over the weekend and a few things were brought up.

You can go any where in the USA and almost everyone will know what the Texas flag looks like. Now take another flag from another state and do the same thing...hardly anyone will know what other states flags are.
Also, poeople in Texas love to own land. You go to big cities and a lot of people pride themselves on their condo or their house built 20 feet (at most) next to the house on either side of them. Us Texans love to be spread out and have the land to call out own.

My house sits on 3 acres and the other houses in my neighborhood all sit on 1 acre. I've had friends from up north who have visited me and are just amazed at the size of my yard.

[AustinBoston]

I've had friends from up north who have visited me and are just amazed at the size of my yard.

I've had the same thing...friends visit from up north (i.e. neighbors) and they are just amazed at the size of my yard.

But a big part of those huge lot sizes in Texas is the value of land.  When it's not worth much (or when you bought it a long time ago), you can own a lot.

My one acre in suburban Twin Cities is worth over 100K; I have interest in property in Massachusetts (equivalent to 1/4 acre) that should be worth at least twice that.  That piece of land is what is left of what was once a 1500 acre farm that was purchased about 1832 for less than $800.

Austin

[wavery]

Yes, the new one is out! Brand new edition of... "You know you're a redneck when......
 
1. You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree.
2. You can entertain yourself for more than 15 minutes with a fly swatter.
3. Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years.
4. You burn your yard rather than mow it.
5. You think "The Nutcracker" is a vice on the work bench .
6. The Salvation Army declines your furniture.
7. You offer to give someone the shirt off your back and they don't want it.
8. You have the local taxidermist on speed dial.
9. You come back from the dump with more than you took.
10. You keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table.
11. Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.
12. Your grandmother has "ammo" on her Christmas list.
13. You keep flea and tick soap in the shower.
14. You've been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.
15. You go to the stock car races and don't need a program.
16. You know how many bales of hay your car will hold.
17. You have a rag for a gas cap.
18. Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.
19. You wonder how service stations keep their restroom's so clean ?
20. You can spit without opening your mouth.
21. You consider your license plate personalized because your father made it
22. Your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.
23. You have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say "Cool Whip" on the side.
24. The biggest city you've ever been to is Wal-Mart.
25. Your working TV sits on top of your non-working TV.
26. You've used your ironing board as a buffet table.
27. A tornado hits your neighborhood and does $100,000 worth of improvements.
28. You've used a toilet brush to scratch your back.
29. You missed your 5 th grade graduation because you were on jury duty.
30. You think fast food is hitting a deer at 65.

[bpike]

Label Me Red!!! :w

#13
#15
#20

Yee Haw :-()  :!  :#

[McCampers]

My favorite is #12.
My all time favorite is

You might be a redneck if you've ever gone to a family reunion to pick up chicks.

[AustinBoston]

I've done too much genealogy.  One "branch" of the family tree definitely does not fork...and they're all Massachusetts Yankees!  :yikes:

Austin

[beacher]

I've lived in the south 17 years and counting.  I will tell you.  You must embrace not only the dialect, but also, the way of life to be one of them.  You have to take the time to know them and why they talk the way they do and why they eat what they eat.  
Mostly it is about poverty, family, and pride.  All of which are good in moderation.  I laugh at the rusted out old car sitting in the front yard too. I've learned that the car belongs to them title clear and, guess what, most of the time the land it is sitting on does too.  Both of which have been in the family for longer than you or I have ever lived in one place.  They can tell you stories about that car from the day their grandaddy bought it right up till the last time it ran.
Most of these people can trace their ancestors all the way back to the revolutionary war and never leave the cemetary by the church where they were baptized and, where they will be buried right along with the family.  

There is something to be said for that.  Not sure what but, something.  The south is a wonderful place full of stories and great weather.  All of this and so much more make it the best place to camp.

Man, I watched Deliverance on cable last month, and I could swear I heard banjos playing as I read that!





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[beacher]

....
My house sits on 3 acres and the other houses in my neighborhood all sit on 1 acre.  I've had friends from up north who have visited me and are just amazed at the size of my yard.

The exact same thing happend to me when I purchased my first house in Long Beach!  The entire lot measured 50' x 50' with an 810 sq.ft. house!   What a bargain!!


.This is on the same street but has a lot TWICE as BIG!!



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[mjdfarm]

You people- especially from the LEFT coast sure like to make fun of southern people and the way we think.  I just cant figure out why you keep moving here.  It used to be nice to live here but lately I have been thinking about moving north.  I figure it has to be just about emptied out up there judging by all the yankees that have moved in around me.

By the way there are rednecks in every state.  Just listen to a Country Boy Can Survive....(Hank Williams Jr.)

Never been north of Georgia and proud of it!!!

[Nemesis56]

You forgot "fixin".
"Fixin" is not repairing something, it's gettin' ready to do something.  
I'm fixin to head out for my campin' trip!

or "Fixin to git redy"...

[Greg Ellis]

Sheri Clarice go get my gun...hang on ya'll, I got something to show ya.  oopps....be back shortly, the CB is saying somebody's in a ditch....guess they was going to the store causin it was predicting snow....catch ya'll later...(smile)

[SPXTrader]

Wavery, you forgot one.

You know you're a redneck when your kids shirt sizes are 5-10-5.

Also, having some Kentucky roots, and I use the term roots with tongue in cheek, we don't have a family tree...it's more like a vine - grows in one direction only.

But that 300 acres in that beautiful Kentucky horse land keeps callin me to move!

[Nemesis56]

Wavery, you forgot one.

You know you're a redneck when your kids shirt sizes are 5-10-5.

Also, having some Kentucky roots, and I use the term roots with tongue in cheek, we don't have a family tree...it's more like a vine - grows in one direction only.

But that 300 acres in that beautiful Kentucky horse land keeps callin me to move!

Family originally from Eastern Kentucky.  Not really a family tree...more like a family broomstick.

[AustinBoston]

Family originally from Eastern Kentucky.  Not really a family tree...more like a family broomstick.

Ah, so does that make me a southerner?  I've got so many cousins hitchin' up wit cousins in the family "tree" to make yer head spin...oh, and now that both our parents are gone, we've recon'd that Phil is only a half-brother.  Nobody knows who his father really is...

Austin