Not exactly. With the exception of the area around Blairsville, the mountains of north Georgia have always been prosperous and more like the Catskills than Appalachia - vacation homes for the wealthy, or workers for the carpet or tourist industries. The gold rush in Georgia preceded the one in California, and made a lot of people wealthy. The southern part of the state with the economy based mostly on farming and pulpwood, has always been more improvised than the mountains.
I spent the first 50 years of my life mostly in the south and never experienced the "Appalachian lifestyle" until I took a trip up Highway 29 into Virginia in the mid 70s. We didn't have that kind of poor in Georgia. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its all the same - Appalachia. In fact the Appalachian region nearly > became its own state around 1800. Google State of Franklin some time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345342 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
