Cities generally have universities and people of a diversity of cultures. There are a lot of ways to learn the idea that there are differnt ways of doing things.
Contrast this with Livingston Texas where they go to Wal Mart for fun, and an afternoon at McDonald's constitutes high entertainment. Oh, and the library gets upset if you check out too many books. I kid you not. I remember one woman there telling me she would pray for my soul after she found out I was brought up a Catholic. My neighbors had wind chimes made out of Budweiser longnecks, and used to hang out at the bait shop drinking beer. Good people, *nice* people. But it was also in Livingston that they were going to burn down the local gynecologist's office because he was Hindu or Pakistani, I forget which. In Ottawa Ontario, which I would describe as a small city, my brother in law was very much against repealing the blue laws that made it illegal for stores to open on Sunday. Case in point of not being able to conceive of another way of doing things. In Martinsburg WV, my neighbors totally boggled at the idea that I was commuting into DC. It wasn't the distance (90 mi) as much as the fact that could not conceive of a job that did not involve running a cash register. In fact they kept telling me when these jobs came open... This doesn't mean that all small towns are like this. Leakey TX (pop 314) had quite a few people who had retired there for the scenery and was a fairly sophisticated place considering its size. Nor does it mean that you are a hick if you come from a small town. I spent several years in Ottawa when I was a kid and I don't think *I'm* a hick... Dana Dana Nick McClure writes: > That is any different that somebody from a big city high school? > > I don't want to go off on this tangent, I just don't like generalizations. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:05 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: well now > > > > I probably picked on Arkansas because I was thinking about Clinton. Could > > just as easily have said Idaho or North Dakota. And I am not disparaging > > any soldier, just making the point that if it *is* a swindle it is a > > pretty > > sophisticated swindle, so that makes me wonder about the review process, > > that's all. Someone just coming out of high school in some backwater might > > not have the mental furniture necessary to spot it, is all I am saying. > > > > By the way I have lived in a few small southern towns. St Mary's Georgia, > > Livingston Texas, Martinsburg West Virginia. And some small towns > > elsewhere > > -- Tecolote New Mexico, Leakey and Utopia in Texas, Bois Blanc Island in > > Michigan. Sault Ste Marie in Ontario is also pretty small. I like small > > towns. But they can be parochial at times. > > > > Dana > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
