Camden, Maine. I have a lot of family in that area and lived there for a few years when I first got married. Small town, but with all the arts and culture you can stomach.
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: small towns, was Re: well now > > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
