Appalachia
- djm
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Re: Appalachia
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
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Re: Appalachia
well, geo-ficially ( hey! new word alert! ) sure,
but realistically, what someone from Binghamton NY has in common culturally with someone from east-central Mississppi seems to me to be a very small subset.
I defnintely wouldnt include any of NY, and "blue-out" at least half of the PA portion.
Maybe I'd better tune in anyway.
but realistically, what someone from Binghamton NY has in common culturally with someone from east-central Mississppi seems to me to be a very small subset.
I defnintely wouldnt include any of NY, and "blue-out" at least half of the PA portion.
Maybe I'd better tune in anyway.
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Hey, I resemble that remark.CHasR wrote:but realistically, what someone from Binghamton NY has in common culturally with someone from east-central Mississppi seems to me to be a very small subset.
I defnintely wouldnt include any of NY, and "blue-out" at least half of the PA portion.
Actually, those boundaries are drawn by the federal government to define Appalachia in a socioeconomic sense, rather than a geologic sense. And I can assure you that the Binghamton area has the look and feel and general impoverishment of Appalachia proper. So does much of western PA. The only difference between northwest PA and West Virginia is the amount of snow.
Around about 2004, online marketers began to target banner ads to your computer's location. I remember the first time this happened to me because I saw a banner ad for "hot singles in Binghamton," the ad showing profile pictures of alleged local members of their dating network. Given the three-toothed nature of Broom County, the ad was an obvious fabrication. So we followed the link to see what the local profile pictures really looked like from our area. There was basically one person, a lady from Apalachin, about the dimensions of a refrigerator, whose profile picture was a blurry image of her shifting through the woods as if some cryptozoologist just caught her on film. I think she had an eyepatch and a wooden leg.
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Re: Appalachia
Been a few year since I heard that one..
Forgot how good it is.
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The first episode was very interesting. I sure didn't realize that us having so many different plants was kinda unique. I loved the comments from folks saying the mountains enfold us, like a big hug and we feel safe. That's the way I feel, love my mountains.
that's a good one! as is dueling banjos.Caj wrote:I think she had an eyepatch and a wooden leg.
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Yep, my Grandfather was from WV and settled in Gallipolis Ohio and eventually moved to Cincinnati to get a job.missy wrote:It was specifically calling out "groups" that it would be illegal to discriminate against. The usual - African Americans, Gays and Lesbians, Handicap. But another group was "Appalachians" - because there are many living here that are from that area.
Since my ex's mom was born in Harburley KY, and the ordinance stated it would apply to anyone 1/4 of the group, my kids would have become a legal minority status.
Of course, since Tom was born in Parkersburg WV, he's also Appalachian.
1/4 of the group?, better watch out when they start that blood quantum stuff. Ask any Native Americans.
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Yeah - well, I'm sure I don't have to tell you, Daniel, about the intelligence level of Cincinnati's city council.....
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You know cowtime, the mountains here are different from the rolling hills where I grew up. Sometimes I feel so trapped in and just want to see an expansive view already. Don't you ever get tired of just seeing the other mountainside?
edited to add: My neighborhood is on a big flat piece of land that gets unobstructed sun. We don't have view but at least we have sun.
edited to add: My neighborhood is on a big flat piece of land that gets unobstructed sun. We don't have view but at least we have sun.
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Re: Appalachia
Driving cross country with a friend from Asheville NC, I recall him saying that he hated a driving through New Mexico because it was just so flat. When we got to North Carolina I could understand where he was coming from, I have never been to a place where you were either driving up a hill or down one. Seemed frustrating and claustrophobic to me but it was home to him. Strange what we get use to. Living in Georgia, I missed snow, thinking that the leafless trees and baron red dirt was gloomy.
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Granted a small part of New Mexico is flat, but nothing compares to KansasI.D.10-t wrote:Driving cross country with a friend from Asheville NC, I recall him saying that he hated a driving through New Mexico because it was just so flat. When we got to North Carolina I could understand where he was coming from, I have never been to a place where you were either driving up a hill or down one. Seemed frustrating and claustrophobic to me but it was home to him. Strange what we get use to. Living in Georgia, I missed snow, thinking that the leafless trees and baron red dirt was gloomy.
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Yep. Them's my roots.mutepointe wrote:This is the Appalachian Region folks.
The Virginny part.
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The summit of Mount Sunflower, the highest spot in Kansas.dwest wrote:Granted a small part of New Mexico is flat, but nothing compares to KansasI.D.10-t wrote:Driving cross country with a friend from Asheville NC, I recall him saying that he hated a driving through New Mexico because it was just so flat. When we got to North Carolina I could understand where he was coming from, I have never been to a place where you were either driving up a hill or down one. Seemed frustrating and claustrophobic to me but it was home to him. Strange what we get use to. Living in Georgia, I missed snow, thinking that the leafless trees and baron red dirt was gloomy.
At 4039 feet above sea level, it is higher than most of the Appalachians.
Although there are fewer people in western Kansas than there are in the Appalachian region, the 2000 census reported there are still more teeth, even if you leave out the cows and pigs and lost Coloradans.
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You must be deep deep in the coalfields if all you are seeing is another mountainside. I've got great views where I am. But, I do know spots where you feel like you are down in a hole(because you are), fortunately that's not where I live. We don't have so many rolling hills, but we do have our mountains, just space in between.mutepointe wrote:You know cowtime, the mountains here are different from the rolling hills where I grew up. Sometimes I feel so trapped in and just want to see an expansive view already. Don't you ever get tired of just seeing the other mountainside?
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Re: Appalachia
Shannon and I play that one on our fiddles....minus much of the fancy stuff. But it was the first thing we learned to play together. Cool stuff
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