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How do you view the South?

poweRob said:
I'm in New Mexico as well. Santa Fe.

I grew up in GA and spontaneously moved to AZ without ever having been there and all I could think of AZ at the time was what I gleened from Looney Toons' coyote & roadrunner episodes. Sand, rocks and cacti. I had not a clue.
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Im down in the SW part of the state near Silver City.
 
poweRob said:
I'm in New Mexico as well. Santa Fe.

I grew up in GA and spontaneously moved to AZ without ever having been there and all I could think of AZ at the time was what I gleened from Looney Toons' coyote & roadrunner episodes. Sand and rocks. I had not a clue.
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I live in Alabama, but I love the desert SW. I prefer the Flagstaff area to Phoenix. Too freaking hot.
 
jwzg said:
I live in Alabama, but I love the desert SW. I prefer the Flagstaff area to Phoenix. Too freaking hot.
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Phoenix is hell heat. I can't believe I survived 12 years of living in there. Flag is not hot at all. Flagstaff is a winter ski resort. They get damn cold there and lots of snow. It's about the same altitude as Santa Fe here (also a ski resort town) which is about 1,000 feet higher than Denver and their famed (and departed) "Mile High" stadium.
 
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jwzg said:
I'm a Christian, and don't mind caricatures. However, I'd be uncomfortable watching more than that.

Do you believe in a higher being? (Serious question, btw)
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No I do not but unlike most people I try to learn about all religions including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, etc.
 
We race in the south a couple times a year and I have to say that the southerners I have met are always very polite and very helpful. Much more so than where I live. They are a trusting people with strong beliefs. Where I am from people won't even wave or say hi when you pass them on the sidewalk. I prefer the weather in the south even the humidity. I like to be around laid back people and fit in great with most of the southerners I have met. They do tend to give jabs about the weird way I talk but it's all in fun. Politically I see eye to eye with most I have met. They want the gov out of the way and people to be responsible for themselves. I have experienced no more racism there than up north. Some of the best engineers I have met have been from the south. This is just my personal experience and may not be the norm. Maybe I just hang with a better class of southerner. :)
 
poweRob said:
Phoenix is hell heat. I can't believe I survived 12 years of living in there. Flag is not hot at all. Flagstaff is a winter ski resort. They get damn cold there and lots of snow. It's about the same altitude as Santa Fe here (also a ski resort town) which is about 1,000 feet higher than Denver and their famed (and departed) "Mile High" stadium.
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It's cool in the summer. I can only imagine the winter. I like Santa Fe too, but have only been through there once. I've been to Flagstaff 4 or 5 times. Awesome town!
 
poweRob said:
Phoenix is hell heat. I can't believe I survived 12 years of living in there. Flag is not hot at all. Flagstaff is a winter ski resort. They get damn cold there and lots of snow. It's about the same altitude as Santa Fe here (also a ski resort town) which is about 1,000 feet higher than Denver and their famed (and departed) "Mile High" stadium.
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Where in the hell was the heat last weekend? I was in Tucson for 4 days and it was 29 most of the time! I am not coming back until you guys get rid of the cold. I can get that where I live.
 
Dirt Racer said:
We race in the south a couple times a year and I have to say that the southerners I have met are always very polite and very helpful. Much more so than where I live. They are a trusting people with strong beliefs. Where I am from people won't even wave or say hi when you pass them on the sidewalk. I prefer the weather in the south even the humidity. I like to be around laid back people and fit in great with most of the southerners I have met. They do tend to give jabs about the weird way I talk but it's all in fun. Politically I see eye to eye with most I have met. They want the gov out of the way and people to be responsible for themselves. I have experienced no more racism there than up north. Some of the best engineers I have met have been from the south. This is just my personal experience and may not be the norm. Maybe I just hang with a better class of southerner. :)
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Hey as long as you ar spending your money we love ya...xoxoxoxo
 
0bserver92 said:
No I do not but unlike most people I try to learn about all religions including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, etc.
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They all have some things in common.

As a southerner, it's pretty easy to generalize religion in the south, because you've never seen so many people who think that their particular understanding of what scripture says about "x" issue is the difference between heaven and hell. I try to be open and if someone is searching, I try to be helpful.

As for politics, some think that the US is the God ordained defender of Israel and that being a Dem means you're the devil. It's hard for ALL of us to draw the line between philosophical disagreements and war. It seems particularly hard for Christians, especially down south, to draw the line between their religion and politics.

Did I gather you are from Canada?
 
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winston53660 said:
Hey as long as you ar spending your money we love ya...xoxoxoxo
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I have no problems spending my hard earned money in a place that has such good people. In fact we will be heading that way next month for 10 days.
 
poweRob said:
I'm starting this thread based on a conversation I was getting into off-topic style in another forum on this site so I'd like to foster a conversation on this topic as to what you think of the South, Southerners and all that with regards to politics of course. What do you think of them? Why do you suppose they vote they way they do?... and so on.

Backstory:

I don't live in the South right now but I grew up in small town Georgia and I have my own views on this that I'll be weighing in with on this thread. I think views are so wrong and skewed and I'm hoping to get a good conversation on this without ridiculous crap like "they are stupid" "no you are stupid" back and forth's happening. :finger's crossed:
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Pretty realistically. Like anywhere else, taking the good with the bad as well as looking at the contributions the culture, economies and businesses in the region bring to the table. After a lifetime (half spent in the south) of traveling and working in the big wide world, I must admit I do cleave to one "stereotype" that without question has always been true. Southern hospitality and manners are why people think the same is lacking to the north.;)

When I was a kid a popular bumper sticker was will the last person out of Michigan please turn out the lights?
 
Dirt Racer said:
I have no problems spending my hard earned money in a place that has such good people. In fact we will be heading that way next month for 10 days.
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Bring it on;)

Yankees treat ya sweet too when you are spending money. Both hate carpet bagger types though.
 
The ozark mountain area where jesse james hung out was a beautufl place many years ago.

I don't know ifit still is. Anybody live there?
 
Dirt Racer said:
Look for the big white truck and trailer! Heading to a dirt track near you!
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Oh... the famed "yankee white truck and trailer" bit huh? We ain't never seen one of us get a truck and trailer painted all white and stuff down here.

Bike or car racing?
 
poweRob said:
Oh... the famed "yankee white truck and trailer" bit huh? We ain't never seen one of us get a truck and trailer painted all white and stuff down here.

Bike or car racing?
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Cars. Mines not painted! lol
 
An area that ought to have been indentured for a period of time (say, fifty years) after the Civil War, to better acclimate them to industrial capitalism.
 
New Orleans> Saints and sinners.
West Virginia> Almost heaven, almost hell.
Florida> Too many seniles.
Kentucky> crystal meth capital of the US
New England> People who talk funny and Tom Brady
South Caraloina> Lusty politicians.
California> Where everything begins and ends.
 
Einzige said:
An area that ought to have been indentured for a period of time (say, fifty years) after the Civil War, to better acclimate them to industrial capitalism.
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OH that makes sense...fight a war to abolish slavery then enslave the conquered...:lamo
 
I think a good way to define the south is with the appropriately named southern strategy - an election strategy that appeals to racial tensions.
 
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