Why do we keep putting up with the South? (1 Viewer)

[Politician Spock]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

I'd draft Washington DC and then tax the #### out of NY.

 

[Otis]

I had Thanksgiving in Georgia once. We ate a pretty crappy meal and then all went out back with grandma and shot shotguns, handguns, rifles, and AK-47s at a pile of stuff. pew pew, pew pew! It was rad.

Congratulations on making friends with the only family in Georgia that doesn't have a decent cook.

Is this another slavery joke?

Remember when you guys liked slavery so much you fought your countrymen to defend it?

Yeah, that's a side I want to align with.

Remind us: is this the same slavery which delivered humans in northern ships, insured it out of New England, financed by northern banks, manufactured by northern mills, which provided clothes bought by northern merchants, and shipped out all over again on the end by northern shipping companies? That slavery?

So you're blaming the British now?

 

[Christo]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

Did you just close out your own thread?

 

[Otis]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

I'd draft Washington DC and then tax the #### out of NY.

Funny you mention DC, because I struggle with it. It feels like it should be in the North, but I suppose technically speaking it may fall in the South?

It's just monuments and old white guys anyway, so it doesn't really matter, but what's the ruling on that?

 

[Otis]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

 

[Otis]

Guys, we need a few more bodies, so let's see if our little brothers will play.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I had Thanksgiving in Georgia once. We ate a pretty crappy meal and then all went out back with grandma and shot shotguns, handguns, rifles, and AK-47s at a pile of stuff. pew pew, pew pew! It was rad.

Congratulations on making friends with the only family in Georgia that doesn't have a decent cook.

Is this another slavery joke?

Remember when you guys liked slavery so much you fought your countrymen to defend it?

Yeah, that's a side I want to align with.

Remind us: is this the same slavery which delivered humans in northern ships, insured it out of New England, financed by northern banks, manufactured by northern mills, which provided clothes bought by northern merchants, and shipped out all over again on the end by northern shipping companies? That slavery?

So you're blaming the British now?

No. That was purely Northern US America. You know, the old school Yankees.

 

[Otis]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

Did you just close out your own thread?

No, I doubled down on it, brah.*

*it was never my thread

 

[Otis]

I had Thanksgiving in Georgia once. We ate a pretty crappy meal and then all went out back with grandma and shot shotguns, handguns, rifles, and AK-47s at a pile of stuff. pew pew, pew pew! It was rad.

Congratulations on making friends with the only family in Georgia that doesn't have a decent cook.

Is this another slavery joke?

Remember when you guys liked slavery so much you fought your countrymen to defend it?

Yeah, that's a side I want to align with.

Remind us: is this the same slavery which delivered humans in northern ships, insured it out of New England, financed by northern banks, manufactured by northern mills, which provided clothes bought by northern merchants, and shipped out all over again on the end by northern shipping companies? That slavery?

So you're blaming the British now?

No. That was purely Northern US America. You know, the old school Yankees.

The same ones who tried to convince the south that slavery was wrong?

 

[gump]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

Did you just close out your own thread?

It was just a matter of time.

 

[Otis]

PAGING TANNER THE HISTORY TEACHER.

 

[Otis]

Seriously, I think a mention of Atlanta as an MVP pretty much means we can lock and bottom-pin this, no?

 

[massraider]

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Never been to Houston, huh? Cause that is an even worse choice.

 

[Otis]

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Never been to Houston, huh? Cause that is an even worse choice.

Trust me, I've been there, too much. I'm trying not to go there.

 

[Christo]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Okay, San Antonio.

 

[Otis]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Okay, San Antonio.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I had Thanksgiving in Georgia once. We ate a pretty crappy meal and then all went out back with grandma and shot shotguns, handguns, rifles, and AK-47s at a pile of stuff. pew pew, pew pew! It was rad.

Congratulations on making friends with the only family in Georgia that doesn't have a decent cook.

Is this another slavery joke?

Remember when you guys liked slavery so much you fought your countrymen to defend it?

Yeah, that's a side I want to align with.

Remind us: is this the same slavery which delivered humans in northern ships, insured it out of New England, financed by northern banks, manufactured by northern mills, which provided clothes bought by northern merchants, and shipped out all over again on the end by northern shipping companies? That slavery?

So you're blaming the British now?

No. That was purely Northern US America. You know, the old school Yankees.

The same ones who tried to convince the south that slavery was wrong?

Finger wagging while profiting off it the same time? Not mutually exclusive. Note: the North never abolished slavery before the CW, just tried to limit it its expansion (for political reasons as much as moral reasons btw). Oh but hey when the bullets started flying guess who was making the guns and railroads and Gatling Guns and the subs and the ships, and who came down and bought up all the destroyed property when everything was blowed up real good? The very same folks, profiting on both ends. Win-Win. Pretty much set the tone for modern American hypocrisy abroad. Moralize. Then force an ultimatum. Then blow the #### up. Then nation-build while profiting at all stages. Thanks, North!

 

[Otis]

I had Thanksgiving in Georgia once. We ate a pretty crappy meal and then all went out back with grandma and shot shotguns, handguns, rifles, and AK-47s at a pile of stuff. pew pew, pew pew! It was rad.

Congratulations on making friends with the only family in Georgia that doesn't have a decent cook.

Is this another slavery joke?

Remember when you guys liked slavery so much you fought your countrymen to defend it?

Yeah, that's a side I want to align with.

Remind us: is this the same slavery which delivered humans in northern ships, insured it out of New England, financed by northern banks, manufactured by northern mills, which provided clothes bought by northern merchants, and shipped out all over again on the end by northern shipping companies? That slavery?

So you're blaming the British now?

No. That was purely Northern US America. You know, the old school Yankees.

The same ones who tried to convince the south that slavery was wrong?

Finger wagging while profiting off it the same time? Not mutually exclusive. Note: the North never abolished slavery before the CW, just tried to limit it its expansion. Oh but hey when the bullets started flying guess who was making the guns and railroads and Gatling Guns and the subs and the ships, and who came down and bought up all the destroyed property when everything was blowed up real good? The very same folks, profiting on both ends. Win-Win. Pretty much set the tone for modern American hypocrisy abroad. Moralize. Then force an ultimatum. Then blow the #### up. Then nation-build while profiting at all stages. Thanks, North!

So you're saying we're smarter after all!

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I had Thanksgiving in Georgia once. We ate a pretty crappy meal and then all went out back with grandma and shot shotguns, handguns, rifles, and AK-47s at a pile of stuff. pew pew, pew pew! It was rad.

Congratulations on making friends with the only family in Georgia that doesn't have a decent cook.

Is this another slavery joke?

Remember when you guys liked slavery so much you fought your countrymen to defend it?

Yeah, that's a side I want to align with.

Remind us: is this the same slavery which delivered humans in northern ships, insured it out of New England, financed by northern banks, manufactured by northern mills, which provided clothes bought by northern merchants, and shipped out all over again on the end by northern shipping companies? That slavery?

So you're blaming the British now?

No. That was purely Northern US America. You know, the old school Yankees.

The same ones who tried to convince the south that slavery was wrong?

Finger wagging while profiting off it the same time? Not mutually exclusive. Note: the North never abolished slavery before the CW, just tried to limit it its expansion. Oh but hey when the bullets started flying guess who was making the guns and railroads and Gatling Guns and the subs and the ships, and who came down and bought up all the destroyed property when everything was blowed up real good? The very same folks, profiting on both ends. Win-Win. Pretty much set the tone for modern American hypocrisy abroad. Moralize. Then force an ultimatum. Then blow the #### up. Then nation-build while profiting at all stages. Thanks, North!

So you're saying we're smarter after all!

Definitely greedier.

 

[Christo]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Okay, San Antonio.

Please clarify you're criteria. Is it just engine for the economy? If so, NYC isn't first. because Tokyo beats its ### in GDP. And Atlanta ain't too shabby at 17 in the world.

 

[moleculo]

The strength of the south isn't in her urban cities... don't think the south will win stacking them up side by side. I can't say its in the countryside either; I'd take Adirondacks,VT, and NH over the Appalachians.

South climate is Munich better, I don't think there is any debate here.

Culturally, its different. I'm not one to say NY cusine, for example, is better than Carolina or Louisiana, that's a matter of taste, imho. I suppose NY has more arts (theatre, for example) if that's what you are in to, and certainly better schools, although the south is not devoid of upper-calibre universities.

If money wasn't an issue, I'd rather live in the north, personally. As it is, I'm happy with how far my dollar stretches in Charlotte. I like my 20 min commute, my big house, and proximity to friends and family. I like being 2 hours from mountains, 3 hours from the beach, and a simple 4-5 hours from Florida.

 

[Otis]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Okay, San Antonio.

Please clarify you're criteria. Is it just engine for the economy? If so, NYC isn't first. because Tokyo beats its ### in GDP. And Atlanta ain't too shabby at 17 in the world.

You're drafting from Japan now?!!?!??!?!?!!??!?!???!

And for it's ECONOMY?!!!!!!!??!!?!?!?!??!?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!!??!!!!??!?!!?!?

 

[Otis]

The strength of the south isn't in her urban cities... don't think the south will win stacking them up side by side. I can't say its in the countryside either; I'd take Adirondacks,VT, and NH over the Appalachians.

South climate is Munich better, I don't think there is any debate here.

Culturally, its different. I'm not one to say NY cusine, for example, is better than Carolina or Louisiana, that's a matter of taste, imho. I suppose NY has more arts (theatre, for example) if that's what you are in to, and certainly better schools, although the south is not devoid of upper-calibre universities.

If money wasn't an issue, I'd rather live in the north, personally. As it is, I'm happy with how far my dollar stretches in Charlotte. I like my 20 min commute, my big house, and proximity to friends and family. I like being 2 hours from mountains, 3 hours from the beach, and a simple 4-5 hours from Florida.

I don't disagree with any of this, except that I think the weather in the north is great. Yes, colder winters and more snow, but snow around Christmas is kind of awesome, and we aren't in sweltering humidity for so much of the year. Give me a place like Maine. Gorgeous.

 

[Christo]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

ATLANTA??????

HOLY CHRIST.

Okay, San Antonio.

Please clarify you're criteria. Is it just engine for the economy? If so, NYC isn't first. because Tokyo beats its ### in GDP. And Atlanta ain't too shabby at 17 in the world.

You're drafting from Japan now?!!?!??!?!?!!??!?!???!

And for it's ECONOMY?!!!!!!!??!!?!?!?!??!?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!!??!!!!??!?!!?!?

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

N.Y. is a cesspool of crime, expense, and overcrowding. Even Otis can't wait to escape it, though he does not yet fully recognize that about himself. He mistakes the pleasures of his youth with being from the City, though they happened in spite of it. His nostalgia for his youth is misidentified as a fondness for the very City he pays millions to escape.

 

[timschochet]

If I read this thread correctly, the South would be awesome if only all the white men would disappear.

The south would then be all about food, blues and jazz, hot women, and good football teams.

 

[Otis]

N.Y. is a cesspool of crime, expense, and overcrowding. Even Otis can't wait to escape it, though he does not yet fully recognize that about himself. He mistakes the pleasures of his youth with being from the City, though they happened in spite of it. His nostalgia for his youth is misidentified as a fondness for the very City he pays millions to escape.

Oh New York is an awful, hard place to live. It's also the epicenter of the world. Tricky.

That said, as much as I'd love to skip town, it wouldn't be for the south. I'd go west. The smart people live out there.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

N.Y. is a cesspool of crime, expense, and overcrowding. Even Otis can't wait to escape it, though he does not yet fully recognize that about himself. He mistakes the pleasures of his youth with being from the City, though they happened in spite of it. His nostalgia for his youth is misidentified as a fondness for the very City he pays millions to escape.

Oh New York is an awful, hard place to live. It's also the epicenter of the world. Tricky.

That said, as much as I'd love to skip town, it wouldn't be for the south. I'd go west. The smart people live out there.

Have you ever actually been in a Montana bar?

(It ain't all Santa Fe and Aspen out there yaknow).

 

[psychobillies]

I'm pretty sure there are three cities in Arkansas that I'd draft before NYC.

 

[Politician Spock]

I'm pretty sure there are three cities in Arkansas that I'd draft before NYC.

There's always some guy who says he's gonna take a kicker in the first round.

 

[timschochet]

Too many Jews in New York. Even more than Miami.

 

[Otis]

N.Y. is a cesspool of crime, expense, and overcrowding. Even Otis can't wait to escape it, though he does not yet fully recognize that about himself. He mistakes the pleasures of his youth with being from the City, though they happened in spite of it. His nostalgia for his youth is misidentified as a fondness for the very City he pays millions to escape.

Oh New York is an awful, hard place to live. It's also the epicenter of the world. Tricky.

That said, as much as I'd love to skip town, it wouldn't be for the south. I'd go west. The smart people live out there.

Have you ever actually been in a Montana bar?

(It ain't all Santa Fe and Aspen out there yaknow).

Why do I have to go to a bar? Can't I just sit out on the deck of my massive, cheap house, on my many acres of land, sitting next to an outdoor fire, sipping drinks, with a view of the mountains under a blanket of stars, as my kids are asleep and my wife slips into something more comfortable??

Bars?? Jesus christ, bars are the last thing I want now. If I want bars, I'm living in Manhattan.

 

[Otis]

I'm pretty sure there are three cities in Arkansas that I'd draft before NYC.

There's always some guy who says he's gonna take a kicker in the first round.

 

[joffer]

I'm good where I'm at

 

[Politician Spock]

Too many Jews in New York. Even more than Miami.

Is this the "I'm a Jew, so I can post anti-semetic things" shtick?

 

[Otis]

Too many Jews in New York. Even more than Miami.

Conversation I seriously had this week with a girl from Texas:

"God, that woman is so freaking annoying!! I can't STAND her. She's SO J-E-W-I-S-H!!!"

Me:

There is way more of this sentiment down there than I would ever want to believe. Kind of crazy to me.

 

[Henry Ford]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

I hate NYC

 

[Christo]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

I hate NYC

Don't you want an engine for your economy?

 

[Mister CIA]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

With a little contemplation I bet Nashville makes your top 5. Austin too. And a NC city TBD.

 

[Otis]

Not sure where to put this but lol

 

[mr roboto]

Too many Jews in New York. Even more than Miami.

Conversation I seriously had this week with a girl from Texas:

"God, that woman is so freaking annoying!! I can't STAND her. She's SO J-E-W-I-S-H!!!"

Me:

There is way more of this sentiment down there than I would ever want to believe. Kind of crazy to me.

Well you are saying the same thing about Southerners in fairness.

 

[Christo]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

What so great about new Orleans again?french quarter smells like puke beer piss and horse crap combined, insert Detroit joke here

I don't know. I'm trying to find their MVP. I'm struggling.

Southdudes, let's get down to brass tacks: give us your top 5 cities to match up against NY, LA, CHI, and BOS.

You're begging the question. But here you go: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami.

With a little contemplation I bet Nashville makes your top 5.

Is it an engine?

 

[Politician Spock]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

I hate NYC

Don't you want an engine for your economy?

What kind of gas mileage does NYC get?

 

[Henry Ford]

When I was a kid and the rival gang from across the Avenue came over to our side, they would match their best guys up against our best guys.

So in the spirit of fair fights, I'm curious to know which cities you guys will put up against New York (basically the capitol of the world), Chicago, LA, and Boston. I literally think we could throw our sixth man at you, roll out San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and, Denver, and we could call it a night.

I know I know, you guys have rad crawfish. Vomit.

Do you guys even have a city where you're allowed to buy a drink and walk out of the bar with it? Or is every city in the North still convinced that you should have to huddle around and pretend adults don't drink alcohol for fear that your frilly little panties will bunch up at the sight of a full grown man drinking a beer on a sidewalk?

Based on a lifetime of watching Cops, isn't this less of a North v. South issue, and more of a New Orleans v. everywhere else issue?

You Northerners are so cute thinking New Orleans is the only place you can walk around with your drink.

 

[moleculo]

The strength of the south isn't in her urban cities... don't think the south will win stacking them up side by side. I can't say its in the countryside either; I'd take Adirondacks,VT, and NH over the Appalachians.

South climate is Munich better, I don't think there is any debate here.

Culturally, its different. I'm not one to say NY cusine, for example, is better than Carolina or Louisiana, that's a matter of taste, imho. I suppose NY has more arts (theatre, for example) if that's what you are in to, and certainly better schools, although the south is not devoid of upper-calibre universities.

If money wasn't an issue, I'd rather live in the north, personally. As it is, I'm happy with how far my dollar stretches in Charlotte. I like my 20 min commute, my big house, and proximity to friends and family. I like being 2 hours from mountains, 3 hours from the beach, and a simple 4-5 hours from Florida.

I don't disagree with any of this, except that I think the weather in the north is great. Yes, colder winters and more snow, but snow around Christmas is kind of awesome, and we aren't in sweltering humidity for so much of the year. Give me a place like Maine. Gorgeous.

I've spent plenty of time in places like Wyoming, Rochester, NY, Syracuse, etc. I understand winters in the north. The way I like to think of it is like this: the first snow of the year is great...the snow is clean, the airport has that crispness, its exiting. The last snow sucks - you are tired of shoveling, the snow is dirty, you are depressed from looking at clouds, in general it sucks.In Charlotte, we get one snow storm a year... the snow never gets to the sucky stage.

 

[Otis]

Too many Jews in New York. Even more than Miami.

Conversation I seriously had this week with a girl from Texas:

"God, that woman is so freaking annoying!! I can't STAND her. She's SO J-E-W-I-S-H!!!"

Me:

There is way more of this sentiment down there than I would ever want to believe. Kind of crazy to me.

Well you are saying the same thing about Southerners in fairness.

Stop being so southern.

 

[Otis]

The strength of the south isn't in her urban cities... don't think the south will win stacking them up side by side. I can't say its in the countryside either; I'd take Adirondacks,VT, and NH over the Appalachians.

South climate is Munich better, I don't think there is any debate here.

Culturally, its different. I'm not one to say NY cusine, for example, is better than Carolina or Louisiana, that's a matter of taste, imho. I suppose NY has more arts (theatre, for example) if that's what you are in to, and certainly better schools, although the south is not devoid of upper-calibre universities.

If money wasn't an issue, I'd rather live in the north, personally. As it is, I'm happy with how far my dollar stretches in Charlotte. I like my 20 min commute, my big house, and proximity to friends and family. I like being 2 hours from mountains, 3 hours from the beach, and a simple 4-5 hours from Florida.

I don't disagree with any of this, except that I think the weather in the north is great. Yes, colder winters and more snow, but snow around Christmas is kind of awesome, and we aren't in sweltering humidity for so much of the year. Give me a place like Maine. Gorgeous.

I've spent plenty of time in places like Wyoming, Rochester, NY, Syracuse, etc. I understand winters in the north. The way I like to think of it is like this: the first snow of the year is great...the snow is clean, the airport has that crispness, its exiting. The last snow sucks - you are tired of shoveling, the snow is dirty, you are depressed from looking at clouds, in general it sucks.In Charlotte, we get one snow storm a year... the snow never gets to the sucky stage.

Yeah but June-August must be hell on earth.

 

[Henry Ford]

If you were starting a country and had a city draft, are you telling me you wouldn't draft NYC in the top, oh I dunno, say 1?

I get it, we work harder and we're stupid and we enjoy life less, but if you need an engine for your economy, don't you start somewhere around there?

I'd draft nawlins or Memphis, cuz we gots them good barbacues!

I can't imagine that being a good pick.

I hate NYC

Don't you want an engine for your economy?

No, I want women who don't look like little boys. Sorry Otis.

 

[timschochet]

Too many Jews in New York. Even more than Miami.

Conversation I seriously had this week with a girl from Texas:

"God, that woman is so freaking annoying!! I can't STAND her. She's SO J-E-W-I-S-H!!!"

Me:

There is way more of this sentiment down there than I would ever want to believe. Kind of crazy to me.

At least she spelled it right.