Trainee Redneck
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Re: Trainee Redneck
I quite like Atlanta.
Never been anywhere else in GA.
I just cannot deal with humidity which is the issue I have.
Travel from Atlanta region is easy with the worlds busiest airport and all with Delta.
Never been anywhere else in GA.
I just cannot deal with humidity which is the issue I have.
Travel from Atlanta region is easy with the worlds busiest airport and all with Delta.
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Re: Trainee Redneck
For me the combination of heat and humidity would make the south a non-starter for me. I used to live in New England and that was bad enough for me. I love being outdoors hiking and biking and that climate is draining when doing strenuous physical activity. But, I'm well aware that for some it's a positive.
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Not a single mountain, non stop humidity night and day, A/C going full blast all summer long and large scale flooding during hurricane season.
When all the ice caps melt the State will be under water
When all the ice caps melt the State will be under water
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Welcome to the South. Although you are in Georgia, you are not really in redneck country. The lifestyle, and suppose you can call it culture, are vastly different from California but still you are in Atlanta and it is metropolitan. Visit a little west of you to Alabama and Mississippi (only a 5 hour drive) and you will really hear and see the difference. Down here in Mississippi, it is not Mr. and Mrs. but you are address as "M'am" or Miss Rete and the men are called Sir or Mr. FirstName. Even after two years, I'm still not use to being addressed in this manner. Even doctors are not called by their surnames but are called Dr. Stoney or Dr. Jason rather than Dr. Williamson or Dr. Lindsey. A world unto itself
Yes, it is hot, hot, hot and humid in the summers and summer starts in April and May. Do you need a/c 24/7? Yup, you do. Some people like the heat and humidity, others don't. As they say, ymmv. Up north in the summer, I went from an air conditioned apartment to an a/c car to an a/c train to an a/c office. Limited time in the elements and it is virtually the same living down here in Mississippi. From a/c house to a/c car to a/c store or to a/c church, etc.
Yes, you will get an occasional hurricane but usually you will get more tornado watches and warnings, especially in the outer 'burbs. Learn the safe place to hunker down and keep a survival kit close at hand. It becomes a way of life.
Yes, it is hot, hot, hot and humid in the summers and summer starts in April and May. Do you need a/c 24/7? Yup, you do. Some people like the heat and humidity, others don't. As they say, ymmv. Up north in the summer, I went from an air conditioned apartment to an a/c car to an a/c train to an a/c office. Limited time in the elements and it is virtually the same living down here in Mississippi. From a/c house to a/c car to a/c store or to a/c church, etc.
Yes, you will get an occasional hurricane but usually you will get more tornado watches and warnings, especially in the outer 'burbs. Learn the safe place to hunker down and keep a survival kit close at hand. It becomes a way of life.
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Re: Trainee Redneck
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There are plenty of mountains in The South - the Appalachians are probably the second best known mountain range in the US (after the Rockies) and they start in northern Alabama, cross Georgia, and pretty much form the deviding line between TN and NC. Going northwards they then broaden and comprise much of western Virginia, some of eastern Kentucky, and the whole of West Virginia; the latter may, or may not be part of The South.
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I don't see that he was talking about Florida. They might not be high but there are four mountains in Florida:
The “mountains” of Florida, ranked by elevation:
Sugarloaf Mountain 310+ ft
Iron Mountain 295 ft
Sandy Mountain 295 ft
Sand Mountain 272 ft
The “mountains” of Florida, ranked by elevation:
Sugarloaf Mountain 310+ ft
Iron Mountain 295 ft
Sandy Mountain 295 ft
Sand Mountain 272 ft
#27
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Conventionally a mountain has a peak elevation of at least 1000ft, hence the movie made a few years ago, based on a true story, The Man Who Went Up A Hill and Came Down a Mountain, after he had the bright idea of building a pile of rocks and earth on top of the hill near where he lived, thereby making it Hugh enough to be a mountain.
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It is. What's your point? Da Koop was talking specifically about Florida.
There are plenty of mountains in The South - the Appalachians are probably the second best known mountain range in the US (after the Rockies) and they start in northern Alabama, cross Georgia, and pretty much form the deviding line between TN and NC. Going northwards they then broaden and comprise much of western Virginia, some of eastern Kentucky, and the whole of West Virginia; the latter may, or may not be part of The South.
There are plenty of mountains in The South - the Appalachians are probably the second best known mountain range in the US (after the Rockies) and they start in northern Alabama, cross Georgia, and pretty much form the deviding line between TN and NC. Going northwards they then broaden and comprise much of western Virginia, some of eastern Kentucky, and the whole of West Virginia; the latter may, or may not be part of The South.
And when the ice caps melt and Florida (or Georgia) is under water, so will large swathes of the California coastline. I'll be gone long before that so I'm alright, Jack.
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The most redneck I have seen (granted I haven't travelled the south much) is Mountain City, TN.
Was farms and churches with a few homes in-between.
Was farms and churches with a few homes in-between.