Are you proud of your state?
03-11-2011, 08:19 AM
#122
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 138
Originally Posted by sharoney
I am proud to be from TEXAS - where tea is sweet & accents are sweeter; Summer starts in April; front porches are wide & words are long; macaroni & cheese is a vegetable; pecan pie a staple; Y’all is a proper pronoun; chicken is fried & biscuits come w/ gravy; everyone is darling & someone is always getting their heart blessed. Have a good day y'all!
03-11-2011, 09:19 AM
#124
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 517
Ok...if you ask me where I am from...my gut instinct is to say North Carolina...although I haven't lived there for a long time...it is still in my soul.
But now I live in Massachusetts, married a New England boy and nothing is going to move him from here.
so if you over look the high cost of living here, the traffic nightmares, the snow (as we say here, if you don't like the weather, wait a minute), and politics, this is a great place to live.
Things I love:
I am within 1/2 drive to a beach or mountain.
There are passionate people here (medicine, education, art, sports and of course politics)
Our Fall foliage is so beautiful, you just know it was painted by the hand of God.
Most important of all, it is where my family is now. And that is where the heart is.
But now I live in Massachusetts, married a New England boy and nothing is going to move him from here.
so if you over look the high cost of living here, the traffic nightmares, the snow (as we say here, if you don't like the weather, wait a minute), and politics, this is a great place to live.
Things I love:
I am within 1/2 drive to a beach or mountain.
There are passionate people here (medicine, education, art, sports and of course politics)
Our Fall foliage is so beautiful, you just know it was painted by the hand of God.
Most important of all, it is where my family is now. And that is where the heart is.
03-11-2011, 10:24 AM
#125
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Born in NYC, but living in CT
Posts: 761
Oh New York, New York the city that never sleeps, the most popular city in the world. New York City, the port of entry for many immigrants.( the melting pot) Its cultural, its language, its ambience is like no other
Proud of my home town directly from the Heart of the South of the BRONX
Proud of my home town directly from the Heart of the South of the BRONX
03-11-2011, 10:31 AM
#126
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 196
Originally Posted by sharoney
I am proud to be from TEXAS - where tea is sweet & accents are sweeter; Summer starts in April; front porches are wide & words are long; macaroni & cheese is a vegetable; pecan pie a staple; Y’all is a proper pronoun; chicken is fried & biscuits come w/ gravy; everyone is darling & someone is always getting their heart blessed. Have a good day y'all!
03-11-2011, 10:42 AM
#128
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Atlanta, Texas
Posts: 623
I am Texan through & through and darn proud of it! Yes, my sweetheart is "Darlin'" and my sons (22 & 24) both get called "Sweetie." Everytime I visit another state and am heading home, just crossing that state line back into Texas puts a huge smile on my face. In fact, there have been a few times I would have gotten out and turned a few cartwheels...if I was 20 years younger...and actually knew how to do cartwheels...okay, so I couldn't, but that's what I felt like doing. LOL!
03-11-2011, 11:11 AM
#129
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Atlanta, Texas
Posts: 623
[quote=Butterflyblue]And somehow, I'm not surprised this thread was started by a Texan. :)
I used to work for an international company and worked directly with guys that traveled routinely. One of them told me that it is funny how when an American is asked overseas where he is from, most will say "America" or "US." Unless, the American happens to be from Texas. Then the answer is always "Texas!"
We also had a lot of visitors from overseas and the majority of them wanted to go shopping for Wrangler Jeans, cowboy boots and cowboy hats. They would often either bring empty suitcases with them or buy suitcases to take all of their new "Texas treasures" home.
I used to work for an international company and worked directly with guys that traveled routinely. One of them told me that it is funny how when an American is asked overseas where he is from, most will say "America" or "US." Unless, the American happens to be from Texas. Then the answer is always "Texas!"
We also had a lot of visitors from overseas and the majority of them wanted to go shopping for Wrangler Jeans, cowboy boots and cowboy hats. They would often either bring empty suitcases with them or buy suitcases to take all of their new "Texas treasures" home.
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