The City, my The City
Some Bests about my home county. But stop telling everybody. We already have quite the influx. My former subdivision had like 6 people from Chicago and two from Boston. Of course, being in Blount County, it did make for an interesting cross section of American accents.
BC Local: Howdy, neighbor. Whatcha doin’?
Bostonian: Wuhkin on mah cah.
BC Local: huh?
Chicagoan trying to translate Bostonian into Redneck: He’s working on his car, dere. Eh, fuck it. Let’s go have a couple two-tree beers.
BC Local: Beer, cool.
Bostonian: Beeh, cool.
December 21st, 2006 at 4:10 pm
Oh thank God we can all get along. I’ll have a Sam Adams if you have one.
December 27th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
I can tell you, with near-certainty, that the Chicagoan would have said “workin'” and not “working.” And in Chicago-ese, “beerss” ends in two esses (it rhymes with “pierce”).
December 27th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
As for Blount County, as long as you don’t mind a 30 minute or more drive to get anywhere, and not being able to do anything non-outdoorsy close to home, I suppose it’d be all right. š
I’m guessing if you have “city” interests (e.g., live music, theatre, fine dining, museums, pro sports, etc.), it’s probably not for you. Of course, you could always prove me wrong.
For my money, too many of these studies weigh low cost to do business, low taxes, and low real-estate costs far too heavily, while undervaluing things like infrastructure, culture, and other such quality-of-life factors.