City People (Page 2): Most 'country folk' consider us 'city folk' but we were country before the city moved in on us, that bridge ruined our borough, now upstate looks like where we...

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

jerryc41 wrote:

This is almost getting to be a thing.

It happened after 9/11, and it happened during C***d. People moved from the city to the country, either permanently, or they bought/built weekend homes. As they try to make the country more like the city, resentment grows.

Most 'country folk' consider us 'city folk' but we were country before the city moved in on us, that bridge ruined our borough, now upstate looks like where we grew up.

Watash

whatdat wrote:

Yupper. Funny how they move to get away from their environment then want to change their new location to make it like what they were getting away from. Having that happen in Texas.

Yep! Same here in Western NC. They come here to get away from wh**ever they couldn't stand anymore
about where they lived. When they get here they make fun of how we talk, dress, and the heritage we've had
since these mountains were settled. and try to change it. We don't need them or want them if that's how they feel.
We have made it just fine here for hundreds of years without them. I think we can last a little longer without
having people here who think we are all like the movie Deliverance!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Xanadu Loc: Clay County FL

"The strangers came and tried to teach us their ways,
they scorned us being what we are . . ."

Galway Bay lyrics

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

robertjerl wrote:

They move from places with problems then v**e for politicians and advocate policies just like the ones that created the problems they were trying to get away from.
Then wonder why the locals resent them. Of course they think of and treat those locals as a bunch of unsophisticated hicks who don't appreciate their wisdom of how things should be done.

You hit the nail on the head! I saw real estate prices go so bonkers in Vermont after 911 that the "real" Vermonters couldn't afford to buy land or a house in their own state. From a farmer based legislature it went to a flatlander legislature and the state hasn't been the same since, and not for the better.

Stephan G

For background music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWLkalxBNY

Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

Being a country gal my whole life I really don't understand the mentality of those living in the large cities.
Why do they keep v****g the AOC's and Ilhan Omar's into office? They can't walk across a street without a sign telling them how to do it and they're telling me how to heat my house and what car I should drive!

Leo_B Loc: Houston suburb

That's how many people feel about Texas. Too many of the wrong crowd moving here and bringing their failed ways with them. No different than city/country I guess.

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

I was born and raised on a farm. Then I moved to and worked in St. Louis for a little over six years before moving to the Chicago area where I lived for forty five years before moving to a small town in a very rural setting. My experience has been that the area you live in does not define who you are as a person. My experience in socializing with city slickers or country hicks has been for the most part good. Before moving to Chicago my fear was that the residents would be cold and unfriendly but I was wrong. I was surprised at how open and friendly they were.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Xanadu wrote:

"The strangers came and tried to teach us their ways,
they scorned us being what we are . . ."

Galway Bay lyrics

Stephan G

Wuligal wrote:

Being a country gal my whole life I really don't understand the mentality of those living in the large cities.
Why do they keep v****g the AOC's and Ilhan Omar's into office? They can't walk across a street without a sign telling them how to do it and they're telling me how to heat my house and what car I should drive!

To paraphrase an old adage, the only mentality one can change is their own.

Remember, it is all a myth. You do not see it because you are in it.

Why not do something differently? Why not better? Why not grow up?

Try to get out of your backyard and visit the world.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

The country people like to lambast city people but they don't seem to realize that if it weren't for the city people the country people would still be working their fields with an ox pulling a plow and the farmer walking behind. Yep, good times, good times.
I'll probably get "lambasted" for this post but . . .
.

"Tractor? What the hell is that.? Some kind of new fangled contraption invented by those dang city folks?"

berchman Loc: South Central PA

EdJ0307 wrote:

The country people like to lambast city people but they don't seem to realize that if it weren't for the city people the country people would still be working their fields with an ox pulling a plow and the farmer walking behind. Yep, good times, good times.

Good exercise, non polluting.

singleshot Loc: Georgia

berchman wrote:

Born and raised in NYC for the first 30 years. Moved to the country, got horses, geese, Border Collie, big vegetable garden. The locals on my road know who I am, but I don't know them. It'll be that way until I die.

That's really sad.

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

Leo_B wrote:

That's how many people feel about Texas. Too many of the wrong crowd moving here and bringing their failed ways with them. No different than city/country I guess.

Texas has my empathy.