Are you a Yankee or a Rebel?

[Tumbleweed64]

You know, you've got a really good point. the whole Yankee/Rebel thing is so east coast-centric, it doesn't address anyone else. Anyone see Days of thunder? Here's some quotes:
Tim Daland: If you're from California, you're not a Yankee. You're not really anything.
Harry Hogge: You said it.

I don't remember what state the movie was supposed to be in, but it sure wasn't Massachusetts.

The thing is, I knew an Air Force couple (I will refrain from saying what state I met them in) who ran into that [attitude] in real life and suffered for it.

And (in that same state) I could not find work, my dad worked 45-hours a week on John Deere tractors for minimum wage. And so, we sent my mom and the kids ahead in the car, my dad and I left in a grocery truck with all our stuff, and in that drafty truck I learned what "bronchitis" means. We had to dump the American dream and go home...back up north. I nearly committed suicide down there as well. A little attitude goes a long way, eh?

So, then, Tumbleweed, I think you are simply blessed. I wish I grew up out west, the big city is convenient and impressive but also dirty, polluted and somewhat harsh. I wish places like Arizona and Montana were scenes of my memories and not just wallpapers I've downloaded.

Yeppers, the saying is true..."You can take the girl out the country but you can't take the country out of the girl"

 

[gatorbob]

I must admit that I am a rebel.

 

[CoolMom6]

Rebel all the way; born in OK; lived in TX, FL, & LA. Now in NV.
Don't know *how* to be anything else!

 

[GritsnGrace]

Rebel all the way; born in OK; lived in TX, FL, & LA. Now in NV.
Don't know *how* to be anything else!

Me too!!! I was born in FL, lived in LA, NE (well, a bit of Yankee, but not much) OK, VA, and Spain!!! but, mostly, LA!!