Contacts in NC & SC

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by NYBLUE

Wow! I guess you did.

Now, you see how desperate I am to establish these contacts before I make the move.

I can't thank you enough for helping me out!

No problem. And thanks for letting me know you're the same person. Now, I don't have to find you a second time on facebook.

Now check your private messages.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by NYBLUE

Hopefully, they'll look upon me as an upstater better than they would someone from NYC.

IMO, one of the biggest use of a misnomer of which most people in this country are not aware.

Look at a map. Anyone who does not live in one of the five boroughs or on the island conveniently refer to themselves as "upstaters" to avoid the connection with the city. Hell, I've even heard folks from Yonkers refer to themselves as upstaters, at times.

In most areas, to be an "upstater", you would live in the Northern half of the state. In NY, you can live on the Southern border and still be an "upstater".

[NCASAUmp]

Check your private messages again. I forgot to include his email address.

[Big Slick]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Most of those are pretty damn accurate, with the exception of #12. The locals around here absolutely LOVE Hurricanes hockey. I think it's all the fighting... Plus the fact that Ric Flair of WWF fame is on the scoreboard whenever the 'Canes score. I think that legitimizes it.

Although Ric Fair calls Charlotte home, he is from Minnesota. Whoooooo!

I went to other direction; I'm a Southerner living in the north. When I moved, I realized that "foul" was only one syllable.

[outathm]

I am not sure that Northern Virginia counts as the south. I will ask around, but you may just be a Damn Yankee that became a good Yankee.

[Welpe]

This is a pretty timely thread. I was born and raised in Northern California (except for a stint in college on the Central Coast) and I just found out I'm moving to Houston this September. Talk about stranger in a strange land.

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by Big Slick

Although Ric Fair calls Charlotte home, he is from Minnesota. Whoooooo!

I went to other direction; I'm a Southerner living in the north. When I moved, I realized that "foul" was only one syllable.

Is that what those sheep scream?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Is that what those sheep scream?

No, that wasn't him. That was this guy.

[Big Slick]

Originally Posted by outathm

I am not sure that Northern Virginia counts as the south. I will ask around, but you may just be a Damn Yankee that became a good Yankee.

NorthWESTERN Virginia is very much part of the South, according to the CSA (Confederate States of American) memorial on the courthouse lawn.

And Steve M, why you got to be hatin' on the ovine?