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Yancey went red big time (2-1) in 2020 for state and local elections. Long time “southern” democrats are getting tired of the far left stance there party has been taking.Hate to tell ya, but Yancey has been blue. More traditional democrats, but still....
Having lived there for years previously and I still fish/hunt out there, I hope that these nuts don’t eff it up like Avl
That’s good news - since I don’t live there any longer, I haven’t paid as close attention. I know it was heavily dem for a long time, especially in local electionsYancey went red big time (2-1) in 2020 for state and local elections. Long time “southern” democrats are getting tired of the far left stance there party has been taking.
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Hey that’s an optimistic way to look at it. Thanks for the kind words. Guru is too much credit tho. Just was fortunate enough to have a change in perspective at the right time. And yeah that’s why it’s so frustrating seeing it from the other side. It reinforces the mindset of “here’s why you can’t succeed. It’s not your fault. Just keep pointing the finger.” Last time I checked, equal opportunity does not mean equal OUTCOME. That part depends on me.Well, you climbed out of the gutter. Maybe they've been lurking NCHF, and want to meet the guru.
Something tells me, though, as hard as it must have been to get out of that situation, and as hard as you had to fight yourself to do it... it'd be harder for a liberal to become conservative, in this climate.
Hey that’s an optimistic way to look at it. Thanks for the kind words. Guru is too much credit tho. Just was fortunate enough to have a change in perspective at the right time. And yeah that’s why it’s so frustrating seeing it from the other side. It reinforces the mindset of “here’s why you can’t succeed. It’s not your fault. Just keep pointing the finger.” Last time I checked, equal opportunity does not mean equal OUTCOME. That part depends on me.
I was eating dinner with some church folks. Wife and I were not only the sole transplants, we were the only ones that live on the other side of the ridge lol. Got into a conversation with an old timer about our life down here and the people that are like family to us. He said something like “well we love meeting new people that move here because they enjoy and respect the way of life. What we don’t like is people fleeing other areas that have gone to hell, but then they come here and vote for the same type of policies that ruined the place they fled from. Especially when they get tired of it again and move elsewhere.” I try to consistently go to the county commissioner/town hall meetings. You’ll always see them come out of the wood work there. My favorite was the lady and her husband that said due to the lax gun laws and unhealthy obsession with firearms here, they hear so many gun shots “from fully automatic weapons” that they don’t feel any safer than they did back in Detroit. I did some side work for a guy last summer that was from NY. He paid pretty good but all he did was bitch about the way things are around here, most of which he didn’t have a clue.
On that same Reddit page I posted the pic from, someone said the WORST thing about living in the western region was the alarming number of confederate flags flying outside Asheville city limits in any direction. I can’t imagine how these people respond in situations of actual adversity.
I was thinking same one thing for sure they must think the NC mtns are just purtier cause ain't none of em moving into Dickinson or Buchanan county population had dropped like rock since 90s. How bout your area little gentler ground see any city folk moving in. Reason I ask my aunt just bought brick home on 2acres for 110,000 near Rosedale and wasn't a fixer upper that house woulda run 175,000 in nc easyYou keep em down there!!!
There was 15 acres of nice level ground (level for around here) with a 1800 sq ft house built in 2015, with 3 barns and a storage shed( all constructed after the house) sold for $98,000 in May. So property isn’t sky rocketing like some places.I was thinking same one thing for sure they must think the NC mtns are just purtier cause ain't none of em moving into Dickinson or Buchanan county population had dropped like rock since 90s. How bout your area little gentler ground see any city folk moving in. Reason I ask my aunt just bought brick home on 2acres for 110,000 near Rosedale and wasn't a fixer upper that house woulda run 175,000 in nc easy
I just can’t wrap my head around that philosophy...being the new guy in town and thinking that being a prick and wanting to change stuff is gonna somehow put you in better standing in the community. Might be that arrogance tho...thinking so highly of themselves that they can’t fathom the idea that people might not put up with it. We know who all the other transplants that live on this road are. They don’t ever wave back when ya drive by. Just stare like this .There was 15 acres of nice level ground (level for around here) with a 1800 sq ft house built in 2015, with 3 barns and a storage shed( all constructed after the house) sold for $98,000 in May. So property isn’t sky rocketing like some places.
Definitely see some folks moving in, but a lot leave very quickly. One that comes to mind is some retired cop from Massachusetts bought a house down the rd from us. He started trying to throw his weight around and was trying to tell folks that had lived there how things were gonna be. You know how that went over. One of the main things that happened after that was his neighbor, who had been letting him use his property to get to his house(not a deeded row) closed him off. Actual row hasn’t been used in 20 years and is in such disrepair it’s unnavigable( the reason the neighbor had begun letting the original owners cross his property to begin with) Long story short, retired Yankee cop lost his over it and demanded the old timer open his property back up to him. Old timer refused, retired Yankee cop takes him to court. Stubborn hillbilly judge agrees with old timer. No dice for Yankee. Puts his place on the market. Old timer agrees to lease him a ROW for 30 days. Yankee sells property, new owners are nice folks. Old timer allows them to use the access across his property.
I imagine Concord will be swarmed with Californians due to Red Bull coming to the old Phillip Morris locationThey're moving here in droves, too. I've seen more California plates in the last month, than I've seen in the last year... and I said the same thing around this time last year. .
I feel the same way. I have no problem with people moving in and adopting the way of life here. Hell, I moved here. I'm not from here but, my family is. Spent a lot of time in these hills, as a kid.
Never fails, though. Every other day, some transplant gets on the local fb group, complaining about hearing gunshots, or their neighbors animals are making too much noise, or that the majority of restaurants are closed by 9, or that this place seems to lean more to the right, or that no one delivers food, or that there's no night-life or "real" bar scene. Hell, the places that serve beer shut the doors at 10.
Most succumb to the realization that these are the "quaint" reasons they moved here. Some struggle to deal and sell. Others set their hooks in, and try to change it to the s**thole they fled.
Just human nature, and not just with neighbors, I've worked in a few places, including the military; where the place is well run, but as soon as the plant manager/CO retires...boom. Some prick takes over who just can't leave well enough alone and has to stir up. As soon as production/morale go south, they double down on the stoopid. Then their catch phrase always starts with "where I used to work....." No wonder they got rid of your dumb ass!!I just can’t wrap my head around that philosophy...being the new guy in town and thinking that being a prick and wanting to change stuff is gonna somehow put you in better standing in the community. Might be that arrogance tho...thinking so highly of themselves that they can’t fathom the idea that people might not put up with it. We know who all the other transplants that live on this road are. They don’t ever wave back when ya drive by. Just stare like this .
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I give it a good 5 times and then give up. Maybe they’re going thru a rough patch cuz their Honda Fit won’t make it up their gravel driveway. Idk
Its an American thingMight be that arrogance tho...thinking so highly of themselves that they can’t fathom the idea that people might not put up with it
It’s not entirely exclusive to Americans. Several years ago there was a large family that moved to rural Polk county from Toronto. The adults, seems like there were 5 or 6 of them, used to show up to county commissioners meetings and complain loudly about how they feared for their safety because Americans could own handguns and the county should do something about that.Its an American thing
There are lines of demarkation within the US, the arrogant self entitled SOB's who are owed everything and then somewhere north of you it stops where normal people live
nuff said, might as well have said NYcounty from Toronto
That sir is true enough. I don’t suppose I should lump those type folks in with the rest of our northern neighbors.nuff said, might as well have said NY
gets better north of Hwy 7 and below Guelph - there's that strip of stoopid in the middleThat sir is true enough. I don’t suppose I should lump those type folks in with the rest of our northern neighbors.
Its an American thing
There are lines of demarkation within the US, the arrogant self entitled SOB's who are owed everything and then somewhere north of you it stops where normal people live
read further down, my first point was the lines of demarkation within the US not North America, what part of NY are you fromSo your saying there are no a—holes in Canada
read further down, my first point was the lines of demarkation within the US not North America, what part of NY are you from