Originally Posted by mollymct
We wear shoes in Mississippi! If we want to! LOL. I don't believe we are decades behind the rest of the U.S. Though there are many rural areas, we have cities also. Some Mississippians have never set an unshod toe on a farm!
Not all of speak with a drawl (though I probably do!). And typically "movie" southern accents are horribly inaccurate!!
I think education is very important here and my public school education was excellent. It is true though if there is a disaster the news crew is certain to find a toothless, bedraggled and generally pitiful specimin of humanity to represent us. Does that happen in your state?
West Virginia = toothless, uneducated idiots that burn couches at every sporting event win.
Not true -- we are "behind" the times in many ways - but that allows me to trust my neighbors, smile at strangers, and relax as opposed to when I lived in Orlando Florida.
Generally - I like it here, good people, educated people, and nice people. (who have all their teeth!)
=)
and yes -- if there is a news camera within 500 yards, the biggest idiot in a cut-off shirt and greasy hair will be selected for the interview