[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by RogMar

Yeah, but sometimes people are too 'rich'..

Or too 'good looking'...

Or too 'talented'...

It happens with states also.

just not in Arkansas

[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by nmnita

wow, first you can't stand living in Texas, now you are here judging a state you have never visited. Just to let you know, most of AR is more mid western than southern. The Delta is a little more southern.

You are afraid to come here, what are you afraid of, someone might actually say Hi, ya all? Or do you think we marry our cousins, were overalls to church and park our cars on the front lawn. Or maybe you think someone will offer you some moonshine?

At least you don't have to be afraid of our highways like you are in Texas?

Nita

ps: would you like living here? Nope, not from all your posts elsewhere, you would not like it, but to say someone else wouldn't or you can't understand why a person from UK would move here is really off the wall. Popeye didn't say where in UK he/she lives. There is more to UK than London I might add. Maybe they live in the country side.

Just hate southern states, along with hundreads of thousands of people. As much as I don't like Texas. You really can't compare Texas with states like Arkansas or Alabama. lol

Texas is growing for a reason.. like the state or not. It has a lot to offer.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

Just hate southern states, along with hundreads of thousands of people. As much as I don't like Texas. You really can't compare Texas with states like Arkansas or Alabama. lol

Texas is growing for a reason.. like the state or not. It has a lot to offer.

Do you see how limiting that is for you? To hate states without really knowing anything about them? You proscribe your world based not on reality, but on assumptions based on stereotypes. It's like living in a cage, voluntarily.

Stereotypes do exist for a reason, they usually have some truth to support them. But they are also perpetuated for a reason. It's easy to use stereotypes to make yourself feel better about yourself. Because we can all point to a stereotype that diminishes another group of people and say well, at least we're not those people. I'll take the hard way to feeling better about myself. By not trying to put down other people, and instead trying to learn about them. Some of the things I might learn might not always be pleasant, but it will be based on real experience, not stereotypes.

[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge

Do you see how limiting that is for you? To hate states without really knowing anything about them? You proscribe your world based not on reality, but on assumptions based on stereotypes. It's like living in a cage, voluntarily.

Stereotypes do exist for a reason, they usually have some truth to support them. But they are also perpetuated for a reason. It's easy to use stereotypes to make yourself feel better about yourself. Because we can all point to a stereotype that diminishes another group of people and say well, at least we're not those people. I'll take the hard way to feeling better about myself. By not trying to put down other people, and instead trying to learn about them. Some of the things I might learn might not always be pleasant, but it will be based on real experience, not stereotypes.

I don't have the time to learn a second language to visit there. Visually it might be a nice state, but I couldn't understand anyone from there to comunicate. I have talked to people from Arkansas and Alabama. I can't understand them and they can't understand me.

[HANNU]

Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge

Do you see how limiting that is for you? To hate states without really knowing anything about them? You proscribe your world based not on reality, but on assumptions based on stereotypes. It's like living in a cage, voluntarily.

Stereotypes do exist for a reason, they usually have some truth to support them. But they are also perpetuated for a reason. It's easy to use stereotypes to make yourself feel better about yourself. Because we can all point to a stereotype that diminishes another group of people and say well, at least we're not those people. I'll take the hard way to feeling better about myself. By not trying to put down other people, and instead trying to learn about them. Some of the things I might learn might not always be pleasant, but it will be based on real experience, not stereotypes.

Maybe it has to do with IQ, or lack thereof.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I don't have the time to learn a second language to visit there. Visually it might be a nice state, but I couldn't understand anyone from there to comunicate. I have talked to people from Arkansas and Alabama. I can't understand them and they can't understand me.

You speak English, don't you?

Well, so do we.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge

You speak English, don't you?

Well, so do we.

LOL!!!

[PurpleLove08]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I don't have the time to learn a second language to visit there. Visually it might be a nice state, but I couldn't understand anyone from there to comunicate. I have talked to people from Arkansas and Alabama. I can't understand them and they can't understand me.

Well you're speaking English now...and I speak English 90% (Spanish the remaining 10%) of the time....let's have a conversation.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I don't have the time to learn a second language to visit there. Visually it might be a nice state, but I couldn't understand anyone from there to comunicate. I have talked to people from Arkansas and Alabama. I can't understand them and they can't understand me.

WOW!!! Just wow..........

Let me see, last week while in COLORADO we ran into a lady from Australia (not the UK but still somewhat reminicent of the old English accent). She spoke to my husband and myself. We all understood each other and my husband is from ALABAMA and I'm from TEXAS!

If you can not understand someone that is speaking English it has to do with what you are wanting to hear or not hear. It has nothing to do w/ the other persons speech.

I've also been to Arkansas a million times and never had a problem understanding anyone. Same goes for when I traveled throughout EASTERN EUROPE! I had no problems understanding others w/ thick Russian accents speaking broken English and they understood me thru all of my Texas accents. Maybe it has to do w/ the fact that I'm actually open to others and other cultures.

BTW, how did you know they were from Arkansas or Alabama? If you asked them where they were from you obviously understood them enough to hear what they said when they responded back with "Arkansas" or "Alabama".

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

Just hate southern states, along with hundreads of thousands of people. As much as I don't like Texas. You really can't compare Texas with states like Arkansas or Alabama. lol

Texas is growing for a reason.. like the state or not. It has a lot to offer.

How can you possibly be so closed minded? You have never been in Ar and probably not Alabama. What do you know about growth and how do you feel about Ok. Do you think the population in these states are going down? As for not understanding people from these states I assume you are talking about southern accents: I have heard some of the deepest accents when living or visiting Texas. Most people in AR do not have much of a drawl, if any..
Nita