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[SIZE=2]Which places are you considering as possible relocation options. I used to live in Charlotte moved to NJ and am myself trying to check on other options. DC is one option under consideration and other being Texas. Never experienced Texas summer thus apprehensive. [/SIZE]
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people asking what church do you go to. A hat called a tobbagan, a shopping cart is a buggy, cut the lights, mash the button, i'm fixin to head home...locals who know little to nothing about the Holocaust or Jews in general...
...locals who know little to nothing about the Holocaust or Jews in general...
Not sure I fully understand this.
South Charlotte has a very vibrant and active Jewish community, and I think you would be hard pressed to find someone in 2011 who knows "nothing about the Holocaust".
But yes, Charlotte certainly is not diverse as the Northeast US.
More than I ever thought possible
Actually, I think it depends on what kind of life you lived where you were prior more than where you lived.
However, the one thing I hear most commonly amongst northerners is the talk of religion. In the north people don't really talk about it, whilst here people ask you where you go to church upon a first meeting.
Been here 10 years. Had one nice lady invite me to her church. I don't consider that a negative or a huge cultural disparity. I told her that I didn't go to church and she kindly changed the topic. She was just trying to make me feel at home in a new city/country.
people asking what church do you go to. A hat called a tobbagan, a shopping cart is a buggy, cut the lights, mash the button, i'm fixin to head home...locals who know little to nothing about the Holocaust or Jews in general...
Sorry, don't understand so of what you are saying. You state, "A hat called a tobbagan'. What does that mean? Are you saying that people call hats tobbagans? I have heard people call a shopping cart a 'cart' and a 'buggy'. What do you consider proper? Is one term better than another?The term "fixin" is an old term brought from Scotland that has remained. Would it be advantageous if it were discontinued?
The Jewish population in the area enjoy an excellent relationship with the Christian communities from what I have read and heard. I have been to the Jewish Commnunity Center which is extremely impressive. There were many locals there with their church groups involved in activities. I believe that locals are likely far more informed about Judism and the Holocaust than the average community. Many Jews are native to this area and are a very well accepted throughout.
[quote=anifani821;17666706]It isn't that folks are in love with their cars . . . it is necessary to have a car in this region as public transportation is limited . . . and many folks have to commute at least 30 minutes to work. Cars are considered a necessary expense here b/c not having one limits choices.
Have you checked out the car washes in Atlanta??? Cars in Atlanta are very much a fashion statement.
Sorry, don't understand so of what you are saying. You state, "A hat called a tobbagan'. What does that mean? Are you saying that people call hats tobbagans?
Yes, they are saying that people call hats toboggans. For the record, my husband calls his hat (winter hat, not ball cap) a toboggan and we're from Ohio, so it's not a southern thing.
The comment about Jews and the Holocaust has me stumped.
...locals who know little to nothing about the Holocaust or Jews in general...
I am also stumped by this. Approx 60% of my neighborhood is originally from North of the Mason Dixon Line or North of the Ohio River. Should I be considered a "local" or a "transplant?" I guess it would be considered an insult to the "locals." That would assume they had never read a newspaper, news magazine, watch PBS, network news, or had any schooling beyond 1st grade.
people asking what church do you go to. A hat called a tobbagan, a shopping cart is a buggy, cut the lights, mash the button, i'm fixin to head home...locals who know little to nothing about the Holocaust or Jews in general...
I am a native and I never heard a knit hat called a toboggan until my relatives from New Jersey used the term. I was taught a toboggan is a type of sled.
I call a shopping cart a shopping cart and everyone I know calls it a shopping cart.
I mash potatoes. I press buttons.
I turn off the lights.
I have heard folks say "cut the engine" but not the lights . . .
I have attended synagogue; my mother spent most of her career working for several firms owned by Jews.
I don't know where you got your ideas about folks in North Carolina. . watching movies written by folks who never even lived in the South, maybe?
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