State where rural folk are kind of sophisticated and not redneck (houses, live)

[fairbanks101]

You are why I HATE the northeastern states. I'm raised in Kentucky but have spent most my life in the caribbean, west coast and now alaska.

I will never set foot up there.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by carolinablue

i agree, this thread is just about as redneck as the people the poster describes in the original post.

Actually, it seems most of the posters disagree with the OP. I know I do. You can see what s/he is describing in any city.

[carolinablue]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Actually, it seems most of the posters disagree with the OP. I know I do. You can see what s/he is describing in any city.

i know, i most certainly dont agree with the OP. my post earlier was in reference to the one above it.

[DannyBanany]

Boulder
Aspen
Madison
Ann Arbor
Spearfish
Big Sky
Park City
Jackson Hole

...to name a few.

[redwine]

This whole redneck thing really irretates me. I have always lived in citys, Stockholm, Seattle, Frankfut and now in Memphis. I like to dress somewhat trendy but when I get home at night I wear an over sized T shirt and ugly as shorts. If I am off for a couple of days or on vacaction I might not shave my legs for a few days. My point is that just becasue you live in a small town doesn't make you a clueless redneck that don't know anything about the rest of the world. You live in a small town people care more about the people for who they are not their wardrobe.My husband is the smartest person I ever met he is a total fashion disaster. He wear whatever he think is comfortable and he is from a small rural town. And thanks to him many of you who likes to travel by air gets to your destenation in one pice.
Ball caps, beer bellys or whife beater T shirts might look country but has nothing to do with intelligence.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by DannyBanany

Boulder
Aspen
Madison
Ann Arbor
Spearfish
Big Sky
Park City
Jackson Hole

...to name a few.

Boulder, Madison, and Ann Arbor are not really "small town", though.

[blueva]

Charlottesville, VA
Ashland, VA
Athens, GA
Asheville, NC
Oxford,Miss
Natchez, Miss
Lexington, VA
Johnson City, TN
Stone Mountain, GA
Decatur, AL

[Angel079]

So in other words, if I take my world wide education & big bucks and retire as we desire with 40 yrs in a small town in TN and dress myself comfi and have a beer with friends I'm all the sudden less smart doing all this?

That's just BS sorry....and on a side note, what you're referring to as "redneck" here are more often then not folks that have some greater values as a baseline in life then "your kinda ppl" apparently have.

[kidyankee764]

Connecticut
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Wisconsin

[rickers]

These hillbillies and rednecks have more real life survival skills than most northeastern big city folks could ever dream about. When the $hit hits the fan you may be relying on one of these hicks to help you feed your family. Can you hit a rabbit running with a 22 or hit a pigeon while it's flying ? So called sophisticated rural types are generally better at showing off guided trip trophies than putting food on the table just by taking a little hike with a rifle. I'm a redneck and damned proud of it even though I grew up in a huge city I'll take a bunch of rednecks for neighbors over snobby city people any-day.