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It's interesting how the definition of the 'Triangle' depends very much on what part you're from/living in.
Efland, Bahama, and Rougemont can all be very country
I agree with those three being very country, and the Triangle is still a southern metro of course since we're in North Carolina. However, it's definitely a case where some areas are more culturally southern than others.
I agree with those three being very country, and the Triangle is still a southern metro of course since we're in North Carolina. However, it's definitely a case where some areas are more culturally southern than others.
Oh, I agree.
What I meant is that people in Wake County have a very different perspective than someone from Orange or Durham. You will see that reflected in the towns mentioned here. Being from Durham I am much more familiar with the counties nearby such as Person, Granville, and Alamance than say Sanford, Clayton, Fuquay, Zebulon etc. In the same way you didn't see Efland mentioned here even though it's in Orange County and directly off a major highway - but for someone from a Wake County perspective it's on the complete opposite end of things.
What I meant is that people in Wake County have a very different perspective than someone from Orange or Durham. You will see that reflected in the towns mentioned here. Being from Durham I am much more familiar with the counties nearby such as Person, Granville, and Alamance than say Sanford, Clayton, Fuquay, Zebulon etc. In the same way you didn't see Efland mentioned here even though it's in Orange County and directly off a major highway - but for someone from a Wake County perspective it's on the complete opposite end of things.
Ah okay, I gotcha.
Yeah, Efland would be quite distant if you lived in Clayton or maybe Zebulon, not so far if you lived in Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, or Durham. I live in Wake County, but I'm on the Durham side just a spit from the Durham County border. Excluding Wake and Durham, I'm also more familiar with Orange and Alamance but maybe due to the fact that I visit Greensboro very often. Granville, too. If I have to go up to Virginia for any reason, have to go through Granville.
Random, but would you say Hillsborough is still quite southern?
What happens at a restaurant? Two characteristics of Southern ...
On a freezing-cold January day, your breakfast order includes "tea."
The waitress brings iced tea. Never crosses her mind that you wanted a hot beverage.
When you pay the check the cashier says "Y'all come back" and she means it.
"Y'all come back" is very different from "Have a nice day."
Wish we stayed country need I say more. We lost something here and that makes me sad.
Well, go a good 20-30 miles out of the Triangle in any direction, and you're safely in the country. Most of Orange County is still quite country in my book, same with Chatham, Granville, Franklin, Johnston, and Harnett. Still plenty of country areas in Wake and Durham! Hey, we'll always be North Carolina
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