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Local customs are a bit different wherever you live. I'm not saying you have to be like the folks there, but you need to make an effort to understand their customs and adapt to them in dealing with them if you want to fit in anyplace. You are not going to win friends or influence people if you run around talking about how much better it is where you are from because they do things differently than where you're located now.
?I don't "get" what you are trying to state. I am pretty easy going when it comes to Maine as that is how it is in Maine. As for CT it's NOT easy going. I am from CT, there are too many people in one spot, a competition for space so to speak. I think that is what drives the mindset in CT.The only thing I miss about CT is maybe the historical content, other than that I can take it or leave it.
?I don't "get" what you are trying to state. I am pretty easy going when it comes to Maine as that is how it is in Maine. As for CT it's NOT easy going. I am from CT, there are too many people in one spot, a competition for space so to speak. I think that is what drives the mindset in CT.The only thing I miss about CT is maybe the historical content, other than that I can take it or leave it.
You don't have to tell me about CT. I lived there for 13 years. Although there are a disproportionate number of wack jobs there, there are also lots of very nice folks. Overall, I didn't particularly care for the place but I generally managed to get along fine there because I made an effort to understand the local mindset.
You don't have to tell me about CT. I lived there for 13 years. Although there are a disproportionate number of wack jobs there, there are also lots of very nice folks. Overall, I didn't particularly care for the place but I generally managed to get along fine there because I made an effort to understand the local mindset.
Yeah--CT has always been strange.Sadly, my former high school principal a year after I graduated hanged himself in the school he transferred to. I am a "local" to CT, but I moved away in 2001, never looked back. It changed, horribly, with the introduction of the casinos. I know people viewed them as an economic savior, but they laid off many,many, people in the past 6 months.
I don't miss it. The only thing I miss is the history. For instance, I lived in a house where there was a graveyard in the backyard. At first it was freaky, then, I made an effort to find out who was buried there. It was a rich experience.
I lived near Brooklyn, CT.(moved out of New London County) and Israel Putnam's sarcophagus in there-it was neat to find out a statue of a horse, from that era, with a raised hoof means wounded on the battlefield.
Huntington is a nice place to live. Close enough yet far enough away from busier cities. It's a beautiful town, and being a university town there's a wide variety of professionals. Two local hospitals as well as a VA hospital for employment in healthcare. Sounds like you're thinking ahead and re-inventing youself which is necessary for surviving in today's job climate. Huntington borders Kentucky and Ohio, so you can travel through three states within minutes. Yes, there is crime, but isnt crime everywhere?
I am single, have re-invented myself more than once as times changed. I'm successfully employed and was able to buy a nice 3 bedroom home in a pretty little area of Huntington. (I have worked steadily for 30 years with the exception of 1 when I was re- inventing myself while attending college for a second degree after job loss) I have lived here 40 of my 50 years. I travel to larger cities like Lexington, Pittsburg, DC -they're not that far, but prefer leaving the fast pace there.
We welcome new neighbors, look out for sick neighbors, keep an eye on vacationing neighbor homes. Just like anywhere, we make wise decisions. We dont leave our keys in our cars, we lock the doors to our homes. Unfortunately those carefree days are gone everywhere. That doesn't mean we can't live a nice life here in Huntington.
I would chose Huntington over most of the other places mentioned. I wont slam any in particular, but if you want less snow, chose Huntington. If you want better air quality, chose Huntington. We'll be glad to have you as a neighbor.
Yeah--CT has always been strange.Sadly, my former high school principal a year after I graduated hanged himself in the school he transferred to. I am a "local" to CT, but I moved away in 2001, never looked back. It changed, horribly, with the introduction of the casinos. I know people viewed them as an economic savior, but they laid off many,many, people in the past 6 months.
I don't miss it. The only thing I miss is the history. For instance, I lived in a house where there was a graveyard in the backyard. At first it was freaky, then, I made an effort to find out who was buried there. It was a rich experience.
I lived near Brooklyn, CT.(moved out of New London County) and Israel Putnam's sarcophagus in there-it was neat to find out a statue of a horse, from that era, with a raised hoof means wounded on the battlefield.
Interestingly enough, Isreal Putnam is remembered lots of places, including New York beside Fairfield County, CT and right here in West Virginia there is a county named for him. Casinos tend to be a mixed blessing. They usually take off well and provide good employment for a period, then they inevitably face newer competition and lay folks off. They also tend to bring some unsavory folks along with them which increases the level of crime.
What exactly is a "Pittsburgh Yinzer"??????? I'll be moving to West Virginia from Baltimore and while I'll be living in Charleston which is far from Pittsburgh I AM curious about this. Is a "Yinzer" kinda like a gangsta from Baltimore or Philly? Kind of like a guido from New Jersey? Or more like a Baltimore "hon"?
What exactly is a "Pittsburgh Yinzer"??????? I'll be moving to West Virginia from Baltimore and while I'll be living in Charleston which is far from Pittsburgh I AM curious about this. Is a "Yinzer" kinda like a gangsta from Baltimore or Philly? Kind of like a guido from New Jersey? Or more like a Baltimore "hon"?
Yinzers are, for the most part, a harmless lot. Generally speaking, it's a native of Pittsburgh and environs, largely blue-collar, who speaks Pittsburghese. Pittsburghese is a peculiar dialect that's in part a mix of the variety of ethnic groups that have set tled there, especially Scots-Irish, and in part verbal laziness.
Yinzers derives from one such pronunciation. Rather than "all of you" or "you all" or "y'all", in Pittsburghese it's "yinz" or "younz". Those who speak Pittsburghese have come to be called "yinzers". Other terms include "sliberty", "dahntahn", and "jint igl". Naturally, there are websites that delve into this topic in great detail.
By the way, Pittsburgh Yinzer is redundant... All Yinzers are from Pittsburgh.
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