Most Progressive Town in Western North Carolina? (Asheville, Henderson: how much, title)

[ucctgg]

Originally Posted by carolinagrown

Please explain your answer.

I think unless you define what You mean by progressive, the poll is useless.

[roadpony]

Originally Posted by Francois

Here's a little hint--when you move to a new area--any new area, not just the South--you are the one who has to learn THEIR ways; it's not their burden to alter themselves to fit you.

In the South, "Sir" and "Ma'am" are signs of respect (for elders) taught to children from birth. It's unfathomable to me how someone could find it insulting to be addressed that way (and especially to prefer being called "guy"!). At the very least, use "y'all" ! Now, if the people are under 30, it might make more sense to be less formal, but in general, addressing customers who are older than you are has an expectation of some sort of term of respect (I also hate it when cashiers more than 5 years younger than me call my by my first name [from my credit card]).

Absolutely! Rep points to you!

[carolinagrown]

Originally Posted by box_of_zip_disks

Plus Darden's looking to set up an Olive Garden in Boone at the site of old meth motels on 321 in between McDonald's and WATA's offices, where that little boy died a couple years ago in the ditch. They bought land further down the road by Walgreens several years ago but held off due to the mixed beverage ban. So it's not as if they didn't want to open up shop there.

Completely false. Darden dropped plans to build an Olive Garden in Boone a while ago. This was confirmed at the Wilkesboro meeting in July.

[box_of_zip_disks]

Originally Posted by carolinagrown

Completely false. Darden dropped plans to build an Olive Garden in Boone a while ago. This was confirmed at the Wilkesboro meeting in July.

I don't think the word false means what you think it means. You just repeated what I said about Olive Garden planning to open in Boone. I didn't know they'd dropped it again. Last I heard both they and Hampton Inn were looking at the property. Perhaps Hampton Inn got to it first or made a better offer.

[Francois]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

I think unless you define what You mean by progressive, the poll is useless.

It typically means politically, in which case Boone/Watauga county--one of only 8 counties in NC and the only one on your list to reject Amendment One, the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage or any sort of civil unions/domestic partnerships--would be the most progressive by the "usual" meaning, without further clarification.

[carolinagrown]

Originally Posted by box_of_zip_disks

I don't think the word false means what you think it means. You just repeated what I said about Olive Garden planning to open in Boone. I didn't know they'd dropped it again. Last I heard both they and Hampton Inn were looking at the property. Perhaps Hampton Inn got to it first or made a better offer.

I'm very aware of what false means. The information you provided was false. End of story.

[motordavid]

What a thread...

[poppydog]

Carolinagrown, is there some reason you won't tell us what you mean by "progressive"? Do you mean a place with more progressive politics? A place that is growing? A good place for business? Several of us have repeatedly asked you what you mean and you have never taken time to explain.

[box_of_zip_disks]

Originally Posted by carolinagrown

I'm very aware of what false means. The information you provided was false. End of story.

Are you high or something? I said that restaurant had been looking at a place in Boone, you said the same thing, but added they decided against it. How is what I said, which is part of what you said, false? That would mean what you said was false as well.

Now if you're referring to the previous attempt at opening an Olive Garden further down 321 near where the Walgreens is, Jim Deal, chairman of the Watauga County board of commissioners told me about that back in 2006. Now if you're calling him a liar, then fine, whatever. I agree with him on few things, but I'll take his word over some random yahoo on the internet. But saying something is false because you don't think or wish it had happened out of some warped sense of local boosterism which requires you to denigrate other towns doesn't make it false.

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by carolinagrown

Please explain your answer.

Please explain your question.