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Hmmm. . .Letterman is an Indiana boy who went to Ball State. He's been the butt of his own jokes for being a Ball State graduate for decades. I've seen him make fun of Harvard grads as often as people who went to lesser schools & somehow it usually ends up back at Ball State.
That's my observation as well. I always thought Indiana was center of the bulk of his jokes. And usually more self-condescending as that is where he's from. As a Midwesterner myself, I always thought the Midwest was the major target. It never bothered me though, I never thought of it being NY elitism. I just thought, yeah, here in the Midwest, there are those types that he describes, and that's where Letterman is from.
This thread is the first awareness to me, that Southerners took it to be a New York elitism vs the South kind of thing.
This thread is the first awareness to me, that Southerners took it to be a New York elitism vs the South kind of thing.
Please don't generalize. The people on this thread speak only for their own opinions regarding Letterman and can hardly be extrapolated to speak for all Southerners.
Please don't generalize. The people on this thread speak only for their own opinions regarding Letterman and can hardly be extrapolated to speak for all Southerners.
As to my opinion of him, I don't think he's funny! Neither does my husband, who by the way is also from Indiana and went to Ball State. Different strokes - we hate Conan, too.
I actually like the drum circles. The people who really pi$$ me off are those in downtown condos who complained about the gatherings, and almost got them banned.
When Letterman came back on the air after 09/11, he gave a monologue that was just perfect. Exactly what people needed to hear. There is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBLgp1qTCTg I remember there being more to it. Can't find the part before he sat down.
I do wonder why people who seem to dislike AVL and the inhabitants so much stay? I am sure other places have more job opportunities and conservative culture.
Some of the bashers don't even live in Buncombe County, yet the sit on their perch spewing their never ending disdain, Like a broken record. It gets so tiresome.
Some of the bashers don't even live in Buncombe County, yet the sit on their perch spewing their never ending disdain, Like a broken record. It gets so tiresome.
You're going to have to deal with it. They have as much right to complain as you do about their complaining. I have a friend who was a longtime resident, but can't afford property here after having had to move away to take care of something. Another friend and longtime resident is, to my great regret, thinking about leaving Asheville because it has changed so much (for the worse). You don't like the complaints? Too bad.
You're going to have to deal with it. They have as much right to complain as you do about their complaining. I have a friend who was a longtime resident, but can't afford property here after having had to move away to take care of something. Another friend and longtime resident is, to my great regret, thinking about leaving Asheville because it has changed so much (for the worse). You don't like the complaints? Too bad.
Me-me-me-me! And I have NOT bashed one thing, yet! I loved living in both AVL and HVL, but the 'word got out' and 'they' came in and changed things so drastically they took away the 'essence' of what AVL was (I'm talking the past 15 of 30 yrs). It happens when people do not realize what they have and keep their mouths shut (NOT meant in any bad way). I have been through this in so many wonderful towns, including my OWN 'home town' of Coconut Grove, FL (an artsy-craftsy quaint town of Miami...back in the 60s/70s/mid 80s). Now, it's all 'modernized' and built UP (b/c 'they' could not build sideways) and the whole 'essence' of what a wonderful town it once was is GONE. It's true of the whole Miami pre 1985, too. I haven't found, in my lifetime, a town that gets to GROW large and retain that 'old town n family' feeling. Along with the BIG venues, businesses, sports, politics come big builders, corruption, drugs and GREED...American Greed. I had hoped to retire in AVL...I truly did, but it got too expensive and my retirement got wiped-out with the Recession of 2009. It's a shame, but it happens when people don't pay attention to their hometown politics and, of course, participate in such.
I do still come to visit FL friends who have moved to cities like Sapphire, Black Mountain, Franklin, but they are not 'the old' AVL.
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