[Big time bro]

So I've been watching this new reality show and its interesting. There is a group of country guys vs city guys trying to win this pretty girl over. Some of the country guys are from Birmingham, Mountain Brook and Franklin,TN(suburb of Nashville). My question is...... Do people from these cities consider themselves country?

I'm from a small farm town in NM and I don't consider places with lots of interstate traffic and interchanges, skyscrapers, large population and upper class suburbs country.......but do others in the South?

[TreasuredJewel]

That girl is not even from Alabama. I hate the show it makes it seem like everyone here wears cowboy hats. I have never even heard anybody here refer to themselves as a southern belle.Most people here live in suburban type areas.

I live in a small town. I don't consider B-Ham, Huntsville, Mobile etc to be "country". I hate when other people assume a city is country based on that state that it is located in. These cities are southern, not country.

[greenvillebuckeye]

Originally Posted by Big time bro

So I've been watching this new reality show and its interesting. There is a group of country guys vs city guys trying to win this pretty girl over. Some of the country guys are from Birmingham, Mountain Brook and Franklin,TN(suburb of Nashville). My question is...... Do people from these cities consider themselves country?

I'm from a small farm town in NM and I don't consider places with lots of interstate traffic and interchanges, skyscrapers, large population and upper class suburbs country.......but do others in the South?

i think "country" tends to refer more to a certain type of behavior / value system rather than geography. i mean would anyone consider raleigh, charlotte or atlanta country? i've met people hec even in places like cleveland, ohio who refer to themselves as country. although it is possible to be whats called a "redneck with money".

[greenvillebuckeye]

Originally Posted by TreasuredJewel

That girl is not even from Alabama. I hate the show it makes it seem like everyone here wears cowboy hats. I have never even heard anybody here refer to themselves as a southern belle.Most people here live in suburban type areas.

I live in a small town. I don't consider B-Ham, Huntsville, Mobile etc to be "country". I hate when other people assume a city is country based on that state that it is located in. These cities are southern, not country.

according to the article i read she is actually from Cordova, TN a suburb of Memphis. Nothing says country like upper middle class. She does attend U of A though as a public relations major. A blonde female public relations major....how original.

[dijkstra]

Unfortunately I suffered through an episode of this stupid show a couple of weeks ago because my wife wanted to watch. This show portrays people from Alabama as a bunch of country red necks. Who the hell in Alabama wears cowboy hats anyway? I do not know a single person in my area that wears a cowboy hat or cowboy boots for that matter. Of course, I don't associate in the red neck circles either. The image other parts of the country have of Alabama is already bad enough, do we have to have a show such as this making others think we actually dress and talk that way? Good grief, I will be glad when this goofy show gets canceled.

[Big time bro]

Thanks for the input everyone. I spent a year in San Antonio and I noticed that some guys I knew would dress up as cowboys sometimes, I guess its a way to feel like the typical image of what TX is. Its more of a style instead of a lifestyle, that's what the guys from the tv show appear to be like.

[southernnaturelover]

Just read the responses in the Mobile forum.

[pennquaker09]

Originally Posted by greenvillebuckeye

according to the article i read she is actually from Cordova, TN a suburb of Memphis. Nothing says country like upper middle class. She does attend U of A though as a public relations major. A blonde female public relations major....how original.

I'm not sure if your intention was to be funny, but I have to say, I got a great laugh from it. Because it's so true.