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I think his point is rural NC is no different than rural NY or any other rural part of America. I grew up down there, not creepy to me at all. Most people who live in rural places have a keen eye for BS and city slickers. So spouting off at the mouth or braggadocious isn't a good way to start the conversation.
Great food, real food and always love going home because I know the food is about as earthy as it gets (meat, veggies, etc). My 80+ year old parents still don't eat pizza or fast food....absolutely despise it. I usually go down in the Fall to stock up on fresh seafood. I love the smell of the burning leaves and wood in the fall. It's dark, outer space type dark and people who are accustomed to any notion of city lights, it is different or "creepy". Not to me.
Now, I'm an "outsider" and they find me to be sort of creepy but appreciate my city-fide self. But they know I still remember how to harvest tobacco or plant a row of butter beans, sweet corn or okra. It is boring to most but an extremely peaceful existence. It is beautiful countryside but do think my area is a bit more fortunate due to proximity to Wilmington which is seeing growth. It is unique because parts of the topography might remind you of Kansas but it just the coastal plains. Flat, open, piney, swampy....God's country.
Sort of a strange post. I'm very familiar with NC and have never been anywhere there that was remotely "creepy". Any state has is warts, but I've found NC to be one of the most beautiful states I've been to.
Most of North Carolina is pretty creepy. So is the rest of the South and Midwest there days. Pity.
NC is one of the nicest, most beautiful states in the nation, as is the South in general. There are tons of people who've been relocating there over the last 30 year, and creepiness wasn't one of the things they moved there for. I guess that's just your troll-ish regional bigorty shining through, lol.
Sort of a strange post. I'm very familiar with NC and have never been anywhere there that was remotely "creepy". Any state has is warts, but I've found NC to be one of the most beautiful states I've been to.
I agree with you about the beauty but there are creepy places in North Carolina. I was born on one of the most beautiful roads in the state. We always took it for granted but others didn't. In the fall cars would drive in front of our home at about 10 mph and we would say, "I wonder why that car is going so slow." I moved away and later drove on the road in front of my former home and there were three mountains in view, left, right, and middle, and they were covered with beautiful trees with multiple colored leaves. It is breathtakingly beautiful.
But we used to walk the few miles from our home to the local church and on the way we passed through a deep curve called the Hilt Holler. I don't know how it got its name but walking through there made the hair raise on the back of your neck. We walked fast and got through that area as fast as possible. It felt evil, cold and damp.
Most of North Carolina is pretty creepy. So is the rest of the South and Midwest there days. Pity.
I have seen several posts quoting this post. I ignored it. It would have to be translated so I even know what it is trying to say. What does "So is the rest of the South and Midwest there days" mean?
Well, most North Carolinians would consider the towns out in the Southwest desert totally creepy as well, like along I-10 and I-40 in Arizona and New Mexico where there’s not one tree among 100 houses or so sitting all alone in the vast open desert where you can see 50 miles in every direction.
I mean El Paso’s nice residential neighborhoods look like you’re living on the surface of the moon.
It’s shocking initially, you’re thinking how could anyone normal live in such an opposite landscape from what you’re accustomed to.
Only area frightening to me is south of Miami through Homestead heading to the keys. I feel I’m about to be carjacked at every traffic signal down there.
I have run into a couple of those different towns. Most of the time I just view places different as unique but we drove into one town off I-10, if I remember correctly. We were hungry and looking for a place to eat but we decided we weren't that hungry. We are learning to carry apples and granola bars and water in the trunk for times like this.
I drive through Laurinburg, Wagram, Pink Hill, and the Kinston to New Bern stretch of 70 on a regular basis between my home in Union county and my home in Pamlico County. Creepy is the last word I would use to describe these towns. I love to see the fields of tobacco and cotton and soy beans. I love the black water of the swamp land. I love the pines and the peach stands. I agree with many of the other posters here. You are seeing rural poverty and it clearly makes you uncomfortable. But that's OK. It should make all of us uncomfortable to some extent. These towns were left behind in our New Economy and Eastern NC needs serious help in economic development.
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