The Sorry State of Today's Journalism

[murphy1244]

We might.......

I'm still in country boy training so I didn't get to that yet BUT I did buy a gun safe and the standard AR-15. And of course a couple of Tractors.

 

[ovrszd]

Murph, you are wayyyyy more country than a lot of claimed country boys. ")

 

[Sprinklerman]

I occasionally work in Baltimore city . I got some advice from a city cop . Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 . I havent worked there since the riots .

 

[TripleR]

I might add,,,,, with NO intention of flaming,,,,, the average "city" person thinks us country hicks all are packing and probably have a couple under the seat. So they are a bit apprehensive about us. I like that. And it's more true than fantasy. So I live under the protection that my country hick brothers provide. I thank them.

That's sure the truth, I grew up in the country and lived in a small town when I went to college. My first job required I relocate to KCMO, our office was in the 600 block of 13th street and everyone with whom I worked lived in the city, our work area was the entire downtown area with the Missouri River our northern boundary, Kansas to the west though we crossed over from time to time and the Interstates to our east and south.

I was something of a curiosity to those with whom I worked whose only experience with the "country" was a trip to a campground. The assumptions about us "hillbillies and cowboys" was pretty surprising and yeah we all were believed to carry guns, drive pickups and marry our cousins.

Of course when I transferred to a rural area, since I was from KC, I was assumed to be a "city slicker" with all the attendant stereotypes.

 

[ovrszd]

Larry, that stereotype here is so strong we don't trust those that live in "town", population 3000.

 

[oldballs]

Since the discussion has gone this way, some of the dumbest people I've ever met, live in the country. Some don't know a Cardinal from a Red Tailed Hawk. Most of us have misconceptions of one kind or another. Jumping to conclusions is their major exercise. ...just sayin'
Cheers,
Mike

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I don't know if it's my imagination or not but it seems to me that country folks are not what they were 50 years ago. I grew up in a small rural agricultural town in NW Oklahoma. The folks I grew up were pretty much ladies and gentlemen, dressed as well as they could for school, worked hard and helped each other. I never knew anyone who got into trouble with the law or was considered a crook. You could go anywhere, knock on any door, leave your own doors unlocked and keys in the car. I never saw a tattoo except in a Popeye cartoon.

I have had occasion to visit some of the small towns that I am familiar with for car shows, and the people on the street there really aren't the same. The small town I grew up in had a murder a couple years back; in fact this guy killed his own brother. It was drug related, something that was unheard of back then. We had heard of drugs and marijuana (Robert Mitchum got busted), but that was it. I am told the rural areas are changing; that many of the undesirable are not country born and bred, but are influx from the cities. Am I anywhere near close to reality on this? Any comments?

 

[tractorshopper]

2Lane, somewhat on with your comment. There are still really good country folks in the country, but sometimes lately there have been more and more undesirables renting in the country and starting meth labs.

 

[Sodo]

For those on the public dole, the country is a good place to live cheap. Folks living on retirement income (often plus public dole) buying up old farms - will have different attitudes and 'needs' than the locals. In both examples the personality will likely differ from those who must work land for their income. No surprise that country folk are "changing".

 

[ovrszd]

Since the discussion has gone this way, some of the dumbest people I've ever met, live in the country. Some don't know a Cardinal from a Red Tailed Hawk. Most of us have misconceptions of one kind or another. Jumping to conclusions is their major exercise. ...just sayin'
Cheers,
Mike

Yeah Mike, it's them city folk that migrate to the country that you gotta look out for. We have a few of them around here too. But you can spot em a mile away. Kinda like Oliver Wendall Douglas.