25. "never seen an A&P in my life" In response to Reply # 4
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
one of those things commercials used to torture me with
man i still havent gone to the dairy queen on 14th St ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
33. "^ all of that is good advertising. LOL" In response to Reply # 32 Mon Feb-02-15 12:26 PM by SoWhat
Sonic and others understand that we travel to places that have Sonic even if we live in a place that doesn't have it. and when we travel having seen all of those ads we're curious. so we're more likely to check them out than if we'd never seen those ads. plus they also are on an expansion plan and so when they expand into a market where they'd been airing commercials (like here in Chicago) the ppl are primed and ready already.
i read about this w/Sonic and i think it's genius.
^ and that last link is from 2007. i'm sure there are more locations up north now than there were then. there are several more in Chicago and STL now than then.
8. "A lot of fundamental differences have eroded" In response to Reply # 0
What remains is:
-The power that religion holds in the South
-Right to work vs union (but that's fading)
-Northern cities have more political pull than Southern cities. Almost all big cities are BLUE, and rural areas are red, but the cities can carry the state in the North.
11. "i'm not sure that religious power is particularly southern either." In response to Reply # 8 Mon Feb-02-15 11:40 AM by SoWhat
but i'm in Chicago where the installment of the latest archbishop of the Chicago diocese was front page news. for several days.
i never see that kind of coverage down south. but i know i'd see it in Boston and probably NYC. and possibly Los Angeles.
and then there's Utah and the Mormons. and that Mormon muscle isn't unique to that state either - ask the Mormons in Cali. plus the Scientologists in Cali 'run' the entertainment biz. or is that Jewish ppl?
20. "attitude...the south generally has a warmer friendlier feel..." In response to Reply # 0
people smile at you and or say hi when they pass u on the street... up north there is no connection between ppl (in my experience) which isn't necessarily a bad thg...but everybody seems to be on their own mission and there is no concern or even acknowledgement at times for the next man. I was in philly over the holiday and everytime im up north I bug out alil bit when I notice
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42. "Philly is worse than NYC in this department." In response to Reply # 20
I lived in Philly for 5 years and my wife was always terrified of going to NYC. When we finally went she was amazed how much friendlier people where in NYC than Philly.
I kept telling her it's because in NYC people actually have shit to do...
In Philly, it always felt like people ain't really have shit to do so they had time to argue over simple shit.
50. "man while i was up there i caught up with some of my okp fam" In response to Reply # 42
from NC...he been livin there maybe 7 years or so and we were both trippin out on how there can be a street or a room full of ppl and nobody is in anyway connected at all. I was at terminal market and that shit was jam packed but I might as well been the only nigga in that mofo lol. its like other ppl don't exist
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
they have more than a dozen varieties of oatmeal in northern supermarkets but only 2 options for grits. down south i see somewhere around a dozen varieties of grits and not as many oatmeal options as i see up north.
also - most restaurants up here don't serve grits. those that do tend to offer Southern or Soul Food cuisine, generally. but i won't see grits at a regular ol' American diner. down south i see grits on menus more often.
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