The Town your Talking about on the Andy Griffin Show, is Mayberry, NC, Not Florida or Alabama, and reality a nice little city. based on Real City, it's Real Name is Mount Airy, NC.

Some peole wonder how people can live like they do in New England. Why own a phone to talk to your neighbor, just go to the Kitchen Window. Oh if your going out the Front Door, watch for cars coming by, they might get you. (New Castle, NH HWY 1B)

You been in 45 States? I been in all 50 plus several other Countries, like I am in Asia now. IF you were to drive through where I live at now, you'll ask how can these people live like they do, but they are much more happy with their life than most Americans are with theirs.

Some people rather live out away from every else, some like to live ontop of each other.

Cause they live differently than you does not mean they are hicks or Rednecks and such. I can say the same about New England or other places too, but it's not right to say that.



Part of the City I am currently living in. This is one of the better sections.

 

Ya, thanks for the pizza and beer tip. I did look it up on the web and it's close by. I'm not a beer drinker though. I've tried and tried but never could get the taste acquired.

Mount Airy, NC is where I bought my trailer. Utility Trailer is the name of the place. Out in the middle of no place. Was scary sleeping in there parking lot that night.

I know what you mean about people happy in different places but this reservation would be condemmed in any other place in the U.S.. Almost all the houses look like shacks built by little kids. There is trash and filth all over the place. Small children are outside in the early morning walking around in muck and garbage.

This wasn't a question of living out in the middle of nowhere but rather the conditions in which they live. I've seen a lot of reservations in my travels and they are pretty much all the same although this was the worst. This is what they asked for and this is the result. They want there own rules and laws and has far as I'm concerned, they don't work.

Well, my phone didn't ring off the hook yesterday, that's for sure. I got one call to haul something to Cheyenne for over $2.00 a mile but it was gone before I could say yes. It was a short haul. I'm hooked up with Pittsburgh Logistics and they send me available loads a few times a day and low and behold there was one close by going to Boston. They listed the miles as 1,700 but when I looked it up it was 1,860 on my GPS. There is another place on the GPS you can look and I realized when they list a load they list the miles as a straight line as the crow can fly. The load was paying less than $.98 per mile. Me thinks they are taking advantage of the fact there isn't much leaving this area.

So I spent the day putting air in my tires, washing windows, checking oil and 6 hours trying to route my Sirius radio antenna wire. What a pain in the azz. Got a haircut here also from a cute little blond. I was so vague about how I wanted it cut I think I have a flattop now. Took her over an hour to cut my hair. It usually takes 10 minutes. I think she was bored and wanted some company.

 

Many of the Indian Reservations are depressed, economically. Most have little or no industry, so there is little in the way of jobs. I think that is one reason so many have built casino's. Some of the happiest people I have ever met have had the least economically. On the other hand, some of the unhappiest have been wealthy. These poor people help one another. They actually care about one another. I sometimes think that we would be much better off to get rid of all the electronic gadgets and start reading newspapers. Who knows, we might actually have to start talking to people again. 8)

 

Yea, maybe your right. I just sent you a text message on your cell phone and emailed your Blackberry. I'll fax over a copy to your also and update my blog for you to read on the internet in a minute in case you don't get the messages. If all else fails, PM me, I've forwarded my email to my cell phone which is connected to my server so I should get it pretty quick.

 

And we think we are communicating. :lol:

 

Hey Coastie I didn't mean to offend anyone with the Hick comment. As to people being happier, I've been to other countries too. As a matter of fact I broke down in EL Paso the other day and went over to Mexico. But really that's just a border town, so I won't even count that, but I am going back to South America this weekend and so I've seen how others live. I don't know how much happier they are, really depends on how much money they have I guess. Some people down there live better than we do here, but the majority don't.

By the way I don't live in New England anymore and quite frankly don't know how, unless you like the cold, people stay up there either.

Anyway again sorry if I offended anyone.

BTW, from that picture, well you're a better man than I am living around that. First time I went to South America, I lasted 3 days where I was staying, and it was 100 times better than what's pictured there, and at the risk of offending the people I was staying with, I had to go check in at the Best Western. Really only reason was it was cold, they had no heat and worse though there was hot water in the shower, the sinks didn't have it. That was enough for me. But I love it down there nonetheless.

 

Merrick, where in South America were you? If you had hot water in your shower, you were ahead of the game.

 

Quito, Ecuador. Believe me there is money down there for a few. I went to this resort and went walking around the neighborhood. Beautiful homes with armed guards all around. I asked who lived there and it was the politicians. They have a couple malls in Quito as well and you would think you were in any American mall.

 

Same deal in Lima, Peru, my wife's home city.

Sorry for the hijack, back to regularly-scheduled programming.

 

merrick4

It's ok, I think it just hit me the wrong way at that time I read it, no problem.

I was going to post my MIL house picture, but I lost it on the way here, thanks to TSA and their thieves network. Her Home is a Half wall of Concrete Block, and the top half Plywood. Did just have a Leaf roof the first time I met here in 2005, but since gotten a tin roof.

One guy I served with while stationed in New Hampshire I got to see his House. He lived in northern parts of New Hampshire. I'm not sure whose house was worst, my MIL, or his. Lease my MIL does not have to deal with the cold, but his house was not much better if it was.

As for the Philippines, I can not say much bad about the people, besides I did not enjoy Christmas here for all the begging by the kids for pesos. Tradition here if a group came by caroling, the home owner to give them 5 pesos. Fine if it was only one time they came by, but they would come by 5 times a day, every day, started at the 1st of Dec and did not stop at Christmas, but on till the 5th of Jan.