From the Heart

We've been discussing how people, movies, restaurants, and whatever else we can think if, influences the South. But what do WE think about the South, on our own terms, in our own words? In things you've seen, things you've heard, things you've done, how has living in the South changed your view or backed up your previous opinions of the South?

Having lived in Georgia my whole life, I know it very well. In one of my two neighborhoods I have lived in throughout my life I can distinctly remember knowing at the LEAST, neighbors for twelve houses in each direction. There were obviously more spread out in each direction, but within my reign of movement at age 6, for example, twelve was a lot. At those houses I had friends, most of which I still know today, any one of the kids in our "group" could walk in the garage door (most of the time we didn't even know where the front door and doorbell were) and say hi to the family without knocking. Though I have visited many people in many different states and regions of our country, the South is without a doubt the most hospitable place I have ever seen. The freedoms we enjoy here are not found anywhere else; I love my home in the South.