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Monday, January 18, 2010
I’m slightly disturbed.
Tonight I completed my Give a Day, Get a Disney Park Day volunteer project. I came home afterwards, had Taco Bell take-out, and took a nap. When I woke up from my nap (7 minutes ago) I had a startling revelation.
Of the 10 people working in tonight’s group, only one could claim to be a true North Carolinian…and that’s only if she lies. The rest were from various points up north, the Midwest, and I think one was from Texas. None had been here any significant amount of time: with the exception of me.
[I don’t regularly tell people I was born out-of-state. In fact, my OB asked if I whether born at the hospital in Ahoskie (a boonie town in NC - only I can call it that, ‘cause where I’m from isn’t even a town so I have privilege) after finding out where I grew up. I just shook my head “no.” I can count how many (non-contiguous) years I spent in New York on one hand. In fact, I don’t even need all the fingers to do so. If memory serves me correctly, if I said “4 years” I would be being generous. I’ll tell you that story one day. It’s sort of boring, though. But, in a nutshell, I’m NOT one of those people who has lived in NC all her life and yet tells people “I’m from New Yawk.”]
Where the hell are all the natives…and pseudo-natives?
Chris was born in New Jersey but moved to NC at age 2 and lived here ever since except the 2 1/2 years I kidnapped him to Pennsylvania. So I guess he is as North Carolinian as they get right?
I’m slightly disturbed.
Tonight I completed my Give a Day, Get a Disney Park Day volunteer project. I came home afterwards, had Taco Bell take-out, and took a nap. When I woke up from my nap (7 minutes ago) I had a startling revelation.
Of the 10 people working in tonight’s group, only one could claim to be a true North Carolinian…and that’s only if she lies. The rest were from various points up north, the Midwest, and I think one was from Texas. None had been here any significant amount of time: with the exception of me.
[I don’t regularly tell people I was born out-of-state. In fact, my OB asked if I whether born at the hospital in Ahoskie (a boonie town in NC - only I can call it that, ‘cause where I’m from isn’t even a town so I have privilege) after finding out where I grew up. I just shook my head “no.” I can count how many (non-contiguous) years I spent in New York on one hand. In fact, I don’t even need all the fingers to do so. If memory serves me correctly, if I said “4 years” I would be being generous. I’ll tell you that story one day. It’s sort of boring, though. But, in a nutshell, I’m NOT one of those people who has lived in NC all her life and yet tells people “I’m from New Yawk.”]
Where the hell are all the natives…and pseudo-natives?
Posted by Tiffany on 01/18 at 11:17 PM
_______________________________________________________________Chris was born in New Jersey but moved to NC at age 2 and lived here ever since except the 2 1/2 years I kidnapped him to Pennsylvania. So I guess he is as North Carolinian as they get right?
Posted by Carly on 01/22 at 11:15 AM
***I feel the same way about my NYC. I once worked where myself and another guy in team of 20+ were born in the state. The rest were transplants.
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