Ozarks

Originally Posted by donsgal

I have lived in A LOT of places, and to some extent you are correct. There are good and bad everywhere. However, I think your environment has a lot to do with it. If you live in a fast-paced city where everybody is rude then you tend to adopt those qualities, even if it isn't your true nature. If you live in a city where there is a lot of racial hostility, you become over-sensitive to it. I believe that in the Ozarks, people try harder to be kind and caring. It is the way they are brought up. If they had been brought up in Detroit or Chicago, maybe they wouldn't be so kind and caring.

There are a lot of people around where I live who are really scary looking red-neck types and once you get to know them they are the sweetest people on earth and would do anything in the world for you. People are people but environement plays a big part.

By the way, my last post WAS intended as a compliment - I guess it didn't quite come out that way.

donsgal