[Zeste]

There's been a few threads that last few weeks where big city life has come up, and it seems like these forums have a huge population of people from the east coast and midwest large cities. There's been some interesting cultural differences pointed out just between city and rural people.

So I was wondering, any other hicks and hillbillies here? I know there are.

I grew up on the edge of a desert, my backyard was basically just open scrub for miles. Had dogs, never on leashes. No fences, they just roamed free. Went to the rodeo every year (my dad was the Chairman of the Rodeo and the Horse Races a few year) and also the Demolition Derby. Wasn't a building over 3 stories tall other than the Hospital. The suburb I grew up in just barley had cement sidewalks poured a few years ago, used to be just blacktop and dirt.

I still live there, of course it's a lot nicer now. But I've never lived in a big city and probably never will. I'm building a house right now where if you walked out the front door and went straight, you wouldn't hit any signs of civilization until you hit Area 51.

Anyways, just curious. To most of the east coast people and such, I'd probably seem like a pretty ridiculous hick. It's just unfathomable to me that a 21 year old kid could be considering a job on Wall Street, while here most 21 year old kids are considering jobs hanging drywall sheets.