Now before anyone gets the idea that I am putting any other state down, just quit. I started this thread to share the differences between places and to give others the opportunity to share the same.
So I lived in Florida for awhile. One of the more confusing things to be asked was " You ain't from 'round here are ya?"
No. How could you tell? "'Cause you got an accent. Don't worry. It's nothin' to be 'shamed of." Huh?? LOL!
Some other things that made Florida different from my neck of the woods:
Mosquito trucks that sprayed twice a week.
Neighbors that had pet piglets instead of cats.
Seashells used in the place of gravel.
Sweating from pores I didn't even knew I owned....all by sitting in the shade waiting for a ride.
Cow Killer Ants.
Yellow Flies.
Cicadas.
Fire Ants = bad.
Wood Oak Roaches could star in their own horror films.
Fireflies ( ooooh pretty!)
Miles and miles of flat land covered by elephant grass.
Soda is soda ( or sodie) not pop. Not ever.
WARM rain.
REAL thunderstorms (even with lightening).
Hurricanes ( Erin and Opal)
Tornadoes spawned by hurricanes
Piggly Wiggly markets.
Armadillo roadkill
No transportation
So yeah Florida was interesting. In case you were wondering WHERE in Florida I lived it was a town called Pace ( somewhere south of Pensicola I believe).
Years later I lived in Arkansas for a bit of a while. That was interesting too. My most memorable was working for Wendy's. I would ask customers what kind of drink they wanted. They always responded with "Coke" ( as in Coca Cola). So I gave them Coke. This eventually earned me a reprimand for not asking them what kind of coke they wanted. Huh? Did I mess up? Did they want a diet coke? Then why didn't they ask? I dunno. What the procedure was suppposed to be went something like this:
Would you like a drink with your order?
"I'd like a coke."
What kind of coke?
"Sprite please."
Other things about Arkansas:
Quaint names like GrapePossum ( or was it PossumGrape?) for towns
WalMart being the "in town" place to shop
"Going into town" meant going to the WalMart even if it was 40 miles away.
The lovely smell of date trees in the summer evenings.
Mercurial weather tempermants
Tornadoes ( bad bad bad)
Tornado alarm drills ( this gave me anxiety)
Really clear nights
Wild mud puppies
Severe flooding issues
Clay for dirt
No public transportation
Ditches on the side of roads instead of curbs
Warm temperatures in February and March.
In case you are wondering I lived in a place called Kensett ( which is Searcy's back door welcome mat of sorts). Again I am not saying anything bad about any other state. I am just noting some of the things that I had to adjust to or caught me off guard.
So where are you from, where did you move to and how was it different from what you were used to?
