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Famous Alumni
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Famous people from Tennessee
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From 2000-2010
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@DanR Cool, I drove thru there once upon a time. Beautiful country side, very strange people and not near as nice as people from the Midwest.
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kjayhawks said:
@DanR Cool, I drove thru there once upon a time. Beautiful country side, very strange people and not near as nice as people from the Midwest.
That is exactly as I’d describe it, except I’d say “suspicious” instead of “strange.”
Very glad to be back in Lawrence, KS. Everyone here is genuinely friendly, (not fake polite)… everyone, even the checkers at Dillons are happy. No one asks me what church I go to. Still have beautiful countrysides if you like wide open spaces and big skies. Roads generally go in two predictable directions. It brings out the best in a person, I think.
Miss the proximity to the Smoky Mountains, musicians, some colleagues and hard earned neighbor friends, but that’s about it.
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@DanR It’s actually very strange to me how not friendly or even flat out rude people are when I north or east. People in Kansas are generally pretty nice even in the worst cities like Hutchinson or Manhattan lol.
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Hutch? U kidding me?
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uh oh. I love Hutch. Bash on Topeka or Wichita all you want.
(and those places aren’t that bad either)
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@DanR thx!
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Lol. To each their own. I’m glad more people don’t love it here; I’d have to move if more people stayed.
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kjayhawks said:
@DanR It’s actually very strange to me how not friendly or even flat out rude people are when I north or east. People in Kansas are generally pretty nice even in the worst cities like Hutchinson or Manhattan lol.
Intra-Kansas fights are amazing. For example I will absolutely die on the hill I’m not from western Kansas. CENTRAL ISNT WESTERN MY GODS
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FarmerJayhawk said:
kjayhawks said:
@DanR It’s actually very strange to me how not friendly or even flat out rude people are when I north or east. People in Kansas are generally pretty nice even in the worst cities like Hutchinson or Manhattan lol.
Intra-Kansas fights are amazing. For example I will absolutely die on the hill I’m not from western Kansas. CENTRAL ISNT WESTERN MY GODS
Thank god. Sedgwick county police are the absolute worst in the state.
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My brother moved to Maryville (s of Knoxville a few miles) and he says he has never met nicer people in his life.
Our experience at a KU game at UTenn was wonderful. We were #1 and lost. People celebrating after the game actually apologized and sympathized when they saw our KU gear. Everyone we met couldn’t have been friendlier.
Perception is everything. I went to Ann Arbor for law school, and found the people were as cold as the weather compared to KC and KU. I heard students from NY and NC talking about how they had never been in a friendlier place.
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@mayjay I’ve found the less population the nicer the people are. But you get back what you put off. Also some of the poorest people I know are among the happiest.
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@dylans Studies have shown once you get to a certain point, the more money a person makes generally the less happy that person is. A few years ago the cut off was around 70k. Surveys showed once people made more than that they actually worried more about money than people who didn’t have enough. They became tighter with their finances and less likely to give generously which is scientifically the best way to boost happiness.
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@dylans what u put in?
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@Crimsonorblue22 sure. I meant vibes/attitude
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I went to a premier showing of a little documentary called “Happy” in the underground salt mines of my town, awful town I guess. They traveled all over the continent to find the happiest people.
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My neighbors are from Hutch. They have four little kids under 10 years old. Literally the happiest people on the planet. (Maybe it’s because they now live in Lawrence, but I think they were already like that)
I agree with @dylans too… you usually get back the attitude you bring yourself.
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I lived for 11 years in the south and found it to be quite unfriendly. Southern hospitality was not evident to us. Our only real friends were outsiders like us. Church potlucks were always cliques, and large extended families sitting together. I don’t miss them at all.
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Like anything, it’s pretty hit and miss. I live in the South now and it’s pretty similar to LFK as far as how friendly people are. But quite a few of us are transplants so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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@Crimsonorblue22 thanks. Looks interesting. Will watch.
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I have family across the south and Midwest. Both have nice people, but I feel like the Midwest is quicker to accept people. No one in the Midwest cares that my sisters are “daughters of the mayflower” or whatever - doesn’t matter. Both have jerks of all natures as well.
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benshawks08 said:
@dylans Studies have shown once you get to a certain point, the more money a person makes generally the less happy that person is. A few years ago the cut off was around 70k. Surveys showed once people made more than that they actually worried more about money than people who didn’t have enough. They became tighter with their finances and less likely to give generously which is scientifically the best way to boost happiness.
The happiest people I ever met were in Negril in the late 80s. The average household income at the time was around $1000 per year. The location sure didn’t hurt though lol. It’s become more commercialized lately - more money, but the people seem a bit less happy too.
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2010 pre-game in Knoxville. I’ll have better seats tomorrow. And a better phone camera.
(Testing to see if I can upload pics from my phone)
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Nope
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Ok. Figured it out.
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@Crimsonorblue22 I’ve never liked Hutch or had any good experiences with the people there, 3/4s of the people I see in that don’t have any teeth and look like they are on meth. Took my kid to a park there once and found syringes laying around. One of my coworkers is from their and doesn’t have anything good to say about it either. That doesn’t mean there ain’t good people there, just a place I’d never consider living along with Manhattan and Wichita. We don’t have to take everything to an extreme, plenty of people may not enjoy where I live and that’s fine. We have a right to our opinion, most people’s vary.
