Robin Garr wrote:
Personally, I would HATE the idea of seeing us marketed as a "Southern" city. For a lot of us who grew up in the urban area, there's only a touch of the South about this place. We have a much more complicated - and interesting - cultural heritage mix.
Aaron Newton wrote:heh. For a lot of us who grew up in the SUBurban areas it is much the same. I can remember this discussion so many times in middle school and high school - nearly all rejecting the idea that Louisville is a "Southern City" and those opinions haven't hanged with age.
Robin Garr wrote:Aaron Newton wrote:heh. For a lot of us who grew up in the SUBurban areas it is much the same. I can remember this discussion so many times in middle school and high school - nearly all rejecting the idea that Louisville is a "Southern City" and those opinions haven't hanged with age.
Did you grow up in the East End, Aaron? I have the impression that once you get around to I-65 and points west, more families have recent roots in rural Kentucky and may think of their community as more "southern" than many of the rest of us do. Obviously this is a very broad generalization ...
Steve H wrote:Growing up in Valley Station, way, way beyond the Watterson and I-65 Cultural Elite Demarcation lines, I can't remember ever feeling particularly southern.
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Matthew D wrote:The small city system - a hardline tradition in many midwest area - seemed foreign to the Louisville model of one big city and a bunch of neighborhoods. Along the same lines, no one understood the busing issue or how a whole county's population could explode as a result of integrated schooling ("white flight"). And I steadfastly refused to order anything but "Coke" even when I wanted a carbonated beverage other than coke.
John Hagan wrote:Thats interesting,sense we moved here I have always thought one of the things that made Louisville more like a northern midwest city was its "bunch of neighborhoods"feel. Chicago,Milwaukee and Detroit all seem like good examples of this. I also think the "coke" thing is universal. I have friends from all over the country and most of them grew up saying coke for any type soft drink. What did seem to differ from region to region was the pop vs soda term.
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John Hagan wrote: Thats interesting,sense we moved here I have always thought one of the things that made Louisville more like a northern midwest city was its "bunch of neighborhoods"feel. Chicago,Milwaukee and Detroit all seem like good examples of this. I also think the "coke" thing is universal. I have friends from all over the country and most of them grew up saying coke for any type soft drink. What did seem to differ from region to region was the pop vs soda term.
Matthew D wrote:... To me there's a difference between a feel and a clear, legally defined city. In Ohio, every third turn you take puts you into a new incorporated (tax) area with its own schools, own police, own library, etc.
Sure there are many small neighborhoods in Louisville. There are also smaller incorporated areas, some with their own police. But, for most of us, we say we are from "Louisville." And that's the key for me. I've never once, outside of Louisville, said I'm from "Highview." I know "Dayton" people from Centerville, Kettering, Oakwood, Miamisburg. Shit, I know people who fervently distinguish between the 5 points of Grosse Pointe, (Detroit) Michigan, which would be like distinguishing between different areas of Old Louisville or, legally distinguishing between Clifton, Crescent Hill, and whatever other "feel" areas there are on Frankfort Avenue. ...
Kyle L wrote:I had a girlfriend order using "Pop" and it made me cringe every time. She was Cleavland. I'm not sure if anyone else is familiar in Cleavland speak.
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