Toyota builds in Canada, SE American workers too dumb

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:44 am

Sad but probably very true about the general "trainability" of workers in Canada vs. southeastern U.S.A.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/050630/b0630102.html

danielmiller82 · Post by **danielmiller82** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:06 pm

Yet another reason for me to move to Tennessee!!!!!!

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:18 pm

Hate to bust it to ya, but I believe TN would still be considered SE U.S.A. heheh

danielmiller82 · Post by **danielmiller82** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:10 pm

well living down here my whole life, I consider Tennessee to be more Middle Eastern USA LOL. I lump Tennessee in with Kentucky. When I think of Alabama and Mississippi, I think of Bubba Joe with his half broken down pickup complete with gun rack and rebel flag, spittin out his chew and holding a can of beer. And by Alabama..I'm including the Florida panhandle. I've lived in this area all of my life...and I am basing this on what I see everyday driving to work. When ever I have been in Tennessee... I dont see anything like that!!

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:37 pm

Thats funny because being from PA I think of most places below the mason dixon just as you described. I have some family who moved to TN and they live exactly how you explained Alabama and Mississippi.

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:48 pm

yeah, most parts of TN are still dixie-land for sure.

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:16 pm

I've been to TN a lot and to me the people are about the same. Remember where Deliverance was filmed? Yeah we got a lot of red necks but so does Tennessee they are just called Hillbillies.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:23 pm

Weren't the Beverly Hillbillies from Bugtussel, Tennesee?

Uhm.. yeah, hill-folk.... so you get away from the pickup trucks to people that don't have electricity , or DEODORANT!

ps: I love my pickup truck.

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:25 am

Tennessee? Mmm boy you have a pretty mouth - you're even more hick-ish in Tennessee than in Pensacola or South Alabama. You're talking Hillfolk there

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:13 pm

Anyone ever see "Wrong Turn" ?

http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/ ... npicsa.htm

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:33 pm

yea i stopped into my aunts house back in 2000 on the way down from pennsylvania. It was about half way between there and P'cola.. Anyway they told me to meet them where my aunt works because if people who live on the road that they live on saw a Florida tag or foreigner for that matter they might be tempted to get out the shotgun. They had it happen once before. I think because they were protecting their moonshine.

sb1227 · Post by **sb1227** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:24 pm

You have to look at Tennessee as 3 different states. East Tn. is generally where the hillbillies are, middle TN. is where the rednecks are.....and West TN......hell if I know.

If you ask me where I'm from, I will ALWAYS say East Tennessee, I might acknowledge middle tennessee as part of the state but really don't claim West TN. I can tell you for sure, there are alot of places you don't want to get lost.

But mostly there are good people there, though you are better off to stay near the bigger cities, Knoxville is a great place.
Just had to set the record straight, from my East Tennesseean point of view.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:30 pm

From what I have heard and seen most of the south is pretty bad with the exception of south Florida (the little bit I've seen of it). Also the worst of the worst seem to be in Virginia. One of my co-workers in-laws live there and he tells the stories of the shacks with outhouses and no electricity, plumbing, teeth, etc. It seems to be alot like the old Looney Toons cartoon with the two hillbillies up there.