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I know that they are first hand. I grew up there.
by richcollins 14y ago
I know that they are first hand. I grew up there.
- mkr-hn 14y agoI could counter with my own anecdata, but it wouldn't be useful. It sounds like you had a bad experience in one state and extrapolated it to the entire region.
- richcollins 14y agoI spent 25 of my first 30 years in Tampa, Florida and 5 in Atlanta at Georgia Tech. There are things that I love about Tampa but I wouldn't in any way call it inspiring. I wouldn't call anyplace in the south inspiring compared to the SF Bay Area.
- mkr-hn 14y agoSo your perspective is one university in Georgia and one city in Florida. Come out to Athens if you ever end up in Georgia again and you'll see inspiration. You might have heard of a few bands that started there. Or check out a PINES library (http://www.georgialibraries.org/public/pines.php http://www.georgialibraries.org/public/pines.php), which is part of a very inspiring statewide project that spawned an open source library system (http://www.evergreen-ils.org/ http://www.evergreen-ils.org/) used all over the world.
- richcollins 14y agoI'm not saying that you can't find inspiration there. I'm saying it isn't pervasive. It isn't woven into the culture. You can't avoid it here, it's palpable. As soon as you get down it lifts you back up.
- mkr-hn 14y agoBut you did say that. You're saying something very different now. This is good.