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I must admit I'm spoiled now - living in a dwelling that has an inside toilet instead of an outhouse, running water instead of drinking spring water out of a metal dipper, and hot water instead of having to heat water on top of a coal stove (almost burned our shack down a few times!). But all in all, I wouldn't trade being born there for anything. I received certain teachings and beliefs that never left me, no matter what kind of brainwashing I was subjected to here in Cali. I'm being blessed to take my mom back to see her mom in a couple of weeks - my grandma is 95 and the neighbors still have to call my uncle when they catch her climbing up on the roof to make repairs! That's what being Tennesseean is all about, strong stock, hard working and ornery!

LOL, I always find it hilarious and a little bit infuriating that outsiders still believe that kind of garbage about TN. There are very few, if any, people that live like that here. There are still a few mountain people that live a little primitively but the rest of us are very modern and nothing at all like you see on the Beverly Hillbillies. When we hear people make comments like that we always laugh and think it's amazing how stupid people really are. The only true thing that was said in your post is that we are raised right. We are taught good manners from birth and don't mind working hard.