[cowboyway]

why would it be living hell?

I don't like cities, crowds and rude behavior in people. I prefer my backyard that has a vista of thousands of acres of undeveloped land.

Have you ever lived anywhere in the Northeast?

No. But I was married to a woman from New Jersey for many years. I kinda got a clue about the subject.

Don't you think it's rather silly never living anywhere in the entire Northeast to think it's hell?

It's full of yankees ain't it? Enough said.

You paint a scene of a picturesque and bustling paradise of your beloved northeast (you need to quit smoking that shit), but what say I spring for a weeks stay in a motel of my choice in beautiful downtown Patterson, New Jersey.

Let us know if you live through it.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

So you don't like cities, maybe you shouldn't like the South either because it contains places like Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville. Have you ever spent time in the rural North? I've spent a little time in Upstate New York and contrary to the cultural propaganda I grew up with about "Yankees", I found these New Yorkers to be remarkably similar to the Southerners I grew up with except for their funny accents. :)