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[Henry Musikar]

On 17 Jul 97 at 10:04, Sojourner <sojourner at vt.edu> wrote:

> At 09:20 AM 7/17/97 -0400, Ted Samsel wrote:
> 
> >Good old boy works....
> >But as I inferred, there's a good deal of anti-Southernness around
> >the Northeast. One should remember what JFK said about Washington,
> >DC:
> >
> >"A place that combines the manners and gentility of the northeast
> >with the efficiency of the south."
> >
> >Huddie Ledbetter called it:
> >
> >"a bourgois (sp) town"
> >
> >Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net
> >
> 
>  "And don't you go up to Washington, DC
>   It's the home of the bourgeoisie
>   It's a bourgeois town..
>   bourgeois town..
>   I got the the bourgeois blues
>   And I'm spreadin' the news around."
> 
>   --Leadbelly
> 
> 
> as a former resident of DC, Maryland and NoVa, I must say I heartily
> agree with Mssr. Ledbetter.
> 
Is DC or NYC the original "nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to
live there?" Probably NYC originally, but DC is one of my least
favorite cities. Mediocre night life. The only old buildings are
either run down slums or the government maus-oleo's. About as racially
divided as I've seen in the USA. Lotta work, but a lotta people
looking for work. Conservative dress, even for "liberals." Lotta
women, but...

If I didn't have to be here for personal and impeccable reasons, I'd
blow this popsicle stand.

Henry Musikar
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