10 top reasons why it's cool to live here

My assignment: Write a column with 10 reasons why it's cool to live here. My problem: I have to keep it to 10? 1. This one is just too easy: it's cool to live here because, well, it's cool .

[lady from ft lauderdale]

ok...you convinced me. C u in a couple of months.

[super man]

I will tell you... This town sucks! The cops that are here are all crooked.. there isnt anything to do here.. and its filled with mexicans.. I dont like living here.

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super man wrote:

I will tell you... This town sucks! The cops that are here are all crooked.. there isnt anything to do here.. and its filled with mexicans.. I dont like living here.

You need help moving?

[Celeste]

super man wrote:

yeah... moving my di@k in ur mouth! lol

Poor guy. It is true that the more a guy talks about his own penis, the smaller it is.

[super man]

I love you....

[Brian]

super man wrote:

I love you....

I do hope you were talking to Celeste?

[Innkeeper]

lady from ft lauderdale wrote:

ok...you convinced me. C u in a couple of months.

C'mon up!! The western NC mountains are quite wonderful. Crime is low and the cost of living is moderate (actually less than you're experiencing), and best of all. the mountain views can't be beat!

[in the know]

And now that our local hospital is going down the drain you might want to reconsider how wonderful this area is. All the nice folks(who can actually afford medical care) have siphoned themselves off to Asheville, Rutherfordton or to Morganton for the last few years. The majority of women who deliver their babies at The McDowell Hospital in Marion are the ones on Medicaid (ie the working folks pay for this) and the illegals - who also get free care. The truth is that our hospital has been serving the medicaid community. Other folks choose the nicer hospitals who cater to women and have higher grade services. When I was pregnant last year I found myself in the waiting room of a nice ob/gyn office in Marion with lots of filthy looking, smelly ( but probably good) folks. I felt out of place. Being my first pregnancy, I wanted a more special experience. What do others think about this? Is it important that our county have a top notch hospital?

[havitmyway]

you need a passport to go to smileys flea mkt.

[concerned]

THIS TOWN IS FULL OF MEXICANS... THEY ARE MOSTLY ILLEGAL.. MY SYSTER WORKS FOR DSS AND WHEN THEY COME IN WITHOUT A GREEN CARD THEY MAKE UP RANDOM NUMBERS FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. THIS TOWN IS CATTERING TO THEM.. THERE ARE MEXICAN SHOPS EVERYWHERE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WISE UP AND BOOT THEM OUT!

[Monroe]

concerned wrote:

THIS TOWN IS FULL OF MEXICANS... THEY ARE MOSTLY ILLEGAL.. MY SYSTER WORKS FOR DSS AND WHEN THEY COME IN WITHOUT A GREEN CARD THEY MAKE UP RANDOM NUMBERS FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. THIS TOWN IS CATTERING TO THEM.. THERE ARE MEXICAN SHOPS EVERYWHERE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WISE UP AND BOOT THEM OUT!

Love to see them leave. If you would kindly explain how we might get them to leave?

[Innkeeper]

in the know wrote:

And now that our local hospital is going down the drain you might want to reconsider how wonderful this area is. All the nice folks(who can actually afford medical care) have siphoned themselves off to Asheville, Rutherfordton or to Morganton for the last few years. The majority of women who deliver their babies at The McDowell Hospital in Marion are the ones on Medicaid (ie the working folks pay for this) and the illegals - who also get free care. The truth is that our hospital has been serving the medicaid community. Other folks choose the nicer hospitals who cater to women and have higher grade services. When I was pregnant last year I found myself in the waiting room of a nice ob/gyn office in Marion with lots of filthy looking, smelly ( but probably good) folks. I felt out of place. Being my first pregnancy, I wanted a more special experience. What do others think about this? Is it important that our county have a top notch hospital?

My list of needs when choosing this area did not included healthcare. However I have had 2 occasions to use the local hospital (Haywood County Medical)once before the "scandal" and once after. Both occasions received exemplary service. Of course I am too affluent to require government intercession. Maybe that's the difference between your experience and mine. I did require a referral for an Orthopod but that's to be expected in these days of specialization.

I applaude the fine men and women who continue to staff Haywood Medical and bid adieu to those who feel the need to jump ship. Not all the apples in the cart are rotten.

[Dunnin]

Innkeeper wrote:

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C'mon up!! The western NC mountains are quite wonderful. Crime is low and the cost of living is moderate (actually less than you're experiencing), and best of all. the mountain views can't be beat!

While I like ya Innkeeper, inviting people to live here is not a very popular thing to do on these boards. Just a hint. You will be slapped around a lot and then turned loose with a headache.<wink>

[concerned]

I say we announce a big mexican fiesta somehere out in the woods... when they all arrive we drop a bomb on them and wipe them all out.... just a suggestion... Ya know the more we use gas the higher the prices.... all them mexicans are driving cars... there has been explosion of mehos here in the past 5 years.. if they were gone there would be less road congestion... and garantee the fuel prices would drop. How come when an illegal gets pulled over the cops dont ask for a green card? and when they cant produce it lock em up til they can be deported? I know a house on state st that the one mexican living there brings illegals in and lets them live with him untill they get work and then they go out on their own.. its just sick how you can get in trouble for speeding but you dont get in trouble for being here illegaly.

[stephen prusak]

whats so special about any small town that brings in money from tourists but doesn't want new forms of sustainable growth to keep its community from having to tax it's land owners more&more instead of expanding it's tax base thru good job creation

[Monroe]

stephen prusak wrote:

whats so special about any small town that brings in money from tourists but doesn't want new forms of sustainable growth to keep its community from having to tax it's land owners more&more instead of expanding it's tax base thru good job creation

Are you in Florida???

[Innkeeper]

Dunnin wrote:

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While I like ya Innkeeper, inviting people to live here is not a very popular thing to do on these boards. Just a hint. You will be slapped around a lot and then turned loose with a headache.<wink>

Can't be worse than my migraines.:) Besides she's from FL, not a YANKEE!! hehehe

[stephen prusak]

do you mean at this moment or do i live full time in floida

[Innkeeper]

stephen prusak wrote:

do you mean at this moment or do i live full time in floida

Dunnin was giving me a wedgie for inviting Lady to move up.

[Yep]

More old fat yankees moving in. White trash with money to spend from selling their dump up north or florida.

Innkeeper wrote:

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Can't be worse than my migraines.:) Besides she's from FL, not a YANKEE!! hehehe