Hillbilly Elegy

I thought you didn't believe in borders. Quit trying to cover for your elitism.

 

The same Luger that is off of Rifle Range?

 

None of you shits ever came south of the river to South Knoxville to see me. So **** you all.

 

I am aware of the existence of borders.

 

That is correct, where the hell were you?

 

Where at, generally, in south Knox?

 

Moody Avenue, lived in a house right across the street from South Middle School (now a derelict building used for storage, I think).

EDIT: Jeez, hardly recognize the place

https://www.google.com/maps/place/954+east+moody+avenue,+knoxville,+tn/@35.9463022,-83.8978629,3a,75y,91.91h,77.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUHlfGCZFkEVI491aYRMvqA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x381ea7428dc8ed61!6m1!1e1

 

Well TD said we could ignore timeline. I was there at the time.

 

While we are all trying to out WT each other, I went to high school in the ghetto. Does that count for anytning?

 

Would have been better if you had said: "Place hasn't changed a bit." More poor cred.

 

Well then, you're welcome.

 

The biggest geographical thing I learned in college is if you're from an area in Tennessee that doesn't call all sodas coke and instead calls them pop. You're from a really backwoods place.

 

my grandparents call them dopes.

 

I've never heard anyone from Tennessee call it pop. Where we talkin about?

 

territory north of Crossville I would imagine.

 

The Cumberland mountain counties

 

My dad will use sodie pop sometimes.

 

We did in Sullivan County, and I remember older folk calling them dopes. I tend to say soda now so you WT know I have risen above using pop.

 

Born Fighting is a terrific book.

 

Interesting, I've spent plenty of time up there, guess I never noticed.