RaleighRelo: Midwesterner's Guide

You Might Be A North Carolina Native If:

You measure distance in minutes.

Down east to you means east of Raleigh.

Down south means South Carolina.

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Conetoe" or "Topsail"

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

Your school classes were canceled because of a hurricane.

Your school classes were canceled because of hunting.

Your school classes were canceled because of the state fair.

You refer to your father as "daddy."

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

Stores don't have bags...they have sacks.

You buy groceries at Winn-Dixie or Piggly Wiggly.

You see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it
no matter what time of the year.

Priming was your first job and you know what it means.

Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is
twice as big as the bun and comes with cole slaw on top.

You know the difference between a deer dog, a bear dog and
a coon dog by the way they bark.

You know that Andy was a sheriff before he was a lawyer.

You are comfortable in 90 percent relative humidity.

You "mash" an elevator button and "carry" your mother to the doctor.

You put security lights on your house and your garage and
leave both of them unlocked.

You think the four major food groups are beef, pork, beer, and
Jello salad with marshmallows.

Your daughter's middle name is her mother's maiden name.

When asked how your trip to any foreign, exotic place was you say,
"It was different."

You have your own secret BBQ sauce.

You belong to a Bible study group.

Basketball is a common topic at dinner.

You mow the lawn from March through November, but
not during August.

You know that Cary is an acronym for Containment Area for
Relocated Yankees.

You email this to your all your NC friends 'cuz ya know it's true,
darlin'!

Can YOU recognize the natives? Are you one?
Send your contributions to Pam Crater, along with your
your first name and the number of years you've lived in NC.

Return to the Contents Page
Visit the Relocation Store

KATHY EVANS, Broker
RE/MAX Highlander Realty
800 W. Williams Street, Suite 271, Apex, NC 27502

PAM CRATER
Relocation Assistant
Toll-Free 1-877-614-7888

© Copyright 1997-2008