Hillbilly Crackpot » Buckeye http://www.hillbillycrackpot.com Humor & Entertainment from the Kentucky Bluegrass Mon, 02 May 2011 17:38:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hillbilly Stereotypes And Nutty Buckeyes http://www.hillbillycrackpot.com/hillbilly-stereotypes-and-nutty-buckeyes/ http://www.hillbillycrackpot.com/hillbilly-stereotypes-and-nutty-buckeyes/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:22:18 +0000 The Crazy Hillbilly http://crazyhillbilly.wordpress.com/?p=20 Having spent a lot of my youth in the Kentucky hills I grew up hearing and seeing all the stereotypes associated with “hillbillies” and country folk. While people have different ways of speaking and doing things in different parts of the world most of the stereotypes are greatly exaggerated and some aren’t even close.
 
These days the cultural differences among people from different parts of the US are growing smaller and smaller. It is as though the world is getting smaller. 30 years ago you might have to drive 25 miles of narrow, curving roads through the steep hills to get to a major store. Today the same person can just get on the “new” four lane highway and be there in less than 15 minutes as they drive in excess of 55 mph.
 
Cable and satellite television, free or low cost nationwide telephone calls and the Internet have also made the world, for all practical intents, a smaller place. Children are growing up with television and the world wide web and even those who live in the “boonies” are exposed to a …
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