On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:33:57 GMT, Puester
> wrote:

> I'm not Jack but I spent the first half of my life in
> New England and from my POV New Englanders are frozen
> in their own inertia. I found that in all but the large
> cities (i.e. Boston) the attitude pervades that driving
> more than five miles to go out for a special dinner is
> "way too far".

Hey... are you saying I might be excessive when I think that
more than 10 blocks is "out of my neighborhood"?

> It is a matter of pride to live all your
> life in the same town where you were born, and often in
> the same house.

That's bad?
>
> Yes, there's upward mobility, but not lateral....
>
.... lateral is the word of today. If you're driven (and
smart), lucky, or inherit a few bucks... then you can be
upwardly mobile, otherwise - NO.

> ;-)
> gloria p



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