Why I like Anderon, SC

the home page of Jim Barr since January, 2000

Some things I like about Anderson, South Carolina, and why.

Many railroad tracks don't have gates, and some don't even have signal lights
-Builds character. Of course, I've yet to see a train.
Most grocery store carts are just that: grocery carts. They don't look like giant Playschool plastic cars.
-Kids get to sit in the metal carts and they like it, dang it!
Toilets and urinals in most restrooms do not have infra-red auto-flushers, but somehow, they seem to get mysteriously flushed.
-No laziness here. (Can't speak for the outhouses.)
When you pass someone on the street, they wave to you.
-not at you.
Cars drive relatively courteously...slowly, but courteously.
-Makes things kinda predictable. (Except for this crazy old lady who was riding my butt, passing everyone, and weaving in traffic. I thought better of flipping her off because she's probably related to some Southern Civil War general, and I don't want to get on the bad side of any of the locals...)
Small, smiling kids jump three-at-a-time, unsupervised, on un-caged, exposed-spring trampolines.
-Somehow, they just know how to be safe.
The weather forecaster says "High today in the low 60's" instead of "High today of 62."
-Doesn't tick me off when the temperature only reaches 61.
Local phone numbers are 7 digits. No "overlay" area codes
-Very easy to remember phone numbers.
Sign on local Winn-Dixie (grocery) store: "The Beef People"
-Need I say more?!?
A 2" to 3" snowfall is considered a "severe snowstorm" shutting down most schools and businesses.
-Up North, 2"-3" of snow simply provides more traction!

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