Yesterday I went to dinner at this seafood place where the people who worked there seemed to have an awful time. I was so happy I wasn't one of them. Anyway, it was recommended to me by an elderly lady who worked at the Mardi Gras museum and so I went. But then again, she also told me to go to tis historic museum, which I did, and it bored me to tears (actually it almost did since I was yawning the entire time). I supposed it would be a riot if I was really into 1980's arcitecture, but I'm really not.
What is interesting to me, however, is Mobile itself. It's a small town that quickly goes from being delightfully cozy to depressingly poor. On the cozy side there are little shops and folks with that southern, distinctive accent that I love, but on the porr side there are no people, only occasional sidewalks and a lot of shattered glasses and run-down houses. That being said, this is the most "typical" southern place I've been so far. I've never been to the south before, so I don't know what typical actually indicates, but Mobile seems to parallel everything I always thought the south would be. And I love it a little bit. As long as I don't get into those places where there are no sidewalks...
Hmmm? more typical of the South than Jackson? interesting, Nadia! In Jackson there are about 500,000 in the metropolitan area. Mobile small? There are over a million people there. And it's coastal; which makes it different from say Montgomery, the State capital. It's fun to get others perspectives/ glad you like our accents :)
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