Originally posted by Newjak
You clearly have not been in private with a lot of rural people then.I can tell you from experience that they definitely will surprise you when the right topics get brought up.
I never said they aren't racist.
Vermonter friends cracked jokes all the time. The difference is they didn't do it often, and they never seemed to have malice behind it. Least not the ones I've known.
I also experienced first hand how strangers treat each other in Vermont/New Hampshire, when I landed my car in a ditch. I think it was around 14 people who pulled over and offered me their cell phone. And one guy even pushed me out of the ditch himself,
Here in CT, no one ever does that. You have a breakdown, the only attention they give is to honk the horn if you're in the road.