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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jun 17th, 2006 02:43 am |
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Hi everyone,
What do you love  about living in the NW area?
What do you hate  about living in the NW area?
I'd love to see your responses.
My favorite things:
The Old Guilford Mill's cornbread and gingerbread mixes, Parker's sweet tea and those delicious onion rings, driving past the cute donkeys on 220 going into Greensboro, driving past the mini horse farm in the Spring and Summer when the foals are out with their moms.
My not-so-favorite-things:
Traffic on 68 & 220 between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m., those darned Japanese beetles (!!!!!), ice storms in winter, the fact that here in Stokesdale I can't get cell phone service unless I'm outside my house and waaay up in the corner of the yard.
You can also reply privately to me at Alicia@nwobserver.com.
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jun 21st, 2006 04:03 pm |
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OK, I'll bite
Favorite:
Peacefulness of Summerfield.....can sit at night and listen to nature. Birds, Frogs, Squirrels. Can ask for sweet tea, and don't get a blank stare, or someone pointing to the splenda. Actually know my neighbors here, and really like them all. Think our local NWO is really in tune with the local area, and of course our NWO Forum is 2nd to none.
Not so Favorite:
Board of Education too weak, not accountable to themselves or anyone else, school system not keeping up with growth & demographics, I feel NWHS is a great school in spite of BOE, not because of BOE.
Local resistance to economic growth, ie FEDEX, Dell - NC has been hit hard with job losses, yet makes it hard for new business to locate here.
More a little later.......
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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jun 21st, 2006 07:52 pm |
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Thanks for playing, Steve. I hope to get a lot of responses to this. There are so many things to love about this area. I've had more fun getting to know people and learning about the NW area than I ever had during the 25+ years I was trapped in...er, lived in Charlotte!
Alicia
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Posted: Jun 21st, 2006 11:11 pm |
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Summerfield is Home and a fine one, too! I love our good neighbors and friends. It's a joy to ride down a street and have someone you don't even know throw up his/her hand in greeting.
I love the green areas that have been preserved for future generations.
Events like the Christmas Tree lighting and Founders' Day help keep the small town feel, and every town should have volunteers like ours!
I love the pasture with cows on Lake Brandt Road and the stone pillars across the road; the older homes that have been protected, the decorative mailboxes that tell the story of the owners, the yard art that keeps us aware that each person sees beauty in a dfferent way. And, of course, I love being able to see the STARS at night!
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I'm hard pressed to find something I really hate about Summerfield. There are things I wish we could do better, like providing more schools, or offering a learning center for seniors and young adults.
Traffic congestion and speed are becoming a real problem around many residential areas as well as on the highways.
I suppose my greatest wish is that every one of us would remember that we are the town and that it's our involvement that shapes our loves/hates.
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macca
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Posted: Jun 22nd, 2006 12:25 am |
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| Sorry, Steve, but I'd have to have as something I DON'T like about the area is all the development. We're destroying part of what led us to this area to begin with.... (P.S. I don't see how you can say the area is resistant to economic development when we give them all these financial incentives that we'll likely never recoup.)
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jun 22nd, 2006 02:23 am |
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It's OK macca.........we can agree to disagree and still be
My answer was probably out of the realm of Alicia's original topic question, which was aimed at the NW area. My brain is still stuck in China mode, and concerned there's a big sucking sound as our jobs leave NC / USA and go to China.
Let's keep this topic devoted to Alicia's original question so Monty doesn't bring out the OT sign. There's more to like than dislike about the NW area, as I sit here and listen to the Frogs doing the ribbit thing, just can't get enough.
I'd certainly encourage you to start a topic on the development subject if you'd like.
Blog onward.............
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 03:20 am |
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Favorite
People are really friendly. Regardless of where you go, or where people have moved from, they all seem to smile, and be polite.
Pleasant Ridge & Summerfield Road during school hours - people actually flash their lights and allow others to turn !!! (What's the opposite of Road Rage?)
BBQ restaurants - Stameys, simple, tasty, reasonable prices 
NWO - you guys rock the way you represent the NW area !!
Not so favorite
220 South from hamburg mill to Horsepen Creek, 7:30 - 8:00 am
Cell Phone Service - spotty 
Wasps seem ..more prominent...more populated....dang it, just WORSE here than other places I've lived !!!!!!! (how do you weigh a wasp??? very carefully !!)
Last edited on Jun 23rd, 2006 04:34 am by Waytago
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 03:21 am |
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Starcatchr wrote: I suppose my greatest wish is that every one of us would remember that we are the town and that it's our involvement that shapes our loves/hates.
Well spoken Starcatchr.....Agree Totally
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macca
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 03:33 am |
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Waytago wrote:
Wasps seem heavier here than other places I've lived
At the risk of getting an "Off Topic" from Monty,
I just have to know --
HOW DO YOU WEIGH A WASP?
ARE HEAVIER WASPS MORE VICIOUS? ♥♥♥
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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 03:39 am |
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macca wrote: Waytago wrote:
Wasps seem heavier here than other places I've lived
At the risk of getting an "Off Topic" from Monty,
I just have to know --
HOW DO YOU WEIGH A WASP?
ARE HEAVIER WASPS MORE VICIOUS? ♥♥♥
Dang it, Macca, I just sprayed a mouthful of tea across my keyboard laughing at your OT response! 
Alicia C.
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macca
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 03:42 am |
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Glad to oblige, Alicia! Let me know if tea improves how your computer works!
BTW: Like your new avatar! Is it new, or did I just miss it before? When did you change from the Pepsi cans? ♥♥♥
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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 03:50 am |
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macca wrote: Glad to oblige, Alicia! Let me know if tea improves how your computer works!
BTW: Like your new avatar! Is it new, or did I just miss it before? When did you change from the Pepsi cans? ♥♥♥
I just changed it a few minutes ago. Downloaded it from the NC Zoo Web site. They have a bunch of different animal icons. Hey-- there's another thing to love about living in this area! It's not a long drive to the N.C. Zoo!
I don't think the tea is going to help my keyboard. I'm hard on these things anyway. My last one finally croaked after its third post-spilled-coffee shower.
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 04:38 am |
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Waytago wrote: Wasps seem heavier....more prominent...more populated....dang it, just WORSE here than other places I've lived !!!!!!! (how do you weigh a wasp??? very carefully !!)
PS - You're BOTH OT, good think Monty & Steve-O are probably sleeping.
Elephant Loves Monty??
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 11:55 am |
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Alicia- What a great topic. I have lived here off and on in summerfield way many years. I love the Feed mill and the guys sitting out on the porch discussing what ever. Best place in the world to learn what's really happening in Summerfield and surrounding area.
I love the Vets office on 220. Best care and best prices in the county for all my many critters. Rus and Sue have been great neighbors for many years.
I love the markers on Summerfield Rd next to the Hoskins house that mark the graves. Something very grounding about knowing those graves are there and those signs are there also.
I love the old houses on Summerfield Rd. I can barely remember as a child visiting Ms Kate and Miss Nell in one of those houses and trying to catch the kittens that lived wild under the Hoskin house.
I love the sounds I hear at my house in the morning when I walk out to feed the chickens. Mr. Turkey off somewhere calling somebody. Even the coyotes although they are pretty scary waking you up in the middle of the night howling and carrying on. Sounds like we have at least a 1,000 around here. The hoot owl at night and the screech owl, the occasional Whipperowil although the feral cats have done a number on them I suspect.
I love the Town Hall. I love that Summerfield is a Town although I am sorry we seem to be so divided in our visions. I wish we all could come to a consensus and come together as a community more like Oakridge seems to do.
Things I don't like or worry me.
The air quality. I think it is scary that we are being warned already this summer with poor air quality.
The horribly overcrowded schools. I have long maintained our children go to school in worse conditions then we allow prisoners in jail to live in. I suppose that goes to lack of leadership both school board and county commissioners but I also think we parents and citizens have to take some responsibility here too. We let them get away with this.
Ok I have a hundred more things but have to go to work.
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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 02:56 pm |
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Wow, DoggettJA, thanks for putting such thought into this -- and for expressing your thoughts so eloquently. I, too, love the old houses and history around here. I especially love the old barns. Every time I pass one, I think about how old it might be and who built it and the stories it might tell if it could speak. The fact that this area holds onto such things is one of the factors that made me want to live here. Even though the landscape has changed since I moved to STO in 2000, the changes have been controlled. It's obvious to me that the people up here *think* about keeping the history and the charm of the area as intact as possible. While growing up in Charlotte, I saw so much development and change, and so many things that should have been treasured being torn away.
When I moved to this area, I told my Charlotte friends that I wanted chickens and cows for neighbors. They all just laughed, but that's what I've got and I love it. I even love the black snakes that hang out around my barn and leave their shed skins draped across the rafters. And I love the people. Not too long after I moved up here, I remember describing the BiRite Grocery to my friends in Charlotte. "They carry your groceries out to the car -- and they don't try to steal the groceries *or* the car!" My friends thought I was making that up!
I have met more people here, after only 4 years of working with the paper, than I ever met and knew in Charlotte. Meeting people and learning their interests is hands-down the coolest part of my job, frankly. Well, that, and having the chance to spotlight them in the paper. Even though there are squabbles and disagreements, there is a uniting thread that holds the NW community together. I think that's really, really special. I've never lived in a community that had that.
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