I'm in Covington, I lived in Maysville for awhile as well. Northern Kentucky from east to west was very pro Union. I believe proximity to the Ohio river gave it more of an economic and cultural tie with the Midwest than South.. per say.
I'm in Covington, I lived in Maysville for awhile as well. Northern Kentucky from east to west was very pro Union. I believe proximity to the Ohio river gave it more of an economic and cultural tie with the Midwest than South.. per say.
I'm sure you're right about the Midwestern cultural and economic ties. Where I'm from, there is much more cultural identification with the South. Or there was when I lived there 50 years ago and it seemed not to change at all over the years, though like I said I haven't been home in a while.
Interestingly, although I've lived in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan not too far from Flint for more than half a century now, I still occasionally get people asking me "Where are you from?" when I speak to them for the first time. When I first moved here, those were almost always the first words out of anyone's mouth the first time we met, and I got kind of tired of explaining where Lebanon was, since just saying "Kentucky" never seemed to satisfy them.
I speak a lot more Midwestern than Bluegrass now, but some things you never loose completely, I guess.
What made me think of that was you saying you're in Covington. My best friend's son moved down to Covington from here a few years ago for a job opportunity. Some time ago while catching up on things with my friend on the phone, I asked him how his boy was doing?
"Fine", he replied. "Except he's starting to sound more like you than you do."
I'm in Covington, I lived in Maysville for awhile as well. Northern Kentucky from east to west was very pro Union. I believe proximity to the Ohio river gave it more of an economic and cultural tie with the Midwest than South.. per say.
I'm sure you're right about the Midwestern cultural and economic ties. Where I'm from, there is much more cultural identification with the South. Or there was when I lived there 50 years ago and it seemed not to change at all over the years, though like I said I haven't been home in a while.
Interestingly, although I've lived in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan not too far from Flint for more than half a century now, I still occasionally get people asking me "Where are you from?" when I speak to them for the first time. When I first moved here, those were almost always the first words out of anyone's mouth the first time we met, and I got kind of tired of explaining where Lebanon was, since just saying "Kentucky" never seemed to satisfy them.
I speak a lot more Midwestern than Bluegrass now, but some things you never loose completely, I guess.
What made me think of that was you saying you're in Covington. My best friend's son moved down to Covington from here a few years ago for a job opportunity. Some time ago while catching up on things with my friend on the phone, I asked him how his boy was doing?
"Fine", he replied. "Except he's starting to sound more like you than you do."