I moved to Sudbury in 2001 from a place that could best be described as unsophisticated. I grew up in South Porcupine, which is a town of 5000, 10k east of Timmins. It was a great place to grow up with a multitude of ethnic diversity. People from around the world had settled there to work in the Gold mines. Ethnic groups consisted of Finn, Croatian, Italian, Ukrainian, English,Welsh, Scots, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Chinese, Native Indian, East Indian, Romanian, etc. A very diverse group. We all got along, played sports together, attended each others social functions and went to the same schools. As in all small Northern Ont. towns there is an element of unsophistication or of "not being wise to the ways of the world". Nothing wrong with that. It makes getting along with each other easier, because we are not aware of the man made reasons that we shouldn't. In other words we were Rednecks, and proud of it. The town that I now call home is very similar.
You might be a redneck if
- You park your truck on the front lawn (all year long)
- You cut the grass and discover your car that you thought had been stolen.
- You own a home that is mobile and 5 cars that aren't
- You think loading the dishwasher is getting your wife drunk
- You burn your yard rather than mow it
- You think a hot tub is a stolen bathroom fixture
- Your bottle opener is your girlfriend's teeth
- You consider grade 8 to be your senior year.
- You think that moving from Levack to Dowling is moving to the big city.
- You met your wife at a family reunion in Chelsmford.
- At a party someone asks if "you brought the 1/2 ton". You reply "No. I left her at home"
- The Bargain Hunter and Auto Trader are your coffee table books
- Your ATV is worth more than your house.
- Your garage is twice as large as your house.
I think you get the idea.
