Strong Roots in the South.
My Father is from Florida, born in Panama City...
My Mother is from Georgia, born in Tate County--yes, the back hills folks!
My Paternal Grandparents were raised in Quincy, Florida
Both parents attended Fisk, back in the day. For some reason, all my dad's friends sent their kids to Spelman and Morehouse in Atlanta, Georgia. And for some reason, I attended Spelman, rather than University of California at Berkeley or Santa Cruz...
Don't ask me why I wasn't born in Tennessee, but born in NorCal, Fairfield outside of Sacramento. Then it was my Mama that saw SoCal and said "We livin' heerah!!!"
To this day, my folks sound extremely southern. None of my SoCal friends without southern heritage understand my folks. And while I've decided to move back to what I wouldn't call deepsouth, just don't tell some folks in Bush country that, I will always miss my South--er, Southern California home. With the Earthquakes, the sunshine, the lack of severe weather, the waves and the sand. YES, I must move in order to gain more when I come to my old home, if some terrorist organization doesn't decide to take out LA, today...
Besides it's too dayum expensive out here anyways!!! Median houses are $305,000!!! Who the hell can afford that??? Forget SoCali, I love it, but I gotta let it go...
