Twitchy,
Do you pronounce it LEE-cester or Lester.
Growing up area the multi-generational people from that community pronunced it Lester.
Why would I move to Florida? Growing up in Asheville during the 70's and early 80's it was a rural community with not much as far as nightlife or decent jobs. After getting out of Military I went to work in Charlotte and got a better Job offer In Pensacola. Whoa year round golf , most beautiful beaches in the country, Bikinis, no state income taxes, low cost of living, New Orleans 3 hrs away, Biloxi casinos 1-1/2 away, Did I say Bikinis, (we are really south alabama) lotta great BBQ in bama.
Been going back home to the mountains couple times a year for last 4-5 yrs. My gradparents live in Arden and my step-mother is Communication Director at the Grove Park Inn (Cheap Rooms) and what a change that area has made. It has entertainment, culture and has awaken from it's sleepy past. Asked what the happy hour special was at the TGIF's in Biltmore and was told NC outlawed "happy hour" what no happy hour "Oh the horror". At Christmas I told my wife that I have traveled the world and been to most places in the Us and Pensacola is the only place I would live besides the mountains (wife is from Kingsport TN).
side note as a teenager use to ride my bike and fish at the base of Cold Mountain. Beautiful place than is very special. If I win the Florida lottery I will by a summer home up there. You can come sit on my porch and sip a beer in the summer breeze with me.
Shoppe my family (clan) migrated from Burnsville to Asheville in the 30's remember going to my Great-Granfathers' farm in Burnsville on the weekends. My great-grandmother cooked on a wood burning stove.
Sorry from the soapy Hijack
Let the flames on everyone resume
Cheers
