Well, I am now in Connecticut and writing this on my sister's sweet G4.
My father and stepmom have opened a shop in Guilford, CT, called "Imagine."
It is a high-end home furnishings/crafts shop. They're doing pretty well, so far. My sister is working with the shop, too, providing custom finished/painted furniture, decoupage pieces, and other assorted stuff. She's annoyingly talented, and has sold 55 pieces through the shop in ten days. Not bad.
One thing I noticed (again) about returning to Connecticut is the use of zoning. Chattanooga (and much of the south) has yet to really grasp the idea. It's not that there are that many more rich people up north than in Chattanooga, it's just that northern developers and city planners are very adamant about where they put things. I can't say that I mind, either. You just don't see a $200,000 house next to a trailer like you do in Chattanooga.
The people are nicer in Chattanooga, and Connecticut has a HUGE Democrat population. Joe Lieberman used to come to my school all the time when I was younger, and it took me moving to the South to realize how much of a bozo he is.
As I sit here, in my childhood home, I think I'd like to move back north, taking with me what I've learned in the South and applying it.
Posted by colrus at July 26, 2003 12:24 PM | TrackBack