I haven't been in the south and amongst the community since I was a kid. And I don't remember everyone being this big. Holy sh*t I feel like someone should look into opening gyms across the south but doesn't look like theyre into fitness like we are in NJ. But irregardless every other person down there looked like an offensive lineman or like they used to be an offensive lineman. It all makes sense why the SEC lines are so dominant. If this is North Carolina I can only imagine what they're looking like in Alabama or Mississippi these days. Have to start feeding these kids up north some grits lol and more beef .
OT: Spent some time in North Carolina...😳
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There a B1G bodies in many states. You should go to Texas, Florida, Louisiana , California. Spent a short vacation week in South Carolina in April ( Myrtle Beach) plenty of large people but you have to base it somewhat on groups / population of people living in SEC states as an example. Many are wasaay over weight. You want B1G body players take a trip to Hawaii who based upon population size have some large , athletic people. Genetics play a great part in body , strength and overall size.
5’10” 260 isn’t dominant Olineman. It’s just fat.
good barbeque?I was seeing multiple people over 6'3" but big. Not even fat although there were a few as you described but I was seeing multiple"big country" types...built like Nikola Jokic or Kendrick Perkins lol sounded like him too...
Wait just saw that it's a vegan restaurant lol the carnivore menu is a special day I guess. Raleigh is a college area so makes sense. I was in rural north Carolina. Lol
Apologies, football is what came to my mind while in that environment. Lol just an observation, I was really hoping someone would reply with the science behind the diet in the southern part of the United states and how it may lead to bigger individuals...
The South is really a who's who of unhealthiest states.
I was down in NC in the spring of 2023 to help make home repairs in a poor area about an hour and a half inland from the Outer Banks. Our choices for meals were all you can eat buffets and fast food places. The all you can eat places were actually cheaper than McDonalds. I didn't see many 6'3" people but I saw many, many overweight people.
Holy smokes. We have a running joke in our office as to whether irregardless is an actual word. I maintain that it is . When I'm losing the argument, I say: Irregardless. . . . . .
Lived there for 2 1/2 years: Hush puppies. Fried okra. Fish fries (fish is meant to be grilled or broiled, not fried!). Boiled peanut stands.
Hush puppies are food of the gods.
I had me some hush puppies, and I did go back several times they were so good. Hush puppies, fried chicken, mac and cheese. That was lunch. No one in the group ate until breakfast the next morning!
Air conditioning, TV, fast food, sitting all day at work, etc. have made the population lazy. I put on a few too many pounds the last few years and got back to exercising every day. Dropped 25 pounds since January (most in the first 3 months). Most Americans just need to create a different routine, exercise 4-5 times a week (even if just 20 minutes a day) and eat better. Stop eating all the processed foods the food companies are poisoning us with.
Have to "weigh in" on this. Been based on NC since '82. Sure, lots of fatties here. But no more than other environs with similar socio-economic dynamics. Inner-cities and rural settings across the USA all have similar dietary and lifestyle patterns. Sure, the South is known as the "stroke belt" with regional eats featuring an abundance of fried foods high on fats and carbs. Pork tops the food pyramid, still. The old adage rings true: "No part of the hog goes to waste. We use every part except the squeal." Even veggies are traditionally prepared overcooked with a hunk of piggy in the mix. Living "high on the hog" is still a thing.
What I have noticed, though, is NC has been inundated with transplants, mostly from the northeast and midwest, as well as FL "half backs." These folks are hardly the epitome of health, to a "large" extent. And they typically bring an appetite for traditional Southern fare, as well as their own regional specialties loaded with fat, carbs, sodium, etc.
What's the difference between a "Yankee" and a "Damn Yankee"? Yankees visit and then go back home. Damn Yankees stay. And then proceed to complain about their new state and try to make NC like the place they moved from. "That's not the way we do it up north.," they'll say. "Yeah. We know. So why are you here?" is a popular retort. LOL. )
What I have noticed, though, is NC has been inundated with transplants, mostly from the northeast and midwest, as well as FL "half backs." These folks are hardly the epitome of health, to a "large" extent. And they typically bring an appetite for traditional Southern fare, as well as their own regional specialties loaded with fat, carbs, sodium, etc.
What's the difference between a "Yankee" and a "Damn Yankee"? Yankees visit and then go back home. Damn Yankees stay. And then proceed to complain about their new state and try to make NC like the place they moved from. "That's not the way we do it up north.," they'll say. "Yeah. We know. So why are you here?" is a popular retort. LOL. )
That's why they named CARY the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees. Have related this before- lived in Wilmington, NC (great area) in the early 1990's for 2-3 years. I was frequently called Yankee (I'm a Mets fan, thank you) despite doing my best to blend (not like My Cousin Vinnie) and spent more time thinking about and being reminded about the Civil War in those 2-3 years (one person referred to it as "The War Y'all Lost") than I have in the rest of my life. Despite this, we liked it a lot there, but the job opportunities were limited and centered around 1 or 2 major companies.
Play on words, or in this case, a non-word. Arthur Gordon was the founding chef/owner. Mid-70s. Morphed from an old-hippie veggie-only hangout to adding meats per the market demand. Arthur was quite a character, a chem and philosophy major from UNC. In a bold move, the cafe became smoke-free very early on, in the heart of tobacco country, and in the state's capital.
Had a second home not far away, on Topsail Island. Wife's "people" go back six generations or so in nearby, "Old Hampstead." Oh, the family stories. And Sunday dinners under an old oak tree, complete with hanging moss (and chiggers). Those meals featured traditional regional fare and sweet tea. In cool months, oyster roasts were celebrated.
We nearly purchased a home in Old Hampstead. Ironically, we rented a home on Hamstead Ct in Wilmington in a huge development across the highway from Laney High School, where Michael Jordan went to high school. You may know this, but Matt Canada, who bounced around as an OC for NIU, Indiana, Wisconsin, Maryand, PItt, LSU and the Steelers, has (maybe had) a home on Topsail. Lovely area.
I spent a semester as a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. I am well aware that Chapel Hill is not typical North Carolina. I liked the place, but not enough to want to live there.
Many more people in the South had parents or grandparents who worked on farms than here in the Northeast. It takes a lot of calories to be able to do backbreaking work from before sunrise to after sunset. That's why Southern cuisine is the way it is, and that's the kind of food many people grew up with. Unfortunately, the cuisine and eating habits have not changed even though few now work on farms. It doesn't help that the climate is sufficiently hot in the summer to discourage vigorous exercise.
Many more people in the South had parents or grandparents who worked on farms than here in the Northeast. It takes a lot of calories to be able to do backbreaking work from before sunrise to after sunset. That's why Southern cuisine is the way it is, and that's the kind of food many people grew up with. Unfortunately, the cuisine and eating habits have not changed even though few now work on farms. It doesn't help that the climate is sufficiently hot in the summer to discourage vigorous exercise.
AC and video games are making American children fat . Growing up you had to be out of the house and playing with a hose or a pool because it was steaming hot in your house.
Who had a pool … had a hose and a brook with water rats. You had it good .
OP needs to get out more. NJ has a large share of overweight people too.
Kids were out of the house all of the time, not just in the heat of the summer. Parents didn't mind their kids playing outside with other kids without parental supervision after school or on weekends. I doubt that the risk to the kids is any greater now than it was then -- but parents have become more risk-averse. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I don't think this change in our society is a good one.
A great book that has this exact premise- The Anxious Generation
The author, Jonathan Haidt, says that the changes in childhood are responsible for a huge increase in mental illness in children since 2010. I'm not qualified to take it that far.
He makes a very strong case for this. Not absolute but certainly some good takeaways. My wife and I have made some changes after reading the book.
Let me add that I was a totally unathletic kid -- I was always the one picked last for teams -- but I was outside too. My parents thought nothing of letting me ride my bike or be with my friends without them. But part of this was that I grew up in a neighborhood that was walkable and bikeable -- I didn't need my parents to chauffeur me. My mom didn't even know how to drive -- she could take her shopping cart to the stores every day to shop. It was a very different world than now. I'm not saying it was better in all respects, but in some ways it was.
I phones and Tic Tok and adult supervised club sports. Nobody was worried about likes.
You're right that nobody cared about "likes" on social media, but of course kids cared about being liked. The difference was that once a kid was home, it was much harder to tease or bully them. Now it's round the clock.
It's turned into this thread again?
If you think kids need to spend more time outside, make sure they spend more time outside. Plenty of others out there.
Sorry, childhood summers spent drinking out of hoses and avoiding the indoors because it felt like an oven weren't actually the be-all and end-all.
I'd much rather be a kid now, frankly.
If you think kids need to spend more time outside, make sure they spend more time outside. Plenty of others out there.
Sorry, childhood summers spent drinking out of hoses and avoiding the indoors because it felt like an oven weren't actually the be-all and end-all.
I'd much rather be a kid now, frankly.