Geographic

Blog 8

I have lived in North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina. The one place that I have lived that I can recall to be much different from the other two is Blairsville, Georgia. It was in the mountains and was a very small town. Most people were very country like and had always lived in this town, born and raised. It wasn’t a very diverse town and there were many stories of people dropping out of school to go work for some local business under their dad or run by the family.

My family wasn’t a big fan of living there because of the good ole boy system that existed heavily in this town. My brother was bullied and since they guys that bullied him were on the football team and their dads were big shots in the town, nothing was done about punishing them. This also was a reoccurring thing in this town, the football players would bully younger players.

When we decided to move to South Carolina, I didn’t want to because I had so many good friends. Once I grew up and realized the values that town portrayed at least to my family with our situations, it made me be more aware of bullying that goes on and how I think twice about chiming in because of what my brother went through. This is not to say that there is not a lot of great people in Blairsville, GA, but the values that high up people in that town had were the ones that stuck. This is also not to say that bullying doesn’t occur everywhere because it does.

Another way it has influenced my life is that I see how certain people in that town never let or experienced something new regarding new people or new places. I have made it a goal to travel when I am done with college and experience being young while I can. Going back to your hometown or a town that you love is great, but I think it is a good thing and healthy to experience new places.