It's only taken 17 months of living here, but I *finally* realized that people in Miami(-Dade county) refer to those "up in Broward" the same way that people back home used to refer to "people of the UP [as in Upper Peninsula of Michigan*]" or the people back home-back home used to refer to "Perry Countians" (i.e. where men are men and sheep are scared) ... or the people back home-back home-for-that-18-month-theatre-internship-when-I-lived-in-Uniontown talked about "Fred and Frita Fayette" (Fayette being the county name where Uniontown PA is located).
Meaning ... "up in Broward" isn't so much a term of endearment as it is one of derision ... used to categorize and label a group of people slightly less sophisticated, hip, worldly, knowing, etc. etc than those who live south of the border (the [allegedly] slightly MORE sophisticated, hip, worldly, knowing, etc. etc). ... or maybe I'm just being too sensitive ... but at least we are trusted enough to have pit bulls in *my* county (neener-neener-neener)!
[*Note ... I've driven through the UP of Michigan ... and it was lovely. Never feared for my safety one bit. Went miles and miles without seeing any sign of civilization (but lots of signs for fudge and pasties), and survived. Only once or twice thought about how, if I accidentally drove off the side of the road, I'd never be found ... but lived to tell the tale. And I ate a pasty. No side effects. Was happy to finally make it to Green Bay, though, just for the sake of seeing other people again.]
PERRY COUNTY PA MADE THE URBAN DICTIONARY (CAUTION: NSFW LANGUAGE):
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Perry+County
THOUGHT THIS WAS PA PERRY COUNTY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE KY PERRY COUNTY:
https://www.facebook.com/perrycomemes/timeline?ref=page_internal
WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-the-questions/201410/10-reasons-stop-judging-people
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