And Miss A is right. The airplanes are big. They are high in the sky. They fly over us. Sometimes at night if you look up in our prairie, star filled sky across it you see the lights of an airplane. We are near the state line of North and South Dakota. I suppose it is a direct route for many flights from the west coast to Minneapolis or Detroit. Or maybe they are Fed Ex planes.
I was never aware of the term “fly over state” until I introduced myself from North Dakota while attending the University of Georgia. I earned the nickname Dakota. And many said, “oh you’re a fly over state.” I was offended.
But today with some life experience, I own the label. Often outsiders do not know what is behind the walls of label. Ghetto. Suburbia. Uptown. Downtown. The Sticks. Fly Over State.
That’s us. We are a fly over state. Go ahead. Label us. We are thriving within the label with our business and family. And our kids seems to proudly embrace the surroundings of a fly over state.
What’s a label in your life you embrace?
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Of course, I can’t think of one now, but Nebraska, like North Dakota, is the butt of many jokes and “how boring” it is. I just smile and know how great it is to live here. 🙂
This made me smile. I used to live in the path of Kennedy Airport in Queens thoughtout my childhood until graduation of highschool. The planes were so low and so frequent. Out of state guests would freak out thinking these large planes would be landing on our home. The Concord was something to see and “feel” as everything would rattle when it would fly by. Thanks for making me recall those funny times. NYC has a lot of terms that it is called, but like you say, it is home. My brother loved Fargo and would trade his life here in a moment if he could. He left NYC and moved to a more rural area upstate for now.
people try to call me Yankee, but i correct them and say northerner. i’m proud of the midwest blood in my veins. 🙂
I live in “the moonshine capital of the world”. That movie that’s out right now, Lawless? That’s based on the county I live in. Not sure I really own it though… 😉
And I LOVE the song, Fly Over States by Jason Aldean! I think it would be a good thing to be a ‘fly over state’
I smile when anyone says “how can you live in Nebraska, it is so flat and there is nothing to see”. I just tell them that they built I-80 to fool visitors into thinking the state is not beautiful that way we can keep the beauty all to ourselves!!!!
Whenever I hear Jason Aldean’s song about the fly over states I smile. I am proud to be from one of those states.
I don’t claim it all but “the left coast” is common for California. I live in the central valley and live amongst quite a few conservative folks.
^^^ ^^^ That was supposed to be ‘don’t claim it “at” all…’
I think a lot if people see us “cheeseheads” as a bunch of drunken Packer fans. I am proud to say that us cheeseheads who dairy farm work pretty hard to produce the milk that not only makes cheese for the srate of Wisconsin but we rank #1 in cheese production for the nation. So not only do we work hard, we enjoy our football too. This particular cheesehead loves University Wisconsin Badgers.
I think a lot if people see us “cheeseheads” as a bunch of drunken Packer fans. I am proud to say that us cheeseheads who dairy farm work pretty hard to produce the milk that not only makes cheese for the srate of Wisconsin but we rank #1 in cheese production for the nation. So not only do we work hard, we enjoy our football too. This particular cheesehead loves University Wisconsin Badgers.
That’s funny…just the other day someone told me that I live in a fly over state. I just smiled….I don’t want them to know what they are missing…{if they knew they might move here!! } 😉 As you know…I live in the same fly over state as you do!! We love the state and we love the song too!!