Map of Obesity In the U.S.

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[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
CrewPierce wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:
Ghost22 wrote:
Let’s hear it for the South, yeeeehaw.

Fattern’ hell.

and happiern’ a tick on hound in the winter time.

Especially after satisfyin’ a hankerin’ fer some fried okery, fried sweet corn nuggets and chickn’ fried steak.

hey man you forgot corn bread!! Damn man now I’m hungry for some pulled pork, BBQ beans, corn bread, and sweet tea! Damn I want to move back to the south…

Is that even real food? Gees, even our poutine is healthy after that kind of meal…

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Very much, real food.

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What on earth are fried sweet corn nuggets?

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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
What on earth are fried sweet corn nuggets? [/quote]

They’re akin to hush puppies.

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[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
EmilyQ wrote:
What on earth are fried sweet corn nuggets?

They’re akin to hush puppies.[/quote]

I love hush puppies. Damn I wish they were served up here.

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[quote]Chewie wrote:
EmilyQ wrote:
I would say that, generally speaking, the fitness levels correlate to income levels. If you could overlay an income level map over a fitness level map, they’d probably match pretty closely.

Near the coast in California = expensive.

NYC = expensive.

Vast outskirts of Houston = lots of lower middle income suburban sprawl.

“Vast outskirts of Houston.” Haha, nice one. The metropolitan area of Houston is like a whole other state. [/quote]

Yes. Most parts of Houston also have zero zoning laws making it tricky to navigate. One minute you are in a mexican ghetto trying not to stare at the drug dealers at the corner, the next you are driving through River Oaks. Very strange.

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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
What on earth are fried sweet corn nuggets? [/quote]

They are breaded glops of creamed, sweet corn that are dropped in to a deep friar and usually served with Ranch Style Dressing as a dipping sauce.

Super yummy and very hard to resist.

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[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
CrewPierce wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:
Ghost22 wrote:
Let’s hear it for the South, yeeeehaw.

Fattern’ hell.

and happiern’ a tick on hound in the winter time.

Especially after satisfyin’ a hankerin’ fer some fried okery, fried sweet corn nuggets and chickn’ fried steak.

hey man you forgot corn bread!! Damn man now I’m hungry for some pulled pork, BBQ beans, corn bread, and sweet tea! Damn I want to move back to the south…

Is that even real food? Gees, even our poutine is healthy after that kind of meal…

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Hell yes it is.

It is delicious with Fried Ice Cream for dessert too. >:O

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LOL @ “happiern’”

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[quote]texasguy1 wrote:
Chewie wrote:
EmilyQ wrote:
I would say that, generally speaking, the fitness levels correlate to income levels. If you could overlay an income level map over a fitness level map, they’d probably match pretty closely.

Near the coast in California = expensive.

NYC = expensive.

Vast outskirts of Houston = lots of lower middle income suburban sprawl.

“Vast outskirts of Houston.” Haha, nice one. The metropolitan area of Houston is like a whole other state.

Yes. Most parts of Houston also have zero zoning laws making it tricky to navigate. One minute you are in a mexican ghetto trying not to stare at the drug dealers at the corner, the next you are driving through River Oaks. Very strange.
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Yeah, it was weird to me having grown up in the Northeast to experience the mish-mash that is metropolitan Texas. Austin is a little better, but still weird.

[quote]They are breaded glops of creamed, sweet corn that are dropped in to a deep friar and usually served with Ranch Style Dressing as a dipping sauce.

Super yummy and very hard to resist. [/quote]

I love hush puppies, but breaded glops of creamed, sweet corn? Wow. Doesn’t sound very yummy. I guess I’ll take your word for it.

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I’m surprised the midwest follows the more average trend. Even our high school football prides on having farm raised big men leading the cloud of dust. Plus like Texasguy mentioned, for every All-American beauty we have there’s her fat friend big betty.

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I can not believe how everyone, especially every women is on a diet. I think being on a diet is like the microwave buttered popcorn that now promotes itself as a whole grain healthy food. They are both oxymorons. Shit, people are even becoming too lazy to even go on diets anymore. Have you seen all those commercials for girdles that suck in the fat on ladies? Push up bras are one thing, but this is false advertising if you ask me.

The bottom line is that the average person in our society can easily get fat without trying. It takes effort to not get fat. At least there are more healthy food choices now even as the country continues to get fatter. When I went to college the ladies started looking like girls and graduated looking like women. Now they enter looking like women, and graduate looking like housewives. I do not think the trend will reverse without serious government intervention (not that I am for more government intervention) or a miracle pill.

On a side note this thread is making me damn hungry. I could drive to a Pappasitos in less than 4 hours. Damn those Greeks make some good fajitas.

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[quote]texasguy1 wrote:

Hell yes it is.

It is delicious with Fried Ice Cream for dessert too. >:O
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Enlightning… We actually have poutine, which is fries with brown gravy and chunks of cheddar cheese. Pretty good although it doesn’t sound like it.

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[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:

Hell yes it is.

It is delicious with Fried Ice Cream for dessert too. >:O

Enlightning… We actually have poutine, which is fries with brown gravy and chunks of cheddar cheese. Pretty good although it doesn’t sound like it.

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Poutine…ok yeah restaurants serve that around here, but it doesn’t have a name. Now I know.

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[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Zen warrior wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:

Hell yes it is.

It is delicious with Fried Ice Cream for dessert too. >:O

Enlightning… We actually have poutine, which is fries with brown gravy and chunks of cheddar cheese. Pretty good although it doesn’t sound like it.

Poutine…ok yeah restaurants serve that around here, but it doesn’t have a name. Now I know.[/quote]

How would you order something with no name?

“Um, yes, waiter, I’d like to order that thing, you know that thing with no name.”

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[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:

Hell yes it is.

It is delicious with Fried Ice Cream for dessert too. >:O

Enlightning… We actually have poutine, which is fries with brown gravy and chunks of cheddar cheese. Pretty good although it doesn’t sound like it.

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Yeah, I’ve had poutine but unfortunately am not a brown gravy fan. I tried some with “southern style” white gravy substituted though and i’d rank it with deep fried, creamed sweet corn nuggets.

This thread is terrible for my summer eating habits.

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[quote]dre wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
Poutine…ok yeah restaurants serve that around here, but it doesn’t have a name. Now I know.

How would you order something with no name?

“Um, yes, waiter, I’d like to order that thing, you know that thing with no name.”[/quote]

Give me some…you know. And make it quick!

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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:
Chewie wrote:
EmilyQ wrote:
I would say that, generally speaking, the fitness levels correlate to income levels. If you could overlay an income level map over a fitness level map, they’d probably match pretty closely.

Near the coast in California = expensive.

NYC = expensive.

Vast outskirts of Houston = lots of lower middle income suburban sprawl.

“Vast outskirts of Houston.” Haha, nice one. The metropolitan area of Houston is like a whole other state.

Yes. Most parts of Houston also have zero zoning laws making it tricky to navigate. One minute you are in a mexican ghetto trying not to stare at the drug dealers at the corner, the next you are driving through River Oaks. Very strange.

Yeah, it was weird to me having grown up in the Northeast to experience the mish-mash that is metropolitan Texas. Austin is a little better, but still weird.

They are breaded glops of creamed, sweet corn that are dropped in to a deep friar and usually served with Ranch Style Dressing as a dipping sauce.

Super yummy and very hard to resist.

I love hush puppies, but breaded glops of creamed, sweet corn? Wow. Doesn’t sound very yummy. I guess I’ll take your word for it.

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I guess it’s just how you are raised. I feel cramped in the North East. Everything seems so close together and old. It has appeal in its own rite though.

Austin and Dallas are both pretty organized. Houston doesn’t have zoning laws which can be weird. A few years ago a buddy of mine lived in an old mansion converted to 4 condos where he payed like $400 a month on rent, had a window unit for an air conditioner and no dish washer.

The building next door was a restored mansion that a lawyer bought for over $2 million. It can be weird but when you know your way around the city is pretty cool in a quirky way.

There are definately neighborhoods where homes are similar in size and price and those neighborhoods do indeed spill over a vast area of suburbia. They usually range from lower middle (Stafford) to upper middle (The Woodlands, where the Enron guys lived) and everything in between. Within the city limits, a few neighborhoods would be upper class too and have been home to George Bush Sr. and countless oil executives.

Any ways, Fried Globs of breaded, creamed sweet corn may not sound good, but dip it in ranch and wash it down with sweet tea and you’ll probably fall in love.

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[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
I have a question about California. I know the southern coastal cities are more into fitness and are seemingly more health conscious, but does that line of thinking degenerate as you go east from the coast?

Any native Calis care to give an opinion?[/quote]

There’s no such thing as “California”. This state is a huge freakin’ mosaic. Walk 5 minutes in any direction and it’s all of a sudden an entirely different universe.

Actually, I like it.

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[quote]florin wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
I have a question about California. I know the southern coastal cities are more into fitness and are seemingly more health conscious, but does that line of thinking degenerate as you go east from the coast?

Any native Calis care to give an opinion?

There’s no such thing as “California”. This state is a huge freakin’ mosaic. Walk 5 minutes in any direction and it’s all of a sudden an entirely different universe.

Actually, I like it.[/quote]

Exactly. California is one of the most diverse states in the Union, if not the most diverse, racially, economically, socially, culturally and even geographically.