Scenes from the Class Stuggle in Knoxville
OK, it's absolutely wrong to generalize about an entire area. HOWEVER, the woman on WBIR who was "representing" those who don't want their kids to go to Hardin was genuinely snooty.
And let's not pretend there isn't an uppity air from Farragut. I'll take the working man over snobbery, thanks. You may call them rednecks, but they fix your pipes, build your McMansions, and dig your graves, so I'd suggest a little humility. Just because there's a confluence of money in one area certainly doesn't mean they are using their powers for good.
In fact, since the can of worms has been spread across the grounds, let's get down to brass tacks. Knoxville is flush with money. Guess what? Back in the 90's, I had lots of discussions with some folks who were trying to raise money through investors. The word on the street was that the "money" in Knoxville was tightly kept. There's a reason we can't seem to grow our creative base, and why those pesky rednecks continue to bother the blue-nosed elites... Because Knoxville is notoriously tight-fisted and closed-minded. Until those things change, this area will continue to spiral into a morass of real estate ventures and car dealerships. If it weren't for UT, we never would have made it this far.
So yeah, I know people who live out West-- bless 'em. I'm talking specifically to the high-hair, SUV-driving, cell-addicted "do gooders" who tend to stick their noses where they don't belong and think they are the ultimate authority on everything (kinda like me ;)... Those folks need to realize their kids might benefit from seeing how the other half lives, and more importantly, it's up to the PARENTS to raise their kids properly, not the schools. Your kids can't live behind that gate forever can they?
Oh, with that trust fund, I guess they can.
And let's not pretend there isn't an uppity air from Farragut. I'll take the working man over snobbery, thanks. You may call them rednecks, but they fix your pipes, build your McMansions, and dig your graves, so I'd suggest a little humility. Just because there's a confluence of money in one area certainly doesn't mean they are using their powers for good.
In fact, since the can of worms has been spread across the grounds, let's get down to brass tacks. Knoxville is flush with money. Guess what? Back in the 90's, I had lots of discussions with some folks who were trying to raise money through investors. The word on the street was that the "money" in Knoxville was tightly kept. There's a reason we can't seem to grow our creative base, and why those pesky rednecks continue to bother the blue-nosed elites... Because Knoxville is notoriously tight-fisted and closed-minded. Until those things change, this area will continue to spiral into a morass of real estate ventures and car dealerships. If it weren't for UT, we never would have made it this far.
So yeah, I know people who live out West-- bless 'em. I'm talking specifically to the high-hair, SUV-driving, cell-addicted "do gooders" who tend to stick their noses where they don't belong and think they are the ultimate authority on everything (kinda like me ;)... Those folks need to realize their kids might benefit from seeing how the other half lives, and more importantly, it's up to the PARENTS to raise their kids properly, not the schools. Your kids can't live behind that gate forever can they?
Oh, with that trust fund, I guess they can.
posted by Victor Agreda, Jr. at
5:55 PM
7 Comments:
Hey, Mr. Sensitive... it's called a taste of your own medicine. I only say "rednecks" to stoop to your level. Farragut has a sense of being uppity as much as your neighborhood has a smell of redneckery. Why are you so mad at people with money? Oh right... everyone has a trust fund. How completely asinine. Sounds like somebody's a little bitter. Better luck in the future.
Have fun watching movies at the Pinnacle.
Nah, I got my own medicine. Got my own money too, thanks. I have no problem with money, or the people who own it. What I have a problem with is the sense of entitlement that comes with it. Just because you've earned your fortune doesn't mean you get to turn your back on the human race.
Hardin Valley is far from the "other half" by the way. That's so hilarious. Get on google maps and look around.
Anyhow, I'll stop boosting your ego by posting here now. This is the most comments you've had in a long long time.
Keep on hating! We'll keep supplying those jobs!
There's no hate here, jeez! Why do all you rich folks gotta be so sensitive about your hordes of cash and cushy lifestyles?
I kid, really. I've met billionaires, and they don't bother me a bit. And true, this is the best conversation this blog has seen in a while, but only because there are so many OTHER great Knoxville blogs out there.
Considering the fact that my day job has me overseeing blogs that reach into the millions of PV's a day, it's really not an ego boost ;)
Thank God fer South Knoxville!
I second thanks for South Knox, my childhood home...I have no idea why people are gettin so uppity about this post, unless maybe the truth hurts? Maybe that's why all the negative comments are anonymous...
Keep it up Victor!
Do you ever find yourself on the West side shopping or going to the movies? I never find myself in the South for such reasons. I only go there to send my kids to private school.
HA HA... silly me... the West has the best of those too.
See ya out West, suckas!
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