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re: Any Phenix City people here?
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:13 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:13 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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People like to think of the Deep South as way more buttoned up and conservative back then, because of the Andy Griffith Show and nostalgic cultural depictions of the 1950s and 1960s.
But it was way more wide open back them in terms of hookers and gambling and organized crime.
Exactly.
My great grandfather came from Atlanta and bought a lot of land in rural South Alabama in the 1920s. He opened a brick yard and was also into gravel and timber.
The stories my great uncles used to tell were a lot more about the sheriff covering up a prominent timber guy who strangled a hooker at a hunting camp or goons burning down homes of people that wouldn't sell their land. Sure wasn't Mayberry.
Though I'm sure all those gentlemen did sit on the first row every Sunday morning.
This post was edited on 11/12/26 at 11:18 am
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:16 am to cubsfan5150
I got a flat on a boat trailer in Phenix City on my way to Destin, many years ago. Thankfully there was a tire shop right down the road. How convenient!
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:28 am to wm72
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The stories my great uncles used to tell were a lot more about the sheriff covering up a prominent timber guy who strangled a hooker at a hunting camp or goons burning down homes of people that wouldn't sell their land. Sure wasn't Mayberry.
I play a card game with a bunch of old timers. They say that if you had a card game back then, it was inevitable that it'd get robbed at some point. It was just part of the deal.
Also think of all the men who beat their wives until they were purple and blue, and nothing ever happened. They'd beat the shite out of their kids, too.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:38 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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People like to think of the Deep South as way more buttoned up and conservative back then, because of the Andy Griffeth Show and nostalgic cultural depictions of the 1950s and 1960s.
I’ve heard a lot of stories about Galveston, TX (dirty arse water) from back then as well. Mob dominated like PC but they didn’t have quite as much violence as they wanted to get high rollers and famous people in there.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:45 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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I play a card game with a bunch of old timers. They say that if you had a card game back then, it was inevitable that it'd get robbed at some point. It was just part of the deal.
Also think of all the men who beat their wives until they were purple and blue, and nothing ever happened. They'd beat the shite out of their kids, too.
For all the complaints about the current state of things and nostalgia for a past that never was, things are a whole lot better than those days.
My mother and aunt tell stories of often escaping with my grandmother to sleep in an old house out in the woods behind their house when my grandfather got drunk and violent. Sheriff wasn't an option since my grandfather was a bigshot (he'd actually built the big downtown Baptist church among other things).
A whole lot more wild west than Mayberry.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 12:13 pm to cubsfan5150
trashy city with trashy people
Posted on 11/12/26 at 6:35 pm to Au334
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trashy city with trashy people
Where you from Prince? You sound like a Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook or Homewood little bitch.
This post was edited on 11/12/26 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:20 pm to 03 West CoChamps
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will swear by the BBQ there though. It is phenomenal.
Chicken Comers for the fricking win!!!!
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