It's always a surprise when we come to visit family in South Carolina that Ohioans are not appreciated. Some of it is tongue-in-cheek, some of it is really serious. As more and more Buckeyes have moved south, the natives wonder: "Does anyone still live in Ohio?"

A website gobacktoohio.com suggests way to get the Buckeyes back to the north. It's an odd sensation to feel you're actually in the way. Although we've long maintained that eventually the rest of the nation will want to come north for the water...that may take time to materialize.

Meanwhile, I am appreciating the southern charm even if my Yankee ways are considered boorish. Case in point involves northern rudeness. An editorial lambasted people who honk at others as another northern misdeed harming the gentility of South Carolina. I've got to agree. The writer questioned what the purpose of all the honking is. "Do you think traffic will move just because you're impatient?

Ouch. "Chill out," he advises. Why, oh why, oh why O!

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