The townie advantage

When I wrote about local parking behaviors after snowfall, the discussion went to the inevitable “townies” do it this way and “newcomers” do it the other way. Well, the snow is falling again, so the cultural divide will soon be apparent at a curb near you.

Many years back, one of my buyers told a home-seller that he went to the local high school. After the offer was accepted and we were there for the inspection, we found a stack of high school year books on the kitchen table. The seller had checked to see if he really was a “townie.”

So who is a “townie”? Do you need to be born here? Go to elementary school here? Graduate high school here? Can a “newcomer” assimilate enough to be accepted as a “townie”? I moved here in the early eighties; what can I do the overcome my “newcomer” status?

I assume cheering for the Patriots is not enough; they are too easy to love!