Big Willie Style

I know you all know Will, and I realize that many of you do not even realize he can read, much less write, but he can and actually does a pretty good job at it when he wants. He got into a nit of a discussion with a buddy of his (Isaac) who some if you know and it led to the following short essay. I thought it'd be a good read and a good break from the misery that is this UGA football season. Enjoy


Home Sweet Home
​The other day I was having a very odd conversation. What made this conversation so odd was two fold: 1. this conversation took place with a yankee and 2. this person was also a complete dumbass. Now I know what your saying, “aren’t all yankee’s dumbass’s?’ The answer to that great question is: most of the time. However, in this specific case this person also happens to be my best friend, therefore he is only a dumbass 90% of the time. During this somewhat pleasant convo the topic of “best places to live” came up. Now, I truly believed that he was asking a rhetorical question when he asked me: “where is the best place to live in the U.S.?” (Side note: before I go on I think I should point out that my friend grew up in the south, more specifically he grew up in God’s country, a.k.a. GEORGIA.) Without hesitation I proclaimed, “Mother Freaking Georgia is the best place to live!!!!!” He immediately asked me to prove it and thus a word document is born.  So, without further ado lets talk some facts. (Side Note II: I will be talking about Georgia as a whole as opposed to specific areas of Georgia as that would probably side track me for pages on end.) According to georgia.org Georgia currently ranks in the top 10 in the nation in areas such as: Best State to Do Business In, Best State for Business, Job and Business Growth, Best Start-Up City, Cities with Most Fortune 500 Companies, and Entrepreneurial Activity.  Georgia was home to some of the greatest Americans in history. They include: Jimmy Carter, Jim Brown, Ray Charles, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson and Hulk Hogan. That’s right Hulk f-ing Hogan, from Augusta Ga. Which also happens to be the home of a tradition unlike any other, that’s right boys and girls “THE MASTERS.” Ok, ok, so you’re tired of cold hard facts? Let’s talk passions!!! What are you passionate about? What turns your page? What ignites your flame, if you will? You say cooking boils your water? Well, it just so happens that Georgia is home to Le Cordon Bleu of ATL, Ga. Which also happens to be ranked in the top 10 nationally according to chef2chef.net. Maybe pro sports is your racket. Lets talk dirty birds or Atlanta Falcons for the non-natives. Atlanta is also home to the Thrashers, Hawks and not to mention home to one of the greatest sports franchises of all time, home of the 14 CONSECUTIVE divisional champion Atlanta Braves. Maybe college sports is your thing. Georgia actually gives you a choice of 1 1/2 major schools to cheer for: UGA and Georgia Tech. (Tech gets credit for only 1/2 a major sports school due to the fact that they can only sell out a couple of football games every other year, when UGA and Clemson comes to town.) Golf? The Masters along with over 500 other private and public coursed to chose from. You live for the outdoors you say? Give the rock with the likings of General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson and the President of the confederacy Mr. Jefferson Davis a look see. It also happens to be the most popular rock in the southeast. Want more hiking? Maybe you’ve heard of a little trail that just so happens to begin in Georgia, the Appalachian trail. Islands? Got those too: Jekyll, St. Simons and Cumberland hold up just fine. Georgia played host to the freaking Olympics for crying out loud! An honor another U.S. city just tried to obtain and failed miserably. Georgia’s got it all!!! Shit, its even houses two gay communities. One we’ve already in mentioned in Georgia Tech and two, a little place called the city of piedmont. Not that we are actually proud of those two places but its not like there’s anything wrong with that sort of thing……. (Insert Seinfeld clip.) In short my friend the question really isn’t why is Georgia the best place to live in the U.S.? Rather, why would anyone want to live in freaking Chicago to simply freeze your balls off for half the year???