It was a response to the compelling northern “logic” that you employed to begin with. The hypocrisy is astounding.
And thanks for the regional cheap shot.
I claimed that a five hour drive covered a lot of territory, and listed destinations to prove my point. You came back with “no it isn’t.” And now you whine about hypocrisy?
Bless your heart.
Context is everything here.
A five hour drive in the North-East megalopolis is a world apart from a five hour drive in the rural south.
A five hour drive in Georgia might equate to a 90 minute drive in New England or to a ten hour drive out west.
Understood, but think of it as a circle with a 300 mile (five hour drive) radius. That’s more square mileage than Texas.
You did no such thing. You simply asked if I was joking & listed 2 places that were within a 5-hour driving range of your location.
It may cover a lot of ground, but you never even attempted to answer my inital question, nor have you tried to address the greater point I was making. On top of it all, you’ve escalated this thread with two separate attempts at taking cheap shots.
I’m not sure why you think that 5 hours is such an insurmountable distance, but football fans in this part of the world routinely drive that far for a weekend trip to their alma mater.
I narrowed it to 200 miles, but you still haven’t responded to it. Nor have you shown me another metropolitan area in the US for which it is true.
If my “Southern to American English Translation Guide” is accurate, then that phrase should be used only in the Pit. 
Returning to the notion of “mercenaries” for a moment, I just want to mention that Steve McNair has chosen to retire today. From Baltimore’s Ravens. In spite of the fact that he left the Titans after some touchy times while he and his people were trying to arrange a deal so he could stay in Nashville, and in spite of the fact that he chose to go to what I considered at the time to be the team least likely for a Titan to want to go to, I still saw (and see) McNair as a Titan. Same with Eddie George, Derrick Mason, Samari Rolle, Kevin Dyson, Drew Bennett, Joe Nedney, and dozens of others who have passed through Nashville on their ways to other teams. About the only one I can think of who never really felt like a Titan, in spite of his contributions to the team, is Billy Volek.
What I’m trying to say is that these guys are heroes in this area, even after they leave the team. Pacman will be that way, too, when the dust has settled on his latest issues. Steve has a house in Nashville, and I fully expect to see more of him in local activities, just like Eddie and Wycheck and others who have made their homes here.
They’re more than mercenaries in this area. They’re Titans.