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Unpacking a culture clash ... What happens when North meets South on the job in the community?

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 28-JUN-04 		Format: Online - approximately 762 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Unpacking a culture clash ... What happens when North meets South on the job in the community?(Retirement & Relocation)

Article Excerpt
"Y'all still fighting a war down there?"

That's one question retirees considering relocating to Mississippi have asked Natchez Retiree Partnership director Roy Winkworth.

"They're usually joking when they say that," said Winkworth, a retired personnel manager from Toronto, who bought a second, home in Natchez in 1981 and recently retired there with his wife. "We simply tell them nothing like that is going on here".

Out-of-state retirees don't seem bothered by the idea of a North-South culture clash

"If anything, folks from up North are surprised by how nice folks are here," said Winkworth. "People will walk up to you on the street and say 'hi.' If you look a bit lost, they'll...

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