In the suburb of Cincinnati that I grew up in all of the commercial establishments were up on "The Avenue". Most people walked there and shopkeepers knew customers by name.
When I moved to Georgia, I cringed when I first heard the expression "fixin' to" as in, "I'm fixin' to go to Winn-Dixie". After being there 35 years I found that it actually covered many situations very nicely!
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