Originally Posted by
jv001
No, not Mt. Airy, but I did grow up in a little town called Mayodan, NC. The late Roy Thompson, a writer for the Winston-Salem Journal, wrote an article on the meanest towns in the Piedmont and Mayodan was in the top 3. Mayodan back then was a poor mill town and Saturday night fights were common in the 2 pool halls. Most of the citizens didn't like the article but couldn't put up a good argument that the article wasn't true. As for the music, I still love the Mo-Town greats. Give me the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and my all-time favorite, The Platters.