Savannah's
caucasian population largely consists of silver-haired
attorneys in dark blue
blazers (
seersucker suits in the
summer), overexercised middle-aged
women in big-brimmed round hats, and
embittered students from the local
art college. Plus
mosquitoes. The pace of life is
slow and hardly anything really changes. The tendency of Savannahians to look down on other, "lesser" cities -- at one time it was the only city in Georgia, after all -- is viewed by other Georgians with amusement and has led to
Chatham County being dubbed "The Independent Republic of Chatham". Savannah does two things really well:
Springtime and
food. As of this writing there is still no
Starbucks*, but there is a fantastic
pizza place called
Vinnie Van Go-Go's.
Also, the screen name of adult film actress Shannon Wilsey, who committed suicide in 1994 at the age of twenty-three.
*Mere weeks before I moved away, a Starbuck's opened on Bull Street and a Barnes & Noble with a Starbuck's cafe opened on Southside.