local yokel

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She writes, “I think I’m a local yokel in my heart: Go to a place and love what you can experience there, but love your locals the rest of the time. The connections when we travel are so great, and the connecting with other diners and staff when I eat out in Seattle are half the experience, as well.”

From Seattle Times

“When it comes down to it, the more money we spend within our community, the more money that stays within our community,” said Michaele Blakely, owner of Growing Things Farm in Carnation, which is part of Local Yokel’s growing network of Washington farms.

From Seattle Times

John Barnes, a 60-year-old Air Force retiree living in Albuquerque, said he liked that Trump was “hiring outsiders and not local yokel knuckleheads.”

From Seattle Times

In it, Mr. Stanley, as a city slicker lost in the country, questions and gets smart answers from Carter, portraying a wisecracking local yokel:

From Washington Post

Local Yokel is trying to solve this problem by signing up thousands of local publishers and aggregating and organizing their ad availabilities.

From Forbes