“In interviews chefs are usually asked which vegetable is their favorite, and almost without fail they respond “Oh, that’s like asking which child is your favorite. I just can’t choose.”

The icing over was an unnatural condition caused by deliberate introduction of a chemical into the atmosphere that they found was breaking down. Since the onset of the cold was quick, the rewarming may also be quick.

In her letter, Melanie said that she ate the rats to extinction. So she had no food left.

This is going to be a long one, but I’ll still try to be as concise as I can. I just have a lot of thoughts regarding this.

Same. I moved back to a red state from NYC and while I’ve hated the politics and the total lack of culture, I have definitely enjoyed making way more $$ than we would have in NYC while the cost of living was significantly less. I’m getting out as soon as my kiddo graduates, and getting out with enough $$ to…

I’ve watched a few episodes, and skimmed Erin’s book (from the library). My question is: why is the show so damned white when the population of Laurel is 55% Black? 

Well said.

Community is not limited to just the people in the town; it is dependent on newcomers, too, whose money and passion for what the Napiers are selling are a vital part of the community they’re trying to build.

LGBTQ+ people can also have friends and family they love very deeply in red states, and that can be a huge draw.

I would watch that channel, not gonna lie. I watch a lot of Dan Bell dead mall types online, which is sorta the opposite direction of the current HGTV lineup that gets Home Depot & Lowes to pay for advertising. Not sure who would pay for ads on a show exposing that old mansion where Armie Hammer threw parties but I…

It seems disingenuous to bring up an HGTV renovation show not highlighting historic racism in town. So strange how the Property Brothers weren’t called to account for the diversity issues of Toronto or the anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver. Househunters internationals looking for an apartment in Budapest should…

I’ve been through Laurel a few times now as it’s on my way between my home in New Orleans and my parents home in VA (my aunt was the first who got me to stop there as she’s hooked on HGTV and is, unrelated, a psycho republican). It’s like all the landlocked southern towns I go through - depressed as fuck with a…

Okay that makes sense.  You have to do what you have to do so I get it.  I live in a red state and wish I could leave, but money issues say otherwise.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ living in a different deep red state, I can answer “necessity and economic”.

Came here to read about one of the few decent shows on HGTV. Comments full of people shitting on the South. Y'all are a consistent bunch of assholes. 

As a gay guy living in a very expensive city, I can briefly see myself drawn there for the wildly lower cost of real estate. Fortunately, I’m not quite crazy enough to do that to myself.

I love this show as a show. But, y’all - do not move to Mississippi. Alabama at least has Mobile. Georgia has Atlanta. Louisiana has New Orleans. Florida is three states in one and each has a couple of partially enlightened cities, plus beaches. Mississippi is a mess unless you really like to gamble. Now, now...I know…

The show is okay and much better than Fixer Upper. I could do without the earth tones and the kitschy craft projects that look like they were done in a high school art class. Ben is good at what he does, and I’d love to have a certain bush ripped out of my yard the way they ripped out that holly bush.

To be honest, i think that’s one of the better revelations of this episode. I know a lot of people will be invested in the super hero stuff, showing him flying through the air and stopping bad guys. But that grim and realistic part about their personal lives, the reality that Stark only paid for the toys and nothing…

I don’t really get the headline or the score for this ep.