Slang for a small poor
backwater town really named Mineral Ridge, in Ohio. The term is generally used by people that are relatively wealthy and are somewhat embarrassed by where they live. "The Ridge" is a struggling town on the outskirts of
Youngstown, Ohio, with a history of political and criminal links to
Youngstown.
First
Peasant: Yo, mo, wheres you bees from...?
Answering Peasant: From
the Ridge beeyatch.
First Peasant: Oh, ahem, well, I really am sorry to hear that.