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Ok so I was just wondering from the "southern" people ("northern") can post too but, it's prominetly the "southern" people. Ok so what do you hold against "northern" people? And I mean the typical answers are, "drive to fast.." and sterotypical stuff like that. but actually that's not true. I mean northern people never complain about southern people but in charleston it seems like they kind of close you out if they find out your from the north. I mean its just a different state!!! What happened to "southern hospitality" in charleston? We are all people.
I have yet to run into this. I have found that the southerners are very welcoming.
I've run into it on facebook and twitter, the southern people posting rude things about northern people and also they complain about tourists, if it weren't for tourists the economy of this state wouldn't be what it is today. When I came to Charleston to visit before moving I noticed the southern hospitality, but as soon as you move here it dissapears....you're known as a "Yankee". I came to the conclusion southern hospitality is just a myth...well in charleston.
Southern people think northern people are crazy for wanting to get to places on time, always looking sharp and fresh, and for not wanting to engage in pointless chit chat with strangers.
Northern people think southern people are crazy for driving 20 miles under the speed limit in the left lane, not reading GQ, and for talking like hillbilly cowboys.
Of course, this is the stereotypical northern/southern engagement.
I'm a native NYer. I don't even go to the south because I don't appreciate being called a Yankee, don't like having people see my NY license plate and automatically assuming I'm a bad person, hate people seeing my NY Yankees fitted hat and thinking I'm some sort of gangster, hate the annoying southern accent, and hate having people talk behind my back to others after they've acted completely genuine to me.
Ok so I was just wondering from the "southern" people ("northern") can post too but, it's prominetly the "southern" people. Ok so what do you hold against "northern" people? And I mean the typical answers are, "drive to fast.." and sterotypical stuff like that. but actually that's not true. I mean northern people never complain about southern people but in charleston it seems like they kind of close you out if they find out your from the north. I mean its just a different state!!! What happened to "southern hospitality" in charleston? We are all people.
This question again?! Look, generalizations and stereotypes are, well, generalizations and stereotypes. People from every state gossip, are rude, drive too fast, talk too loud, etc.
With that being said, most Southerners are welcoming to transplants, as long as they do notcome in and complain about how things aren't like homeortry to change things. Unfortunately, you get the vocal transplants often ruin it for the ones who come in and respect the culture.
With this being said, Southerners are generally pretty friendly as long as you respect their home. Southerners definitely like tourists because they boost the economy. However, they have their right to be wary of those who stay (i.e. damn yankees, to some). Most Southerners are traditional and enjoy their way of life. Transplants, who want to change things, dilute our very proud culture.
Personally, I went to a private college in the South, that had had a decent amount of northern students. One of my best friends, whom I still talk to daily, was from the northeast. He still lives in the South and absolutely loves it. However, there were those who came down and complained about sweet tea and biscuits being overrated or the lack of good bagel shops. There were those who would complain about the conservative culture and Southern accents. I never gave those people the time of day, because they never deserved it. Occasionally, if I happen to be involved in the conversation, I'd tell them to go back home.
Southern people think northern people are crazy for wanting to get to places on time, always looking sharp and fresh, and for not wanting to engage in pointless chit chat with strangers.
Northern people think southern people are crazy for driving 20 miles under the speed limit in the left lane, not reading GQ, and for talking like hillbilly cowboys.
Of course, this is the stereotypical northern/southern engagement.
I'm a native NYer. I don't even go to the south because I don't appreciate being called a Yankee, don't like having people see my NY license plate and automatically assuming I'm a bad person, hate people seeing my NY Yankees fitted hat and thinking I'm some sort of gangster, hate the annoying southern accent, and hate having people talk behind my back to others after they've acted completely genuine to me.
This is mostly what I have a problem with. Yes, Northerners dress sharp, are always on time, and don't bother with trivial stupidities. Southerners, on the other hand, are slow, sloppy, unsophisticated, and eager to trash on you for any reason. Don't forget racist, redneck, gossiping, backstabbing, snobby liars.
Southerners are the most stereotyped regional population as a whole, and often held to an unfair standard. Stereotypes indicate that Northerners can be brusque, so when you go up there and experience it, it seems normal. However, Southerners (and this is partly brought on by themselves) are supposed to be sickeningly hospitable, so when you visit (or move) down here, southerners are expected to worship the ground you walk on in an effort to be hospitable. Then, when you don't get the treatment you think you deserve, it's all about how terrible we all are.
Well, you may hate being classified as a gangsta for your fitted NY cap, characterized as a bad driver because of your license plates, and so on. Well, we hate being told that we're annoying, lying, judgmental, stupid and inbred. Don't be a hypocrite.
This is mostly what I have a problem with. Yes, Northerners dress sharp, are always on time, and don't bother with trivial stupidities. Southerners, on the other hand, are slow, sloppy, unsophisticated, and eager to trash on you for any reason. Don't forget racist, redneck, gossiping, backstabbing, snobby liars.
Southerners are the most stereotyped regional population as a whole, and often held to an unfair standard. Stereotypes indicate that Northerners can be brusque, so when you go up there and experience it, it seems normal. However, Southerners (and this is partly brought on by themselves) are supposed to be sickeningly hospitable, so when you visit (or move) down here, southerners are expected to worship the ground you walk on in an effort to be hospitable. Then, when you don't get the treatment you think you deserve, it's all about how terrible we all are.
Well, you may hate being classified as a gangsta for your fitted NY cap, characterized as a bad driver because of your license plates, and so on. Well, we hate being told that we're annoying, lying, judgmental, stupid and inbred. Don't be a hypocrite.
Thank you. I'm not sure how one couldn't see all of the hypocrisy in this post.
I mean northern people never complain about southern people
FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My stepmother is from Pennsylvania and is, let's say, less than fond of anything north of Florida, south of Maryland and east of the Mississippi.
Her mom lives in Florida so she drives through the south frequently and has often said that, if she could do so without making the trip painfully long, she would skip South Carolina altogether.
A LOT of yankees I know complain bitterly about the south and the people who live in it. You wouldn't believe how often I hear "Back in (wherever they are from) this would never happen." My response has always been "Well bless your heart, it sounds wonderful there. Will you be going back anytime soon?" I always say it with a big smile and very politely in the best old Charleston accent I can muster at the time.
I think YOU GUYS need to look at the date of when the civil war ended. We are all people, why does it matter where we're from?! And what I mean is when your in the north everyone talks so highly of how nice southern people are and when you're down the south all they do is trash the north. Doesn't seem right...
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