Difference between North and South (Charleston, Summerville: sale, 2009, apartment)

[pvjd]

I live in Birmingham, which is larger and more metro than people might think. The ironic thing is that I have friends and family up in NJ and Wisconsin, and things are more "country" and laid back there than here. I have relatives by marriage in NJ who, other than the accents, might as well be in rural GA due to their location and how they live. I also lived in VT for a few years, and talk about hicks...there are areas there that I wouldn't venture to for fear of banjo music, followed by the request to squeal like a pig. So, in short, just because it is northern doesn't make it urban, and just because it is southern doesn't make it rural. You would be amazed at how many people are surprised to know that I have major universities and museums here, as well as a lack of slave ownership.

[pokrplr]

Differences? The North is Cold & The South is Hot

[carolinajack]

Originally Posted by KelsMcL

Hi Everyone. I am from beautiful (no really, I swear, it's beautiful) New Jersey Shore. I am considering moving down to South Carolina for graduate school and then permanently to the Charleston/Summerville area. To prepare me for this move I have been non stop searching these forums. Everything sounds great, except EVERYONE says "just know that you can't change the South", "Don't expect to move down here and have everything running like you're used to", etc. etc.

My question is what is this huge difference? The most I found was that some parts of SC, the banks are closed on the weekends. I think I can handle that! I know the pace is slower, but I'm not moving anywhere rural - it would be on the coast (I live 1 block from beach my whole life, and can't imagine not being within at most an hour of it).

Do people still fly confederate flags or something? Do they look down on interracial relationships? I've been down numerous times. My Grandparents live on the OBX and the only huge difference I notice is the driving and pace. Thanks to everyone in advance.

i am from Charleston, Mt Pleasant but live now in Philadelphia and have lived all over the south and the north. the big differences are in manners, in values, in the way people treat one another. I find that there are good people everywhere but northerners i have observed are less willing to help strangers, less willing to treat others as they would want to be treated. that doesnt mean ALL northerners and many southerners are not nice and dont have good values or morals.

Do people fly the confederate flag in the south? you bet they do and they have every right, but they fly it in the North as well, travel highway 55 down to Cape May NJ and you will see alot of Rebel Flags. Also, flying a confederate flag doesnt make one a racist nor will most treat you badly--the ones who dont fly it can be as racist as any redneck is accused of being.

they treat IR couples, i am a member of an Interracial couple and love going home to SC and have no problems, however we get as many stares in philly, boston, Nyc and Jersey as anyplace in the South.

pace is slower, we are more conservative by nature in the south, more fun loving, less concerned with living to work and more with working to live, more church going, more outdoorsy, more laid back , more pro military, pro country

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by pvjd

I live in Birmingham, which is larger and more metro than people might think. The ironic thing is that I have friends and family up in NJ and Wisconsin, and things are more "country" and laid back there than here. I have relatives by marriage in NJ who, other than the accents, might as well be in rural GA due to their location and how they live. I also lived in VT for a few years, and talk about hicks...there are areas there that I wouldn't venture to for fear of banjo music, followed by the request to squeal like a pig. So, in short, just because it is northern doesn't make it urban, and just because it is southern doesn't make it rural. You would be amazed at how many people are surprised to know that I have major universities and museums here, as well as a lack of slave ownership.

This is so true! Don't you love the fact that people who have never visited the South (and who are surely relying on the stereotypes portrayed by the media and Hollywood) imagine that everyone and everything in the South are exactly the same? They have this image that the entire region is full of the same racist, slow, redneck people who have never heard of nice stores, expensive restaurants, or cultural activities. Some would probably be amazed to know that we actually have electricity and running water!

As I type this, though, such assumptions aren't only made by non-Southerners. I know plenty of Southerners who picture the north being crowded and dirty, composed entirely of rude and obnoxious people. I wish everyone would travel a little more and leave their preconceived notions behind! If so, they would really open their eyes to some of the things that make America great.

[pvjd]

Right, I mean UAB, where I went to college and am presently employed, is leaps and bounds above other major universities in the realm of science and research, particularly with research on cancer and AIDS. We have people from India, China, Kenya, you name it attending college and working here. But because it is in Alabama people might think that it is like a Junior College, or University of Phoenix or something. Go figure.

[geekstreat]

It seems that as of late(pool incident in Pennsylvania) there is more racism in the north. As far as confederacy flags, I see them daily here in Michigan. The south, especially the Charelston area, is a beautiful part of this country, but my main point is dont beleive all the hype that has been force fed us northerners since 1865. There is just as much racism and rednecks in the north as well as south.

[NewYorkBorn]

Originally Posted by KelsMcL

Hi Everyone. I am from beautiful (no really, I swear, it's beautiful) New Jersey Shore. I am considering moving down to South Carolina for graduate school and then permanently to the Charleston/Summerville area. To prepare me for this move I have been non stop searching these forums. Everything sounds great, except EVERYONE says "just know that you can't change the South", "Don't expect to move down here and have everything running like you're used to", etc. etc.

My question is what is this huge difference? The most I found was that some parts of SC, the banks are closed on the weekends. I think I can handle that! I know the pace is slower, but I'm not moving anywhere rural - it would be on the coast (I live 1 block from beach my whole life, and can't imagine not being within at most an hour of it).

Do people still fly confederate flags or someting? Do they look down on interracial relationships? I've been down numerous times. My Grandparents live on the OBX and the only huge difference I notice is the driving and pace. Thanks to everyone in advance.

"Do people still fly confederate flags or something"?

Have visited Charleston on occasion but do not live there so not sure about the specific attitudes of the people living there. But to answer your more general question
about whether confederate flags still fly in the south. Yes in some parts of the south confederate flags are still flying in front of peoples homes, confederate stickers on cars etc.......even on statehouse grounds in Columbia, SC (the capital of SC) the confederate flag is still flying!! I live in Greenville, SC and there is a town called Laurens about 30 - 40 minutes drive away........not only are some of the residents of this town still flying confederate flags but there is a store called "The Redneck Shop" which is owned by members of the klu klux klan..........selling items like klan robes/hoods and other racist merchandise.

Some of the people who live in this town have been trying for years to close down this place and have not been successful. The south is making progress but unfortunately backwards ignorant people still exist here......the fact that this store is still in existence is proof of the ignorance that still exists here in the south.


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[OleTomCat]

Originally Posted by NewYorkBorn

"Do people still fly confederate flags or something"?

Have visited Charleston on occasion but do not live there so not sure about the specific attitudes of the people living there. But to answer your more general question
about whether confederate flags still fly in the south. Yes in some parts of the south confederate flags are still flying in front of peoples homes, confederate stickers on cars etc.......even on statehouse grounds in Columbia, SC (the capital of SC) the confederate flag is still flying!! I live in Greenville, SC and there is a town called Laurens about 30 - 40 minutes drive away........not only are some of the residents of this town still flying confederate flags but there is a store called "The Redneck Shop" which is owned by members of the klu klux klan..........selling items like klan robes/hoods and other racist merchandise.

Some of the people who live in this town have been trying for years to close down this place and have not been successful. The south is making progress but unfortunately backwards ignorant people still exist here......the fact that this store is still in existence is proof of the ignorance that still exists here in the south.

The confederate battle flag flies over the confederate soldiers memorial on the state house grounds.....

Free speech is still alive in this country, reverend Write can say what he wants too, his prejudice and racial charged speeches are allowed....

[NewYorkBorn]

Originally Posted by OleTomCat

The confederate battle flag flies over the confederate soldiers memorial on the state house grounds.....

Free speech is still alive in this country, reverend Write can say what he wants too, his prejudice and racial charged speeches are allowed....

Very poor comparison! Reverend Wright does not have a history of lynching black people, burning crosses on people's front lawns or bombing churches with black children in them (16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama 1963). People can say whatever they want.......but when what comes out of their mouths turns into violence against other human beings then there is a problem. So give me a break with the freedom of speech BS!

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by KelsMcL

Hi Everyone. I am from beautiful (no really, I swear, it's beautiful) New Jersey Shore. I am considering moving down to South Carolina for graduate school and then permanently to the Charleston/Summerville area. To prepare me for this move I have been non stop searching these forums. Everything sounds great, except EVERYONE says "just know that you can't change the South", "Don't expect to move down here and have everything running like you're used to", etc. etc.

My question is what is this huge difference? The most I found was that some parts of SC, the banks are closed on the weekends. I think I can handle that! I know the pace is slower, but I'm not moving anywhere rural - it would be on the coast (I live 1 block from beach my whole life, and can't imagine not being within at most an hour of it).

Do people still fly confederate flags or something? Do they look down on interracial relationships? I've been down numerous times. My Grandparents live on the OBX and the only huge difference I notice is the driving and pace. Thanks to everyone in advance.

Education and Ethnicity.