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The Deep South is my favorite place in the world, and to be clear, this region includes North Florida and East Texas, as well as parts of Arkansas and Tennessee.
The Pacific Northwest is certainly more pretty than the Deep South but economically, I don't think it's even close.
It's one thing to compare Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Miami individually but when you factor all four together in the region, you're talking one major economic powerhouse that Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland just can't even come close to matching. Then the South also has Birmingham, Orlando, New Orleans, Savannah, Jacksonville, and Charleston to spare.
Urbanity is a different story. Seattle and Vancouver are both highly urban and Portland's claim to fame is it's pioneering of urban development codes rarely seen outside of Europe so I would say the Pacific Northwest edges out the south in this matter. Not that the southern cities don't have urbanity...
The south is much better connected to the rest of the country than the PN. I felt very iscolated when I visited Seattle. To the east you have a whole bunch of nothing (Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota) before you get to a state with much of anything in it.
California is to the south of Oregon obviously but the drive there is long and no moderate sized cities are passed through. In the south you would go from Miami to Orlando to Jacksonville to Atlanta then up I-85 to Columbia to Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham to Richmond, then on up to DC, Philly, NY, etc.
Economy: Deep South easily.
History: How does one rank history? Did one place exist before the other?
Natural scenery: Tie I prefer the Pacific NW but the Deep South has more variety
Urbanness: PacNW
Education: Deep South pretty easily
Museums: Um.... tie? I guess maybe Seattle helps PacNW win but if we say Fine Arts in general (Concert Halls/Galleries/etc) its a tie.
Public transportation: Pac NW
Weather: Deep South
Food: Deep South
Proximity to other regions: Tie
Overall for me I'd rather live in Pac NW than Deep South but not for any of the reasons above. Deep South by all means should win this if people are honest, of course this is C-D so Seattle will single handedly win because its seen as more perrty.
The Pacific Northwest is certainly more pretty than the Deep South but economically, I don't think it's even close.
It's one thing to compare Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Miami individually but when you factor all four together in the region, you're talking one major economic powerhouse that Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland just can't even come close to matching. Then the South also has Birmingham, Orlando, New Orleans, Savannah, Jacksonville, and Charleston to spare.
Urbanity is a different story. Seattle and Vancouver are both highly urban and Portland's claim to fame is it's pioneering of urban development codes rarely seen outside of Europe so I would say the Pacific Northwest edges out the south in this matter. Not that the southern cities don't have urbanity...
The south is much better connected to the rest of the country than the PN. I felt very iscolated when I visited Seattle. To the east you have a whole bunch of nothing (Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota) before you get to a state with much of anything in it.
California is to the south of Oregon obviously but the drive there is long and no moderate sized cities are passed through. In the south you would go from Miami to Orlando to Jacksonville to Atlanta then up I-85 to Columbia to Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham to Richmond, then on up to DC, Philly, NY, etc.
Texas and Florida were not included. Maybe read the thread instead of just the title kktnx
Economy: Deep South easily.
History: How does one rank history? Did one place exist before the other?
Natural scenery: Tie I prefer the Pacific NW but the Deep South has more variety
Urbanness: PacNW
Education: Deep South pretty easily
Museums: Um.... tie? I guess maybe Seattle helps PacNW win but if we say Fine Arts in general (Concert Halls/Galleries/etc) its a tie.
Public transportation: Pac NW
Weather: Deep South
Food: Deep South
Proximity to other regions: Tie
Overall for me I'd rather live in Pac NW than Deep South but not for any of the reasons above. Deep South by all means should win this if people are honest, of course this is C-D so Seattle will single handedly win because its seen as more perrty.
Does the Deep South have more variety, though? It's pretty much just rolling hill pine woods and coastal plain.
Economy - Outside of Atlanta or New Orleans, I know little about the economy in those Deep South states. Seattle has a good economy, Portland is mediocre, Vancouver BC is a mixed bag. I'm more on the tech side of things, so I'd be better off working in the Northwest most likely.
History - Deep South; Between Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, there's no real competition in the Northwest as far as really old historic cities.
Natural scenery - Pacific Northwest; Way more variety between the coast, Cascades, eastern deserts/plateau, and lush interior valleys. The Deep South has nice coastal beaches, but the flatter sections of the interior are boring to drive through.
Urbanness - Pacific Northwest - Though "Urbanness" isn't a real word.
Education - Probably the Deep South. Older educational institutions in the south and probably more of them--great places to major in football. Though all the same UW and Simon Fraser are fine schools.
Museums - Pacific Northwest? There's good museums in Vancouver and Seattle, and New Orleans has a couple good ones, though I've never been to any in Atlanta.
Public transportation - Pacific Northwest
Weather - Deep South(Year round) - Though the summers there are miserably humid in parts, and I'll take a Northwest summer over any season in the South.
Food - Deep South - Different regional food and historic cities are the two things the Deep South does better than Pacific Northwest by far. Though the cities of the Northwest have great restaurants, there's no real regional specialities like in the South that make the area unique(outside of the excellent seafood and produce and beer and wine in the Northwest).
Proximity to other regions - Deep South - It's sort of too far to drive to the best of the rest of the West from most of the Northwest. From the Deep South at least you're not too far to drive to Florida or different regions. Though on the other hand there's much more to do in the Northwest itself.
Although I ranked the Deep South higher in more categories--outside of New Orleans(or maybe Atlanta if I was offered a job there), I'd probaly never consider moving there. Savannah and Charleston are nice to visit though.
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