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North Carolina > Northern California (And I literally mean it)
Northern California is nice, but it's not the place for me. North Carolina is a baller state though. Business friendly, thriving and fast growing cities. Bank of America can agree with me () with the whole North Carolina > Northern California.
(I don't mean to offend any Northern Californians though)
I feel ya. But the Bay Area is in NorCal. That's saying a lot about NC.
Yeah I know. I just don't think San Francisco is my type of place. I find the atmosphere to be very different from what I typically like.
It's beautiful, for sure, it's beautiful, but just not for me.
There's a lot more to Nor Cal than just San Francisco...
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"For me, its easily California.
However, I like things about North Carolina as well.
Theres a way for someone to love a particular place(For me, things about California) but not be narrow minded and arrogant about it like some people are expressing in this thread.
Look at it this way as one example:
My sibling had two roommates. One of the roommates was from the Bay area of California. The other roommate was from the Charlotte, North Carolina area. Both of those roommates were best friends each other. The friend from California respects that friend from North Carolina just as much as other friends, including friends that person has from California. Both of those roommates would admit they prefer California without hesitation over North Carolina but both can admit that there are positives to North Carolina, that great people can exist there, that lame people can be living in California, and that they hope good things for North Carolina's future even though they dont want anything to do with it since they rather be somewhere like California or another place than North Carolina. But they can still see how someone that might be similar as both of them in some ways might still want to live in North Carolina.
Now I'll say that example without mentioning the location:
" Look at it this way as one example: My friend had two roommates.
One of the roommates was from Place A. The other roommate was from Place B. Both of those roommates were best friends each other. The friend from Place A respects that friend from Place B as much as other friends, including friends that person has from Place A. Both of those roommates would admit they prefer Place A without hesitation over Place B but both can admit that there are positives to Place B, that great people can exist there, that lame people can be found in Place A, and that they hope good things for Place B’ future even though they dont want anything to do with it since they prefer certain other places to Place B.
They can also see how someone that might be similar as them would want to live in Place B instead of Place A, even though they both rather live in Place A.
California is a sprawling disaster to me, and really to themselves. Terrible sprawl issues. The cities are great there but the cities are surrounded by millions and millions of people for miles and miles. It just doesn't do a thing for me.
You could've said almost any state though and I would take it over California for similar reasons.
For what its worth, I spent over a decade living in each state (NC: mostly in Charlotte; CA: Los Angeles). As a friend of mine said, "North Carolina is heaven if you are a white Protestant." It has gorgeous scenery, mild weather and friendly people. It is very laidback. However, if you are not part of the majority group, you might feel more comfortable in a state that embraces diversity. Overall, I feel that California serves my needs better as a religious minority.
^ I would actually put Durham in the top 3 North Carolina cities and put Greensboro under Minor League Cities.
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) with the whole North Carolina > Northern California.
