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Pretty hard to generalize expansive regions that are incredibly diverse in themselves.
Raising A Family
This really depends on the specific metro. Both have plenty of areas that are great places to raise families and plenty of hellholes as well.
Colleges/Universities
Midwest
1. Uchicago
2. Northwestern
3. Notre Dame
4. Wash U (St. Louis)
5. U Mich.
6. Case Western
7. Wisconsin
South
1. Duke
2. Rice
3. Vanderbilt
4. Emory
5. UVA
6. Wake Forest
7. UNC
8. William & Mary
9. GA Institute of Tech
10. Tulane
11. University of Florida
12. U Miami (FL)
(Based on US news Top 50 schools 2018)
Edge to the South for higher education.
Quality of Life
Completely depends on the metro and the location in that metro.
Things To Do
Very subjective
Scenery
Subjective
Economic Future Decades Later
I think this is more metro based than regionally. Columbus, Indy, Minneapolis, Detroit and other Midwest metros have bright futures. Atlanta, Charlotte, Austin, Nashville etc. seem to be the starts of the south.
Where Would You Rather Live
In the Midwest I would choose Columbus, Ann Arbor, Madison, Chicago and Minneapolis. In the south I would live in Atlanta and maybe a few other metros. I'm more comfortable in the Midwest personally.
In the Midwest, I would be open to living in the metros of Chicago, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Indianapolis, Detroit, Kansas City, or Saint Louis. In the "Southeast," I'd be open to the metros of Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh–Durham, New Orleans, or Miami. Ignoring weather-things like snow, hurricanes, and very high humidity. I'd be very happy with the Virginian suburbs of DC (even with the condition that I could never go to DC or Maryland's section of the metro) and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Really is difficult to compare such large and diverse regions on specifics like education and "raising a family."
Take out Chicago, Ohio, and probably Minny and the midwest looks unatractive too.
Florida is not that Southern. Parts of northern FL are culturally Southern, but that area is lightly populated and doesn't have much of an economy.
I've spent a lot of time in Tampa and the southwest FL coast the past couple of years. There is nothing Southern about it at all. I would assume the same is true of Orlando. South FL has more of a Latin/NY influence than anything else.
I've never been to Texas. Don't care to. I'd guess some of east TX is Southern, but Dallas and Houston probably are not anymore. Once you get to San Antonio, I'd think you get more southwestern and Mexican influences.
Florida is not that Southern. Parts of northern FL are culturally Southern, but that area is lightly populated and doesn't have much of an economy.
I've spent a lot of time in Tampa and the southwest FL coast the past couple of years. There is nothing Southern about it at all. I would assume the same is true of Orlando. South FL has more of a Latin/NY influence than anything else.
So now Florida should be counted as a Midwestern state and not a Southeastern state. Gotcha.
I don't think it should be counted as either honestly. It's kind of a landing zone for interesting characters, once you hit the population centers it doesn't feel very southern, just kinda...Sun Belty
I don't think it should be counted as either honestly. It's kind of a landing zone for interesting characters, once you hit the population centers it doesn't feel very southern, just kinda...Sun Belty
The Southeast is a geographical designation. Florida is literally the most Southeastern state in the United States.
This is nothing but insecurity, I mean I can't see it any other way lol.
Florida IS in the Southeast, you can't just disregard the whole state because South Florida has a distinct local culture; the state is literally connected to Alabama and Georgia.
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