The Good'Ole south (Harlem, White, Payne: best cities, buying, elementary school)

[Peelo]

LOL....That was funny right there..I dont care who ya are....

[chrisg3]

Hi, I am originally from Savannah. My husbands job is a little like the army and we have moved around alot. Recently, we moved to St. Marys, Ga (camden county) from Richmond Hill, Ga. I think you would love Richmond Hill. They are doing a great job of controlling growth and keeping a small town feel. Plus if you need anything Savannah is 20min down the road. Another option is Folkston, but I think they only have 1 grocery store. So, keep in mind your wife's sanity and please at least move to an area that has a Walmart or Target....Tifton, Valdosta, Albany, Bainbridge...what is the difference, really?. I am very happy with St. Marys and it is close to Jacksonville and Brunswick. I hope you return home to your family soon.

[adnama52]

I love (sarcastic) how we all hang our ideas of people and areas on stereo types that have been used mostly by comedy to make a living. If we don't have a tag to hang on a place or people we just don't know what to do. And I see enough Yuppies in my small town, the social climbers and wanna be,s. God help a whole lot of people if they ever had to walk through cow manure or feed a few chickens. Far too many people have no clue as to how living in the metro disconnects them from the earth. Living rural and country can help give you a sense of humbleness, balance and inner peace. But, viva la difference!!!

[GaBoy-n-Iraq]

Originally Posted by lyukos

You clarified your meaning, alright. The confederate flag was a symbol of the Southern side of the civil war, which was thought to be over slavery at the time. Southerners were open about it, since racism wasn't then considered bad or unusual in this area. It is only recently that people felt shame over their pro-slavery position and tried to clean it up. Southern GA is full of towns where people wave this flag in each others' faces. You should have no trouble finding such a town.

As far as the Jena 6 are concerned, if that student who hung up the noose only got a good beating, he should consider himself lucky not to have received the hanging he was threatening others with.

I dont care how you feel. Im just looking for some good honest opinions on a nice southern town.

[GaBoy-n-Iraq]

Originally Posted by tiffsbiz

You are absolutely right, that is why there should be appropriate federal laws in place for things like terrorism -- which is what those children participated in by hanging that noose. BTW: You are really showing your maturity level by changing my name. Very idiotic indeed.

P.S. It's equivalent. Not equivilent

I dont care how you feel either. You should come here to Iraq and see what "real terrorist" are doing to each other and your fellow Americans....then tell me if a KID hanging a noose from a tree, to **** off some black kids, is the same thing?
And if you did treat crimes like that as if it was a terrorist act, you would have to treat all the racist things blacks do also as terror too.....then could you imagine the prison statistics? Then one more thing to blame on the racist white people for locking up criminals
make sure you correct my misspelled words too, I left them just for you

[GaBoy-n-Iraq]

Originally Posted by neil0311

I guess that's the difference in people and in cultures. For me, I could never live in the "south" outside of the metro Atlanta area. I want to live in a suburban area with educated and business savvy people, where I can buy a nice house and send my kids to good schools.

One of the attractions of metro Atlanta was that you can have some of the benefits of southern geography (weather), without having to feel like you live in the south.

Ouch........ uneducated, not business savvy? Man I better move to Atlanta and when I get their I will have to call my Family members (in south GA) and tell them those dang Degree's they got "aint" real, we dont have educated people outside of the big cities?? Hahaha

People that think like that is exactly why I would never live in ATL, lol!!

[NorthmeetsSouth]

Originally Posted by GaBoy-n-Iraq

I dont care how you feel either. You should come here to Iraq and see what "real terrorist" are doing to each other and your fellow Americans....then tell me if a KID hanging a noose from a tree, to **** off some black kids, is the same thing?
And if you did treat crimes like that as if it was a terrorist act, you would have to treat all the racist things blacks do also as terror too.....then could you imagine the prison statistics? Then one more thing to blame on the racist white people for locking up criminals
make sure you correct my misspelled words too, I left them just for you

Thank you for pointing out the obvious. I wish that the people of Atlanta would stop using words like "terrorism" to describe an act that was, no doubt, in poor taste, but not nearly as harmful as, say, kicking the crap out of someone.
Here you are, away from your family, over in Iraq fighting against actual terrorism, not just political incorrectness, and people want to give you a hard time about wanting to find a nice small town to raise a family when you return. What's up with that?!

[Boydawg]

Originally Posted by GaBoy-n-Iraq

Ok here I go, I have an even simpler question than the one I wrote yesterday that was apparently erased. My question was written very polite and tactful, but it didn’t pass the moderators approval, I suppose, so I will try it again even more general than yesterday. My question is not to offend any one, but to inform my self on the issue to help me decide were to move after fighting for my country.

Is the Good’Ole south gone? Is there still places in the south were the towns are “down home” towns, were I can raise my son to be a southern Gentlemen, to speak and be polite to every one, to respect his elders and understand that hard work, a firm hand shake, and your word goes a long way, to say yes mam and no mam, yes sir and no sir. Are there towns that still do things the right way, towns who are not scared to death, that if they lock some one up for committing a crime the media is going to be knocking down town halls doors calling justice and punishment, racism and hate! Imagine that, if you commit a crime, you pay for it, wow! So my question is this does the Good’Ole south still exist and if so were are some good cities left in the south. Thanks

P.S. please dont erase this one I dont complain about the hillbilly and redneck comments on every other southern state thread, Thanks

[SIZE=2]Hey Man,
I've read most all your post and I have to say that we are on the same page about everything.
Unfortunately the old South you are looking for is hard to find in Georgia. I have lived in South Ga all my life and it has changed. Too many people from all over looking for a warm climates are bringing different attitudes and customs. Not to say they are wrong but they are not Southern.
The South is the most populated area of the USA now, Georgia is the 9th most populated state.
Things have changed, more people bring more change, some good, some bad, but mostly just different.
I know what you are looking for because I grew up in such a place. It's gone now.
I expect you will find that any town in South Ga that has the population of Bainbridge will have the same problems.
Stay away from Atlanta and the large areas, stick with towns around 10,000 or less.
If Bainbridge is your home go back to that area of the state and pick a small town close by.
Cairo and Donalsonville are not so bad and I've always liked Havana, FL.
Good luck in your hunt and I hope you come back to Georgia,,,,,,We need people like you.
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[South Ga Girl]

GaBoy-n-Irag,
First of all thank you for serving our country and keeping us free.
I loved your Atlanta comment. My husband and I are from Moultrie a little town in South Georgia. I loved growing up down there. My husband's family is from Moultrie but mine is from South Carolina. So for all you idiots out there we are not related. I live North of Atlanta now and hate it here. The traffic is terrible, most of the people are not from Georgia. We are looking to buy land back in Colquitt and move back. I wish you luck and a safe return home.

[Kiachu]

I'm sorry. The noose will always be a threat and a symbol of terror to black americans. I'm sorry white people can't understand this or won't. There is nothing funny about nooses and a noose isn't a prank. It is a threat. This was tool used to murder black americans and instill fear and the powerful message of the threat of bodily harm or murder. The word terrorism wasn't invent for radical muslims. I mean if you want to say ," Come to Iraq and experience real terrorism" I'll say, "Become a black person or any person of color on this planet and you'd stop whining about how bad racism is for whites"

Apples and Oranges.