[sunshineann]

Originally Posted by zthatzmanz28

I must live in a different part of Detroit, huh?

Sorry, im not in detriot. I live in nw michigan.

[Luv_my_em]

Originally Posted by LeavinMI709

I am not sure that people in the south refer to Michiganders as Yankees. That is reserved for folks in New England. I do know that people in NC are loyal to their state just as we are to Michigan. We love our home regardless of where it is. North Carolina is a beautiful state, just as Michigan is. If we are transplanted to another state, whether we are happy about the move or not, the last thing home grown folks want to hear is how great another place is. NO one wants to be trashed. So the chilly response may not be that they do not like outsiders, so much as they do not like it when people tell them how mush nicer someplace else is or how much better other sports teams are. I love Michigan and it will break my heart on all levels when I leave in a few months. But I also know I have to move on, make new friends and start anew.

Well I'm pretty sure they consider Michiganders yankees! I know from first hand experience. And I agree the last thing they want to hear is how much better it is somewhere else (something that I do not do)...but you ARE labeled no matter how hard you try and fit in! I just find it a shame that labels have to be given...We all live in the USA...anyone should be welcome anywhere and everyone should respect the state they live in and the people who live there!

[zthatzmanz28]

I found that after a few beers, some chaw, and a NASCAR race or two, I was just one of the boys here in Nor Carolina...
Of course the Fall line (where the coastal plains and the Piedmont meet) may be different from the mountain area west of here. Here a yankee is someone who moves in and never lets go of their northern attitude and thinks standing in line at a store waiting while the conversation ahead of them wraps up is wasting their time.
Like I say, maybe it is different other places. I am pretty sure that Mississippi, Alabama. Arkansas, and some rural areas of Georgia have no tolerance for northerners.
To be sure there are places south of the Mason-Dixon line where the civil war is still being fought figuratively.
But that is not to say is the case throughout the south.