Warnings of moving to the south (New York, Montgomery: for sale, trip , jobs)

[mhogan10010]

I don't think that it is fundamentally an issue of mass migration. I think that probably intensifies it, but does not account for it. The reason is that as a Michigander, who went to school in Tennessee and worked in a small town and a small city in NC,(over 12 years) I too experienced the anti-Yankee thing. The county where I lived in the western part of the state hadn't seen any positive growth in decades.
It took me 12 years to realize that I am fundamentally a Midwesterner from a large industrial city and would never be happy in NC. So, I moved to a place where they really don't give a f*** where you are from.

[smalltownusa]

Originally Posted by mhogan10010

I don't think that it is fundamentally an issue of mass migration. I think that probably intensifies it, but does not account for it. The reason is that as a Michigander, who went to school in Tennessee and worked in a small town and a small city in NC,(over 12 years) I too experienced the anti-Yankee thing. The county where I lived in the western part of the state hadn't seen any positive growth in decades.
It took me 12 years to realize that I am fundamentally a Midwesterner from a large industrial city and would never be happy in NC. So, I moved to a place where they really don't give a f*** where you are from. :)

Can I guess? NYC.....love that place and wouldn't trade all the nice winters in the universe to be move than 5 hours from it....

[EugeneBKLYN]

There are many places in the South where alot of Northern transplants congregate. Namely, Atlanta.
It's really quite difficult to find an actual southerner down there.

[mhogan10010]

Originally Posted by smalltownusa

Can I guess? NYC.....love that place and wouldn't trade all the nice winters in the universe to be move than 5 hours from it....

You got it baby!

[Yorkiegirl16]

I moved to NC from NJ and I can't wait to go back north again. I was at the big race on Sunday in Concord and there was a black man selling tickets to the race. He shouted "anyone need tickets?" A man shouted back to him "we need tickets- we don't need (insert n-word and add an "s"). I was mortified !!! Granted there are a lot of ugly people everywhere- but in terms of racism, it appears to be more alive down here.

[mom2gurls]

Originally Posted by Yorkiegirl16

I moved to NC from NJ and I can't wait to go back north again. I was at the big race on Sunday in Concord and there was a black man selling tickets to the race. He shouted "anyone need tickets?" A man shouted back to him "we need tickets- we don't need (insert n-word and add an "s"). I was mortified !!! Granted there are a lot of ugly people everywhere- but in terms of racism, it appears to be more alive down here.

YIKES... wow..do you think its the carolinas in general..or just the rural parts...what about raleigh where all the techies are or charlotte. Do you think this happens in a more cosmopolitan area like Atlanta?

[ClarkStreetKid]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

We see this on a smaller scale her in Richmond Va. People are moving into the outlying rural/farming counties building their oversized homes and thats fine. The problem begins when these new residents start complaining about their neighbors habits. To paraphrase some quotes from an editorial...

Don't complain about your neighbors dogs, they will always run loose and bark.

Don't complain about the old cars next door in the field they have been there since the Korean War.

Don't complain about the manure in your neighbors field, he does it 3 times a year.

Don't complain about "how far" it is to shop or do anything.

We don't mind you moving in but if you want paved roads, lights and conveniences then move to the neighborhoods in the west end.

What the author was trying to say is you moved out in the country for a reason, don't try to make it what you had/want.

Maybe this is part of the problem being from Ny originally I do complain about the lack of decent bread, bagels and pizza but I also have seen changes in the last 25 years and it's for the better. When people decide to move south maybe they should examine why they moved. Overall I have a better standard of living then I could in NY, for me it was a good choice. I hear about the "war" so what it's part of their culture like Columbus day or St Patricks was in NY. Heck when I was stationed in South Boston they didn't want you there unless you were white, Irish and live there for several generations.

I guess what i'm trying to say is every place has it's quirks and if it's not for you then don't move.

Something else I've noticed about Richmond is the number of inter-racial couples. On LI it was very rare but here it's no big thing.

[mcmartian]

Don't complain about your neighbors dogs, they will always run loose and bark.

- this I don't get. there are leash laws. if you have a pet be responsible and if it runs loose at least keep it on your property. dog, cat, iguanna, I don't care. but if I wanted to pick up pet sh*t, I'd have a _____.

actually I do have pets. 5 cats. They stay inside the house and don't bother anyone. they don't run in other people's yards, leave presents in other people's gardens, or climb the neighbor's screen door (there are strays that do that). And when they do go outside to play or get groomed, they are on a leashes. No, they don't walk on a leash nicely like a dog, but I know they won't get loose, lost, or bother a neighbor.

[ClarkStreetKid]

It's referring to the rural practice of not chaining a dog up. It's just different out there. Not bad, just different.

[VA Yankee]

Originally Posted by mcmartian

Don't complain about your neighbors dogs, they will always run loose and bark.

- this I don't get. there are leash laws. if you have a pet be responsible and if it runs loose at least keep it on your property. dog, cat, iguanna, I don't care. but if I wanted to pick up pet sh*t, I'd have a _____.

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ClarkStreetKid is right, out in the country things are different. In our West End planned communities it's a crime to have a clothes line or even for your garbage cans to show but those that live there like it. Many I work with live out in the country and it's different but it's what they like.