what do SC'ers think of Yankee transplants? (Charleston, Greenville: transporting, home)

[Great Lakes Pirate]

I guess my headline says it all.

What do you South Carolinians think of northerners moving to your state?

[Tommy1981]

We're generally hospitable to everybody. There are more and more folks from the North East or Mid West that end up in SC for one reason or another. There are Military bases around the state that get soldiers from all over the country.

[waccamatt]

I've been a yankee transplant for over 30 years and everything is fine, though I moved here as a child. If you move to an urban area you won't have any problems. Some small towns, regardless of the section of the country, are rather insular, though.

[BeachTeach07]

It just gets kind of annoying when people complain about the "slowness" or various other things that are different here than in the north. It is quite a different culture and things are often done different here than in the north. I guess what I am trying to say is, if it is so bad here then maybe they should just visit once a year and live back up north the rest of the time. : )

[Charleston Class]

I don't have a real problem with transplants to SC. In fact, I have two co-workers on my immediate team from NY. One calls NYC home and the other is from Buffalo and we all get along fine. In most of the newer residents that I've met, I found their personalities to be refreshing, honest but frank. However, I do hate the transplants that move to SC-Charleston in particular- and try to make it something that it is not. In my opinion, there is a fine line between economic progress and culture dilution. I don't know that we are on the right side of that line. Have you visited Mt. P lately or even parts of downtown Charleston? These areas have changed so drastically in the past 10 years. Many of my friends that graduated from CofC in the mid 90s-late 90s and return to Charleston on visits, always comment about how the "laid-back" feelings of those areas are gone. Point being, I don't like new residents that move here and try to change or criticize a way of life that was in existence DECADES and CENTURIES before their arrival, it is out of order and a quick way to have the "Southern Hospitality" tossed out of the window.

[baylovers]

I don't understand why folks would move here & expect people (or a way of life) to change. Isn't that part of why we chose to move here? I, for one, enjoy the slower pace and the southern charm, even if it isn't always sincere. It sure beats the way people used to talk & act towards each other (driving in particular) back in NY.

[Skyliner]

I don't know about the rest of the state, but Greenville wouldn't be nearly as great a place if not for the large number of transplants from the North. We love you guys! In my area, people have come from all parts of the country and from many places around the globe, so no one is really out of place here.

[sandlapper]

I don't care people are people right. My family started out in here, moved north and then have slowly been transporting back for years now.

[usc_gal98]

Laddy dee...

I guess the thing that makes me crazy is the "this is how we do it up north". We do things differently here. We love our heritage, love the slow paced life, and have adapted well to our environment. As long as we respect one another and try to understand one another, we can all get along!

[Frankie117]

Some Southerners fear the cultural dilution, as well as the loss of jobs to tranplants, but in the long run we understand the economic situation of where the transplants are coming from. What grinds my gears is when transplants move ONLY to improve their own financial standpoint, which means to them the South is only a good move for your own personal benefit (I never buy the "hate the cold weather" thing either, generations of families in the North have taken it, what makes this new one so much weaker?).





P.S. Sorry for seeming so mean, but you wanted to know