How "Southern" is Charlottesville? (Petersburg, Salem: chapel, neighborhood, living)

[vivo]

Originally Posted by badger74

The South has to absorb FAR more x-northerners than vice versa, that's why. You don't hear about many from the south moving up north to retire or for any other reason.

I wonder what the attitude was amongst northerners when the reverse was taking place in the early (I think) and mid 20th centuries. much better for northerners now I suspect at least as far as attitudes/discrimination.

[vivo]

Originally Posted by Mr_Jonas

I am quite serious when it comes to how this whole "snobby Yankee" stuff works. I am ABSOLUTELY not saying all southerners are rude. This is an issue that puzzles me.

I'm interested in hearing an answer to this.

[vivo]

ironically vanyali grew up in Alexandria, VA (not sure if it was considered a legit part of the south when he grew up there)
are u a he?

[vivo]

I thought C'ville was just a liberal, college town. of course the environs of c'ville may be conservative. of course u can always drive up to the dc burbs. fredericksburg which is considered by some to be the true north south divider is about 1 hr 40 min away. although guessing there is a lot of southernness there. the dc area is expanding south, vigorously i think.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by vanyali

The Southerners on this board spend way more time talking about Northerners than Northerners spend talking about Southerners. It would never occur to a Northerner living in the North to put a sticker on his car about Southerners. So who is it who is really indifferent to the other?

After 150 years of "They just don't seem to get it.", maybe southerners decided to try to be a bit more blunt....

As far as who on this board spends more time talking about the other?? Whatever. I guess you feel you need to try to make up for the difference??

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by vivo

I thought C'ville was just a liberal, college town. of course the environs of c'ville may be conservative. of course u can always drive up to the dc burbs. fredericksburg which is considered by some to be the true north south divider is about 1 hr 40 min away. although guessing there is a lot of southernness there. the dc area is expanding south, vigorously i think.

Or you can head out about 30 miles west and that was definately southern territory....

[vanyali]

Originally Posted by badger74

The South has to absorb FAR more x-northerners than vice versa, that's why. You don't hear about many from the south moving up north to retire or for any other reason.

Southerners move North for jobs. The South has historically been rather thin in that department.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by vanyali

Southerners move North for jobs. The South has historically been rather thin in that department.

Better weather in the south = New Englanders moving down in droves trying to make the south into "Newer" England...

No reason for resentment there...

[badger74]

"Southerners move North for jobs. The South has historically been rather thin in that department."

Are you serious?? The fastest growing cities have been place like Atlanta, Charlotte, The Triangle, Nashville, etc etc. The northeast has barely been hanging on to jobs except for NYC.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by badger74

"Southerners move North for jobs. The South has historically been rather thin in that department."

Are you serious?? The fastest growing cities have been place like Atlanta, Charlotte, The Triangle, Nashville, etc etc. The northeast has barely been hanging on to jobs except for NYC.

Hey now.... Let's not convolute all of this with facts and such.... The south and southerners SUCK. That's the point being made here. Stop hijacking the thread!!!!

Seriously though we must remember that "The North" = New England to these folks.... They conveniently don't count Michigan, Ohio, and parts of Pennsylvania who's industry has been shrinking for over 30 years now.

Either way you're spot on.... I guess all of those southern cities are growing because we unedumacated southinuhs don't know 'bout birth control....