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I was responding to another poster who brought it up. You would have to ask him.
I don't have to ask that poster anything. You took their post out of context and gave an off-topic response.
His mention of exercising in hot weather was ALSO an EXAMPLE for his statement of fact related to the topic, which was that hot/humid weather is another factor in people abandoning the South.
This same poster you quoted goes around demanding "citations" from other posters, yet they see no problem with "extrapolating" statistics themselves...
1. I provided a citation to support my numbers.
2. Interpolation and Extrapolation is a scientific methods to provide a relatively accurate estimate. Which is enough to make a point.
3. I didn't demand a citation anywhere. I asked for one. It seems that you couldn't provide one since you were making stuff up. Which was my initial reason for asking for one. I realized that you're just making stuff up.
1) The OP has a tendency to start threads with a VERY broad theory based on his very limited experience.
2) The South will not be abandoned. It's a ridiculous concept. If people didn't abandon it 120 years ago, they won't abandon it now, especially when we have super low property taxes and no need for snow blowers.
Besides, just like ANY state, there are successful areas and struggling areas. No broad brush will cover it all.
Call it what you want. I made an effort to create jobs in the South and take advantage of the great amount of talent and diversity down there. I hope more people work hard to create jobs down there.
1) The OP has a tendency to start threads with a VERY broad theory based on his very limited experience.
2) The South will not be abandoned. It's a ridiculous concept. If people didn't abandon it 120 years ago, they won't abandon it now, especially when we have super low property taxes and no need for snow blowers.
Besides, just like ANY state, there are successful areas and struggling areas. No broad brush will cover it all.
There was mass migration from the south to the north during the late 19th and 20th centuries, as the South's economy was hit hard by the abolishment of slavery. But yes, those days are long gone. If anything, people are beginning to migrate back to the south, due to the low COL and the low cost to do business.
The OP has a trend, at least that is what I've noticed, of backhanded disparaging remarks about the South.
But, if I were to respond I would say no there will not be a mass migration barring any natural or regional economic disasters. Furthermore, I think a case can be made that while rural Appalachia and other pockets of isolated communities do exist in a state of perpetual poverty there are many areas in the South that are industrial, technology and manufacturing powerhouses. Oak Ridge, Chattanooga and Spring Hill, Tennessee come to mind.
There is mixture of culture and geographic isolationism that will ensure that certain areas will be the last to reap any benefits of society at large here in the South. That's just the way it is but it is not representative of the whole.
I for one am proud to be from the South and embrace the good characteristics of my culture while acknowledging the bad.
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