Northerners (rates, economy, live, state)

[northstar22]

D.C. is not "in the northeast." It's at the same latitude as Kentucky and Missouri. That's the south. When I think "northeast," I think places like Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. Those places are way up there. New York and Philly are more Mid-Atlantic (still northeast, but at the southern edge). DC is still closer to North Carolina than New York.

[DC's Finest]

Dude, ^^^^^^^

It's 227 miles from DC to NYC and 259 miles to NC.

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by DC's Finest

Dude, ^^^^^^^

It's 227 miles from DC to NYC and 259 miles to NC.

Not only that. From DC to NYC, you have these metropolitan areas:

DC - 5.4 million
Baltimore - 2.7 million
Philadelphia - 6.4 million
NYC - 19 million

By contrast, going towards North Carolina, there is only:

Richmond - 1.2 million

Which of these directions does DC appear to be more associated with?

[BajanYankee]

^^In the 1950s, blacks traveling from the North were forced to move to segregated cars once they reached Washington, DC.

Is this phenomenon more associated with the North or the South?

[adavi215]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

Sam Massell and Ivan Allen were both mayors of Atlanta and they both were Jewish.

They were Jewish! Dang it! Now we gotta find another insult for Atlanta.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by adavi215

They were Jewish! Dang it! Now we gotta find another insult for Atlanta.

LOL. Atlanta has a pretty significant Jewish population. In fact, Atlanta had a Jewish mayor before it ever had a black one.

Highlights of Jewish Community Centennial Study 2006

[chitown85]

Pre Civil Rights movement, DC was the south. Now it is certainly not the south. The change really began with WWII and was cemeted with the Civil Rights movement.

[Chicago South Sider]

Originally Posted by Roth Asher

If you guys had to relocate to the south (for a job or something else), where would you go?

and I'll include Maryland in this thread since a lot of people are still claiming it as a southern state, but thats another topic.

I'm not sure why Baltimore and DC are on that list. If I were to move to the south it would probably be to someplace like Houston.

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by Ohio248

Long Island is growing, and much more expensive and desirable than Atlanta, so this is BS.

And Georgia isn't one of the top relocation states for New Yorkers, so more BS.

The folks you might see from Long Island in Atlanta moved because they can't make it in the New York area. They are generally lower income and often are moving back "home" (often previous generations moved up north from places like Georgia).

Atlanta's growth machine has slowed down dramatically, and has always pulled folks primarily from the South, not the North.

Yes, many folks from the North have moved down too, but the vast majority of the folks are from the South, and the folks from the North stick out more because they are not the "norm".

LOL!!!!!!

Here's a handy little tool that blows your ridiculous and totally biased "claims" from here all the way back to Long Island.

As a matter of fact, click on Nassau & Suffolk Counties and tell us what you see. Actually, click on ANY metro Atlanta County and take a look.
Map: Where Americans Are Moving - Forbes.com

[Kansascrip]

George W.