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Cary only accepts Northeastern transplants. If you're a Midwestern transplant but you have an uncle from Boston then you're welcome there too. Everyone else has to move to Johnston County
Cary only accepts Northeastern transplants. If you're a Midwestern transplant but you have an uncle from Boston then you're welcome there too. Everyone else has to move to Johnston County
It's not called the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees for nothing!
That acronym never gets old! My family moved to the Triangle from California, so we weren't allowed in Cary. We ended up in Raleigh.
It is Rawlee/Derm and not even close primarily due to scale. All 3 are proper candidates but here's the rub. Atlanta is an international city that serves as the defacto capital of the south. A regional/national hub and centerpiece of the cultural south with a large volume of transplants from all over the US and world. On a smaller scale, Charlotte has similar characteristics and mimics Atlanta in many ways, though it doesn't have the educational institution proliferation and historical prominence of Atlanta. It's a wannabee, not in the negative sense but rather aspires to have that notoriety, and able to make it's mark not being the state's capital, historically or nationally well-known.
Then there's Mayberry RFD Rawlee (stick with me here, Raleigh the city, not RDU).. the essence of Tobacco Road. I mean to be real about it, Raleigh not long ago had about the same population as Greensboro (circa 1970). And actually I think the Triads metro population was larger than the Triangle at that time (The CSA splitting of both the Triad and Triangle MSA's didn't come about till later on). Raleigh wasn't even served by an interstate until the extension of I-40 in the 1980s. Durham had I-85 and I-95 bypasses Raleigh 25 miles east of the city.
RTP lead by IBM totally transformed the area given the 10s of thousands of transplants that date back to the 60s/70s/80s. Someone mentioned Eastern NC migration which is absolutely true. However, this novel trend came about after the RTP got vouched by IBM as a legitimate workforce player. IBM spearheaded a massive invasion from the Kingston, Poughkeepsie, etc area. Folks who didn't need the big city to satisfy their QOL, ready to get the hell of there and head to hickville for the lower cost of living, slower-paced lifestyle and warmer weather to boot.
The RTP/IBM relationship paved the way many other industries which led to career opportunities for Eastern NCers in the 80s, 90s to date. Prior to that, most Eastern North Carolinians migrated to Northeastern metros (primarily DC) for career moves, even after attending school in the Triad or Triangle. Keep in perspective that the action was I-95 North...DC, etc. Atlanta? All I knew about it was a big city in the south and they had the Braves. First visit to Atlanta was in 1990s...post collegiate years and I grew up in eastern NC. And Charlotte had Carowinds, that's it.
So, in terms of overall northern influence on a southern metro with respect to scale, culture and concentration, it is hands-down Raleigh/Durham. Neither Charlotte nor Atlanta has a city comparable to Cary, NC with respect to a city being completely engulfed and dominated by a specific culture. To the dismay and chagrin of many natives. Not to say it hasn't happened to an extent, for example, Alpharetta, GA or Concord, NC and other parts of those great metros. It just isn't readily apparent like what happened in RDU due to the scale of the transformation.
BTW, since then, I have lived in Charlotte and made numerous trips to Atlanta to hangout, work etc. I am very familiar with both metros now....still my vote on this one if interpreting the poll correctly is RDU.
They all feel more like minivan suburban metros more than anything else. I find them all kind of boring more than Northern.
Plus, Northern accents have become way more common in all three of them. Not just from the transplants, but from kids growing up there now without Southern accents.
They all feel more like minivan suburban metros more than anything else. I find them all kind of boring more than Northern.
Plus, Northern accents have become way more common in all three of them. Not just from the transplants, but from kids growing up there now without Southern accents.
The kids growing up in these areas don't really have Northern accents, but more neutral accents with maybe a hint of Southern.
They all feel more like minivan suburban metros more than anything else. I find them all kind of boring more than Northern.
Plus, Northern accents have become way more common in all three of them. Not just from the transplants, but from kids growing up there now without Southern accents.
Well, if those kids are children of transplants then they'll have some diluted hybrid accent but still can be classified as Southern.
I will say, when I think of the south, I think mostly of VA, NC, SC, GA, FL and I think of Nashville, Houston, Dallas, Austin, New Orleans.
But I have a different view of what “southern” is than maybe people outside the region. I think of booming economies, muggy summers, modernity, growth, cookie cutter suburbs, cleanliness, shopping centers all look new generally, lots of beautiful landscape, food, etc. I also think of coke. VA is where things like food, religion (way more Catholics) and northern favorites chains are found. Their obsession with Dunkin Coffee over sweet tea, etc.
I feel like for some, southern means “redneck” and “which is most influenced by the north” can sometimes feel like “which is the least redneck”. Not saying that’s the case here but. I’d have to say Atlanta is very southern. Charlotte and Raleigh too.
I’m the only southerner in my family. Family is from the Northern US and Brazil. A mix between broken English, Strong northern accents and I speak Portuguese fluently. I ended up with a slight but noticeable southern accent and it drives me crazy. I hate having a southern accent mostly because I do feel like it’s a sign of less intelligence.... I know that’s wrong of me but it is so annoying. I mention that because all of those moving to the south are going to have southern kids. Who grow up in the south. Who have friends, school, history, dating in the south. They’ll be southerners....
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