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Best: Culture/history, nice people, great food, beach access, non-summer weather
Worst: not urban enough as a whole, not enough public transportation, hot and humid summers, hurricanes, the perception from other people
Northeast:
Best: urban, not car dependent, things to do
Worst: rude people, weather (winter), high cost of living
Don't know how our food can be called terrible. Someone needs some shrimp 'n grits.
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Someone needs some shrimp 'n grits.
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Now that might be an obvious difference between all ya'll folks from the Deep South and me and my kin over here in the South-Central. I'll keep my grits the way God intended 'em: lots of butter and sugar, no shrimp please.
Northeast has really cool cities.
Southeast is very affordable and combines old charm while still having a new feel.
West coast has great weather and cool cities.
Mountain west is beautiful.
Midwest is cool too I guess.
Now that might be an obvious difference between all ya'll folks from the Deep South and me and my kin over here in the South-Central. I'll keep my grits the way God intended 'em: lots of butter and sugar, no shrimp please.
Well, ole buddy, I KNEW it was coming. The day you and I would disagree. It was law of averages if nothing else...
BUT...grits? My good friend... Grits should have nothing more on them than REAL butter (you said this one), and pepper. Sugar makes them Cream of Wheat. Just like sugar makes cornbread to be poundcake!
We sure agree on catfish though! And gonna have to have that meet n' eat at Bills some day!
Yes, sugar doesn't seem quite.. right. Salt and pepper, butter, and best of all: cheese. You can't even have a holiday without some cheese grits. It should be noted, however, that cheese grits and shrimp 'n grits are not mixable.
Well, ole buddy, I KNEW it was coming. The day you and I would disagree. It was law of averages if nothing else...
BUT...grits? My good friend... Grits should have nothing more on them than REAL butter (you said this one), and pepper. Sugar makes them Cream of Wheat. Just like sugar makes cornbread to be poundcake!
We sure agree on catfish though! And gonna have to have that meet n' eat at Bills some day!
Hahahaha!
Well, the way I like it is with the butter cooked in and then I add the sugar of course to make 'em "froo-froo" as my dad would say, LOL. That's how I always ate my sticky white rice....lots of butter and sugar turns it into a decent little dessert.
My folks use the salt/pepper in their grits....guess, I've been too citified! The shrimp thing is what kinda grossed me out; but Lord knows we eat things here in Oklahoma and Texas that probably grosses out our Deep South Brothers and Sisters as well. :-]
Oh, and yes, I totally agree with ya on the cornbread. "Take that sugar out of my cornbread and put it back in my tea! I obviously like sugar (which might explain my extended beltline), but not in my cornbread.
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Pacific Northwest Best: Incredible natural beauty, outdoor recreation, more affordable than CA Worst: Aloof people, depressing weather, not a lot between major cities (Portland/Seattle)
Southwest Best: More natural beauty (upper AZ, NM, Southern UT), good cities for business (PHX, ALBQ), great resorts and spas! Reasonable cost of living, good political balance Worst: Dry, dry, dry. Unbearable heat in the summer, lots and lots and lots of desert, water challenges
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South (where I currently live) Best: Low cost of living/housing, moderate climate, interesting history, lots of good day trips, excellent coastline and beaches, mountains, recreation, mustard based BBQ, less intrusive Gov't Worst: Too conservative (and I'm a REPUBLICAN!), Bugs!!, humidity, boring beyond belief, friendly people who are impossible to become friends with, church culture, terrible restaurants (except in Atlanta)
Northeast Best: New York City Worst: New York City
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Northeast
Best: history, mass transit options, diversity, architecture, education system (comparatively), progressive
Worst: cost of living, winters (mostly in the northern part)
Fave Cities: NYC, DC, Philly
South: excluding FL
Best: cost of living, weather (except the super humid days)
Worst: way too conservative/backwards, suburban layout of cities, lots of poor states/areas with awful education attainment levels
Fave Cities: Charleston, Asheville, Savannah
Midwest:
Best: friendly people, cost of living,
Worst: landlocked (too far from oceans), too conservative/backwards in some parts, winters!!
Fave Cities: Chicago, Milwaukee
West:
Best: liberal, open minded, diversity, urban cities, weather (mostly in the southern half),
Worst: cost of living, congestion
Fave Cities: SF, Seattle, Portland
Best - Some of the nicest people on Earth, great pace of living, traditional American culture, great food, beautiful landscape, people who aren't obsessed with being radical pseudo-Marxist atheist vegans, THE REAL AMERICA. God, I love the South.
Worst - Humidity (Which I will take any day over these horrible Northern winters
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Someone needs some shrimp 'n grits. 
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That's how I always ate my sticky white rice....lots of butter and sugar turns it into a decent little dessert.
The shrimp thing is what kinda grossed me out; but Lord knows we eat things here in Oklahoma and Texas that probably grosses out our Deep South Brothers and Sisters as well. :-]
