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I have no desire to ever move to the south and the only reason why not? I hate hot weather and have no tolerance for it.
Looking at your location and your name, I would hope you are suited to snow. I myself am more suited to a warm climate. Oh well, different strokes for different folks....
I can understand why some people want to move down South; but I am not one of them. Summer is nice... for a few months. I have terrible allergies and bad eyes, and also I actually like being cold. 45 degrees, light snow, December night... that makes me love Cleveland. Nothing is more romantic or relaxing. Nothing.
That is a pretty low percentage. What percentage of NJians move to begin with?
sigh... that would mean 63% of the movers STAYED put.
37% is not a low number- Charlotte, one of the fastest growing cities is grew by 27% from 2000-08.
Anyway, I said ON HERE that figure wasn't accurate because it was apparently a joke on a NJ forum.
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But if you must know, 7% of NJians moved out in 2007 but factoring all the people who moved into NJ, the state lost 2% of its original population.
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This isn't meant to be rude, but seriously. On forums such as this I always hear about Northerners dying to move from their homes in Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, as well as Southerners complaining about their towns and cities getting swamped with implants. There appears to be a pattern here. It just seems everyone always wants to move to the South. Can the South sustain this many people moving in?
hell na. i definitely wouldn't want to move to the south.
and if my gf (she's from the south) ever wanted to retire and move to the south, she can get skype cuz i will not be following her down there.
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Originally Posted by Chicago60614
You're hearing from people on here who are wanting to move south.
You're not hearing from the people who have no intentions of moving south. In the past 10 years you have a net 2 million to 4 million gain from north to south migration. Out of 120 million people. It's a big migration, but for every net gain the south has gained from the north in the past 10 years, 97 stayed put in the north.
It's not like the north is FALLING APART and people are fleeing en-mass. There's a migration, but it's still around 2-3% out of the total population.
hell na. i definitely wouldn't want to move to the south.
and if my gf (she's from the south) ever wanted to retire and move to the south, she can get skype cuz i will not be following her down there.
this^^^
This is why I would like to marry a Southern guy. Northern guys are nice, but I would be so afraid of having to live in NYC or Chicago the rest of my life .
if you want a quieter life after retirement, there's always parts of queens, jersey or ct.
i'm shooting for the brownstone in manhattan, tho.
I've been to NYC. Amazing place! Just wouldn't want to live there. I am a southern belle. If you want to retire in Manhattan, go for it! I would probably want to also if I was from there and it was my cup of tea! I can easily see how someone would like that part of the city.
Most people from New York who have moved down South have moved there either for a job, for retirement, or because they are starting a family and need a place with a low cost of living to raise their family in. The majority of people I know were happy here and didn't want to go, but they had to because it made sense to do so financially. I know a few people who have left to go to Florida for the weather, but most of the people who leave for weather tend to be retirees.
I'm so torn if I'm going to move to the south or not. I'm quite fine staying in the NE but to be honest I can't lie the idea that a 300k house buys a nice new house down there while up here can get you a crappy 1 bedroom condo is VERY nice. I also like the fact that they are easy to drive in since I LOVE driving and hate public transportation. I wish Austin wasn't an 18 hour drive away from family and friends though. We will see when I start applying to grad schools/jobs in 3 years as to where I end up.
In short I finished High School in Atlanta. . . And I'm back home in NYC. Never looking back, it's honestly to slow for me.
NYC is my home so the speed of this place is normal for me. Even when I do retire I will be within city limits. Astoria, Upper East Side or even Connecticut
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