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Obviously, a place that has what Ithaca has -- A college.
It is true that the "Ivy League of the South" is in big cities, like Rice and Vanderbilt and Tulane and Duke, so there aren't any Ithacas or Hanovers or Princetons.
Obviously, a place that has what Ithaca has -- A college.
It is true that the "Ivy League of the South" is in big cities, like Rice and Vanderbilt and Tulane and Duke, so there aren't any Ithacas or Hanovers or Princetons.
Actually, Ithaca has 2 4 year colleges and a community college in a nearby town. So, it does seem like a tough thing to find, given Ithaca's size too.
Great. Another one of those, "My northern town isn't hacking it anymore. So I want to move South but I still expect everyone to think like me" threads.
What boggles me is these people will only consider Asheville (and maybe Athens) because they hatehatehate the rest of us southerners. Or consider us beneath contempt.
I feel for the native Ashvillians that are being squeezed out. I've provided refuge to a couple of them here on the more tolerant side of the mountain.
What boggles me is these people will only consider Asheville (and maybe Athens) because they hatehatehate the rest of us southerners. Or consider us beneath contempt.
I feel for the native Ashvillians that are being squeezed out. I've provided refuge to a couple of them here on the more tolerant side of the mountain.
Exactly. They flee their overtaxed northern states with the decaying infrastructure and declining industrial base, make their way south where taxes remain reasonable and economic growth continues, and then want to turn their new homes into clones of the places they just fled. I mean, as a transplant myself, I'm amazed at the number of people who flee places such as California because of the declining quality of life and then start complaining before the moving van is even unloaded.
Seriously. One woman actually was complaining about how uncivil society had gotten in Massachusetts one minute, and then started complaining about how the kids would address her as "Ma'am" down here. When a neighbor's kid addressed her as, "Ma'am," this woman said, "Please don't call me that."
The kid looked confused for a moment until the mother spoke up. "I appreciate what you're trying to say, but please don't undo all my hard work," was all she said. That, in a nutshell, is what southerners have to encounter when people move down here, trying to remake their new cities. Small wonder southerners grow resentful of them.
I'm amazed at the number of people who flee places such as California because of the declining quality of life and then start complaining before the moving van is even unloaded.
You're not describing me here. I loved Atlanta the day I got there...the winding streets, the tall pines, the brick homes, the crazy mix of southernerns and transplants, and local people being un-PC enough to tell you what MARTA also stands for the first week you get there...Atlanta could be pretty irreverent and laugh at itself. That worked real well with me. And, apart from a minority of mint julep on the veranda aristocracy types, most others were worried about the next time they were hitting the beach in Florida or getting a good airfare to the Northeast for a holiday weekend.
And, thank God, there were very few granola enclaves in metro Atlanta. What I saw of Athens, GA did not say granola to me, but conventional college town with a Greek system.
I told the OP to head for Sarasota, enjoy the beach, and forget looking for hippy-dippy in the South!
Last edited by robertpolyglot; 04-25-2012 at 03:05 PM..
Actually, the OP is fine with Ithaca outside of winter and probably more important, her family. So, I don't think it is a thing of Ithaca not hacking it or trying to change a Southern community.
It's a perfectly fine city and even underrated in some ways, but I don't think you're going to get that whole early 30's single post-grad crowd there, at least in significant numbers. If she wants a Wilmington-type city, Charleston would be a better choice as it has more colleges and universities and is about twice as large, plus it would be closer to her family.
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