Is the rest of the USA pretty much identical to the south or is it significantly different (info inside) (transplants, house)
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I am not talking weather, vegetation, and that type of geography. I am talking more about society and social life.
For the past 9 years of my life I have lived in the state of Georgia. I have not stayed in Atlanta much but I have lived in smaller cities in the state, Augusta for about 6 years and Macon for about 3 (right now I am in Augusta). There are somethings I have started to notice about the south.
1. Southern Hospitality is not really all people make it out to be. I have met people from states like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and even the Northeast down here (transplants) who were really nice and native southerners who were extremely rude and intolerant.
2. Interracial couples are not that common, especially those involving White women. I hate to say it, but I have never in my life down here seen an attractive or decent looking White female ever date a minority, like ever. Maybe one or two have been with Black men but it is extremely rare.
3. There seems to be a hierarchy down here in that if you are White you are considered normal, if not then you are just an outsider. Like racism wise I notice that Latinos, Asians, and Brown people have it better than Blacks but that is about it.
I am a Brown male (South Asian) and I have pretty much been shaped by my experience down south.
It is unfortunate that almost all good looking women I run into are White (we don't have many latin and asian girls here) and none of them are open to going interracial.
Now I go on here and read that it is an even bigger problem up north and out west.
SO really, is the rest of the US that different from the south?
I am not talking weather, vegetation, and that type of geography. I am talking more about society and social life.
For the past 9 years of my life I have lived in the state of Georgia. I have not stayed in Atlanta much but I have lived in smaller cities in the state, Augusta for about 6 years and Macon for about 3 (right now I am in Augusta). There are somethings I have started to notice about the south.
1. Southern Hospitality is not really all people make it out to be. I have met people from states like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and even the Northeast down here (transplants) who were really nice and native southerners who were extremely rude and intolerant.
2. Interracial couples are not that common, especially those involving White women. I hate to say it, but I have never in my life down here seen an attractive or decent looking White female ever date a minority, like ever. Maybe one or two have been with Black men but it is extremely rare.
3. There seems to be a hierarchy down here in that if you are White you are considered normal, if not then you are just an outsider. Like racism wise I notice that Latinos, Asians, and Brown people have it better than Blacks but that is about it.
I am a Brown male (South Asian) and I have pretty much been shaped by my experience down south.
It is unfortunate that almost all good looking women I run into are White (we don't have many latin and asian girls here) and none of them are open to going interracial.
Now I go on here and read that it is an even bigger problem up north and out west.
SO really, is the rest of the US that different from the south?
So u base ur assumption from living in just one state, and not even moving to the bigger cities atleast.
Outside of Atlanta, Georgia is almost all stereotypical "small-town" South, meaning it is intolerant, narrow-minded, socially and politically conservative, and yes, racist. My (African-American) Atlanta relatives have long told me that there are really only two types of Georgia -- Atanta and not-Atlanta, and that they are radically different. That's probably an overstatement, but from what I've seen of the south, Georgia and otherwise, probably not much of one.
You will find this type of provincialism in the U.S. more often in small towns than big cities, and more often in politically and socially conservative areas of the country --the red states -- than in the blue states. Southern cities can be an exception: Atlanta, Charlotte, New Orleans, Nashville, Tampa, for instance, are all more tolerant, in general, than the states that they're in.
If it is as bad in Augusta as you say (and I've never been there) you will eventually have bigger problems than just meeting girls. My advice: Pick up and move to a more diverse and acepting part of the country as soon as possible.
No, it's not. You sound young. You need to go out and experience this country for yourself. There's a reason people still want to come to the US and it has nothing to do with the demographics of one state like Georgia. Every state has its own identity, every city it's own vibe. You'll never know until you fly the coop.
No, everyplace is different. Not even every place in the South is like that.
Even cities in the South can be very conservative like Charleston and Savannah. I doubt there are even gay bars there. You won't see many gays hanging out, or interracial couples much. And god forbid South Carolina ever elect even a moderate democrat. They believe in one party rule down there. They would rather elect a lying, deceitful former govenor to the US House over any democrat. They drag the whole country down.
While there are a lot of similarities between different areas and different states (both within and outside certain regions, like the South) in the U.S., and while those similarities have increased over the past several decades (Interstate highway system, suburbanization, advances in communication, media, and technology, etc.), to say that "they're all the same/identical" is just not accurate.
You will find an incredible amount of diversity even within a single state, whether it be California, New York, Texas, Georgia, Florida, or even within somewhat smaller states like Kansas, Nevada, Alabama, Connecticut, Iowa..the list goes on!
There are both a lot of similarities and a lot of differences between different individuals and groups of people within this country. That's a big strength of this country, IMHO.
Even cities in the South can be very conservative like Charleston and Savannah. I doubt there are even gay bars there. You won't see many gays hanging out, or interracial couples much. And god forbid South Carolina ever elect even a moderate democrat. They believe in one party rule down there. They would rather elect a lying, deceitful former govenor to the US House over any democrat. They drag the whole country down.
The major urban areas in the South are pretty moderate with liberal cores and conservative suburbs. Living in a place like say, Macon, is going to be drastically different from living in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Miami, or even places like Nashville and Tampa.
Even cities in the South can be very conservative like Charleston and Savannah. I doubt there are even gay bars there. You won't see many gays hanging out, or interracial couples much. And god forbid South Carolina ever elect even a moderate democrat. They believe in one party rule down there. They would rather elect a lying, deceitful former govenor to the US House over any democrat. They drag the whole country down.
The major urban areas in the South are pretty moderate with liberal cores and conservative suburbs. Living in a place like say, Macon, is going to be drastically different from living in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Miami, or even places like Nashville and Tampa.
The Mid-west is also like this. I live in Minnesota and we have plenty of far right conservatives like the ones you see in the south, just a different accent.
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