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It's going on right next to you in Brooklyn, I wasn't taking about Duchess County. And yes, daily life in the City of New York is being affected by it, in a very scary way.
I also happen to live in area where it isn't 'in your face.' Most of the Metropolitan South is exactly the same way. I have never been asked what religion I am, nor have I ever been invited to someones Church here as so many like you insist is the norm.
At this point I don't believe you actually are from Georgia. In fact, I don't believe that you've ever even been here.
Where in Brooklyn? It's happening in Rockland. I have not heard of any outbreaks in Brooklyn.
It's going on right next to you in Brooklyn, I wasn't taking about Duchess County. And yes, daily life in the City of New York is being affected by it, in a very scary way.
I also happen to live in area where it isn't 'in your face.' Most of the Metropolitan South is exactly the same way. I have never been asked what religion I am, nor have I ever been invited to someones Church here as so many like you insist is the norm.
At this point I don't believe you actually are from Georgia. In fact, I don't believe that you've ever even been here.
When my best friend and I retired from the Army in Kansas, he moved to Maine and I moved to Florida. It's all about comfort levels and what makes you personally happy.
I noted that lot of people are moving to Idaho. Crappy weather but a great place to live.
The south is winning on numerous fronts: cost of living, warm weather, friendly people, and good quality of life.
No, it's not.
That used to be the premise but the reality for those that do their homework is the cost of living (especially housing) is no longer the big bargain it once was in many major Sunbelt cities, and jobs pay a good bit less than other parts of the country while housing costs have soared with rental values in particular approaching much like what is seen in more expensive markets in the Northeast or Pacific Northwest.
That used to be the premise but the reality for those that do their homework is the cost of living (especially housing) is no longer the big bargain it once was in many major Sunbelt cities, and jobs pay a good bit less than other parts of the country while housing costs have soared with rental values in particular approaching much like what is seen in more expensive markets in the Northeast or Pacific Northwest.
Those are the main things that are causing people to move there though. You have so many people in the northeast who complain about weather and cost of living and envy how
simpler it is down south. Midwesterners might feel more content with there lives since it's has a lot of similarities to the south but with harsher winters and people being less polite to strangers. Most Northeasterners i met down here in NC stay here for the longrun while the midwest people who come here tend to move back.
Those are the main things that are causing people to move there though. You have so many people in the northeast who complain about weather and cost of living and envy how
simpler it is down south. Midwesterners might feel more content with there lives since it's has a lot of similarities to the south but with harsher winters and people being less polite to strangers. Most Northeasterners i met down here in NC stay here for the longrun while the midwest people who come here tend to move back.
That's a good way to put it, and I totally agree. People from NYC/Philly/Boston who leave tend to not return, as the weather ain't the best, it's very crowded, traffic sucks, and overall COL is high almost all over that entire region. The only place in the Midwest that has people leaving is Chicago due to the increasing COL (though it's still cheaper compared to multiple east coast cities), but that's about it. Despite even worse weather in the upper Midwest, population in many places like Madison, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, and Omaha are growing pretty well, maybe not Charlotte or Phoenix fast, but definitely healthy growth.
Also as someone who is from Chicago and still lives here, I've seen a lot more people who left years ago for sunny weather returning back.
People in south are not generally aggressively chatting up strangers in stores and restaurant, to include people in small towns like Clemson.
It is not uptight to be accurate.
I find Clemson citizens to be friendly.
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