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Baldwin County, Alabama is one of the best retirement spots in the eastern US. Other parts of Alabama can appeal to retirees as well, but not nearly on the same level.
The advantage SC has in this poll is that it has more than one equivalent to Alabama's Baldwin County. It just has way more options.
Other than location, Georgia isn't as Deep South as the other states. Metro Atlanta's New South image and dominance in GA gives it a different appeal. I would say that NC and GA have much in common than GA have with Deep South states today.
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Originally Posted by Mutiny77
Out of those states listed, Georgia (and Louisiana also but in a different way) has an asterisk besides it, but I'd argue the image and perception of "Georgia" diverges and is distinct from that of "Atlanta." Outside of the core of metro Atlanta, there is a quintessential Southernness to Georgia which other Southern states like the Carolinas lack, if not in reality then certainly as far as popular perception goes. And that necessarily includes at least some characteristics that are more associated with the Deep South.
That's a common and reasonable assertion but also mostly based on similarities between Atlanta and Charlotte/the Triangle and very much debatable overall.
That's because some people just look at map and see that GA, AL and MS line up and don't think about it further. but culturally in general The South Atlantic states FL, GA, SC, and NC should be viewed more together as a sub region with in the South contrasting with the central south AL, MS, LA, AR and TN.... TX, and OK is another sub region but that a different story.
Besides most of GA, SC, and NC populations are on the piedmont. About 70% of GA and NC and about 60% of SC populations are on there piedmont region. A lot of people don't realize this but this area is a loose megalopolis region.
Outsides of the piedmont NC, SC, and GA share British colonial history and culture along the coast, And while GA has part of the Ridge and Valley in the Northwest corner similar to AL, Most Georgia northern mountains are The Blue ridge similar to NC and SC. I pointed this out awhile ago but GA and NC were home to the country first and second gold rushes. There mountains regions share a common history of gold manning.
And this before we get into demographics, population growth and politics. Most of South population growth is actually The South Atlantic' FL, GA, NC, SC and VA" one end, and then TX/Ok on the other. Most of the central South besides Nashville actually been growing moderate to slow the last few decades. SC is growing a similar rate as NC and GA. SC has a similar popular population as AL but SC is 2/3 AL land area.
Politically GA, NC, and FL are red leaning purple states, SC is the only odd ball but who knows in 15 years. With that said AL, MS, LA, AR, and TN are very very very unlikely to become swing states.
Anyway I voted SC I believe it is gaining the most retirees, SC is sort of following Florida foot steps with coastal growth. Charleston, Myrtle beach etc.
That's because some people just look at map and see that GA, AL and MS line up and don't think about it further. but culturally in general The South Atlantic states FL, GA, SC, and NC should be viewed more together as a sub region with in the South contrasting with the central south AL, MS, LA, AR and TN.... TX, and OK is another sub region but that a different story.
This is a very good point. The South Atlantic region and the Gulf Coast regions have very different vibes. I prefer the Gulf Coast, but the South Atlantic objectively offers more of what retirees are typically looking for.
That's because some people just look at map and see that GA, AL and MS line up and don't think about it further. but culturally in general The South Atlantic states FL, GA, SC, and NC should be viewed more together as a sub region with in the South contrasting with the central south AL, MS, LA, AR and TN.... TX, and OK is another sub region but that a different story.
Besides most of GA, SC, and NC populations are on the piedmont. About 70% of GA and NC and about 60% of SC populations are on there piedmont region. A lot of people don't realize this but this area is a loose megalopolis region.
Outsides of the piedmont NC, SC, and GA share British colonial history and culture along the coast, And while GA has part of the Ridge and Valley in the Northwest corner similar to AL, Most Georgia northern mountains are The Blue ridge similar to NC and SC. I pointed this out awhile ago but GA and NC were home to the country first and second gold rushes. There mountains regions share a common history of gold manning.
And this before we get into demographics, population growth and politics. Most of South population growth is actually The South Atlantic' FL, GA, NC, SC and VA" one end, and then TX/Ok on the other. Most of the central South besides Nashville actually been growing moderate to slow the last few decades. SC is growing a similar rate as NC and GA. SC has a similar popular population as AL but SC is 2/3 AL land area.
Politically GA, NC, and FL are red leaning purple states, SC is the only odd ball but who knows in 15 years. With that said AL, MS, LA, AR, and TN are very very very unlikely to become swing states.
Err... more like 2.5 gold rushes. The discovery of California gold tempered the the 1940s gold rush in east Alabama. (And the Piedmont reaches south to Auburn and west to around Clanton, Alabama. It's the smallest of the four physiographic regions in the Birmingham metro area. The triangle between those two and Heflin, Alabama all had some gold mining for a little bit. Goldville, Arbacoochee, and the submerged Susanna are all almost-or-fully-empty remnants of that gold rush.)
East Tennessee and North Alabama have also been growing pretty decently. I wouldn't say the culture divide is as easy to put as to state lines. It's really an above/below fall line thing. The northern half of Alabama and the eastern 2/3 of Tennessee are much more tied to PAM than to anything west, and not just as a recent trend, but historically. Though Middle Tennessee and central Alabama are definite border zones.
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