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To say that 'most' Northerners dont like living in the north is a misnomer and a falacy. You cant judge people's preferences by population growth either. I know tons and tons of people in the Midwest, who have lived there their whole lives, and like it. Every place in America has pros and cons. I am no fan of winter, but I dont like the heat either. I have lived in the Sunbelt of Arizona for years now and can tell you tah it is highly overrated.
Actually I think I'll snowbird to take advantage of the warmer weather (not much), the clear skies and the open land, like in New Mexico. If I only wanted to be warm I would go all the way to Belize, Venezuela or, if I could afford it, New Zealand.
PS: I don't hate the Deep South. I don't hate anywhere, anything or anyone. Mostly I am amazed by the gullibility of Southerners and contemptuous of the people that gull them.
Southerners seem more gullible than they are. Have you ever seen Mayberry and Andy using the good manners but ending up showing the person who thought he was gullible that he was wrong?
Yes there are some people who are smarter than others here, but with most it is just a matter of manners. We ignore bad behavior, but within six months of moving here most people learn a respect for who we are. Most people who move here have moved into a very high class area and if they can learn to act with class, they are welcomed. If they don't act with class; we ignore them and they get to socialize with themselves. So most people who move here and complain...enough said.
BTW: I love New Mexico. We stopped in Demning for the night once and I thought I was in Myrtle Beach. That was years ago and it may have changed, but we were really surprised by the activity going on in the middle of the night. I don't think the town shut down at all. We asked about all the activity the next morning when we were checking out and were told about the limitless supply of water underground and the good weather making it a place to be.
Michigan is strongly connected to Tennessee for some reason. I've noticed this for a long time. There seems to be a disproportionate number of people in TN who are originally from Michigan, have lived in Michigan, or have family in Michigan. I dunno why it's Michigan of all places. I remember being in a group of people and every one of them was born in Michigan except me.
There are some strong connections between MI and much of the upper south, esp KY and TN. 80 years ago many poor southerners moved north for auto jobs. Just as the south groans about too many moving in and changing thier states, the same happened in Michigan 2 or 3 generations ago. The states population more than doubled in a very short period, and Detroit became the great boomtown of its time. Most people in Michigan have some connection to the south to this day. Now that fortunes have reversed and Michigan is impoverished while the south booms, those migrations are being reversed. Many of the people moving south from MIchigan anyway, are likely the grandsons and grandaughters of people who left the south years ago. I think this is why people from Mi seem to do better when they move south than say those from the northeast. Southern life is literaly already in thier blood.
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There are some strong connections between MI and much of the upper south, esp KY and TN. 80 years ago many poor southerners moved north for auto jobs. Just as the south groans about too many moving in and changing thier states, the same happened in Michigan 2 or 3 generations ago. The states population more than doubled in a very short period, and Detroit became the great boomtown of its time. Most people in Michigan have some connection to the south to this day. Now that fortunes have reversed and Michigan is impoverished while the south booms, those migrations are being reversed. Many of the people moving south from MIchigan anyway, are likely the grandsons and grandaughters of people who left the south years ago. I think this is why people from Mi seem to do better when they move south than say those from the northeast. Southern life is literaly already in thier blood.
This is so true. Prior to WWII, Detroit was overwhelmingly white, 2nd or 3rd generation Euro ethnics. The rural Southern blacks and whites who came to the city for the auto jobs changed the city as much as Northerners are changing Atlanta or Raleigh or Charlotte today. It's a natural thing in a society and economy like ours.
southern women are pretty much like any other women as far as looks (we aren't talking about fashion...thats a completely different issue). with that said, there are places in the north, such as nyc, that have more of a variety of women. some ppl may find that they are attracted to certain ethnicities or races or whatever. there might be a certain quirk that you find attractive. you can find all of that in nyc.
there is much less variety in the south (and other areas as well) in comparison to nyc. however, good representations of women in the south would be dc, atl, miami...there are decent amounts of variety in those cities.
with that said, you take your guy that is into southern belles and you put him in the middle of a crowd during the dominican day parade and it'll blow his mind. guaranteed.
if we are not talking about variety at all (and lets be honest, a large portion of the south is either white or black...a few latinos in the mix but there isn't much variety) and we are talking about your typical female from the south vs your typical female from the north, i'm betting on the one from the north looking better overall.
moving into fashion a lil bit, ppl in the south in general tend to just throw on whatever and walk outside. ppl here iron clothes and have to look a certain way before they even think about going anywhere. just an observation.
Michigan is strongly connected to Tennessee for some reason. I've noticed this for a long time. There seems to be a disproportionate number of people in TN who are originally from Michigan, have lived in Michigan, or have family in Michigan. I dunno why it's Michigan of all places. I remember being in a group of people and every one of them was born in Michigan except me.
TN is MI's connection, NC and FL is NY's, and AZ is IL's. Strange how that is.
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Prior to WWII, Detroit was overwhelmingly white, 2nd or 3rd generation Euro ethnics. The rural Southern blacks and whites who came to the city for the auto jobs changed the city as much as Northerners are changing Atlanta or Raleigh or Charlotte today. It's a natural thing in a society and economy like ours.