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Hey, I'm not sure what you are looking at. Here is the data for Raleigh
PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 432,520 +/-290 432,520 (X)
Native 375,619 +/-2,386 86.8% +/-0.5
Born in United States 370,747 +/-2,430 85.7% +/-0.6
State of residence 201,309 +/-3,686 46.5% +/-0.9
Different state 169,438 +/-3,589 39.2% +/-0.8
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) 4,872 +/-634 1.1% +/-0.1
Foreign born 56,901 +/-2,359 13.2% +/-0.5
Ha! I'm not sure either. I'm getting lost in all the tables and figures. When I click your link it seems to mix my recent searches with it. Probably should clear my cache/cookies/history.
At any rate, we have a nice mix of people from North Carolina and all over in this area.
We moved here from Central PA, but I am originally from Montgomery AL so I think I was ready to blend back in. Spouse is originally a PA girl who grew up in Jersey. We fit in quickly with a group our age at church, so we were able to establish a social life. Not sure how it would have worked out otherwise.
People are generally friendly and open and nice.
I am just saying it isn't some small insular town that is cautious of outsiders, it's a big melting pot area with people from all over, that even has a greater number of residents who aren't from here.
It doesn't strike me as something to be concerned over if you are moving here.
Oh, that I agree on 100%.
The Triangle is quite a melting pot.
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I'm from Michigan, so I'm a "northerner," but definitely a midwesterner. LOL
Just learn not to call soft drinks "POP" and you'll be fine
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Can't blame you for feeling resentment if people who move to NC start telling locals how to live. That's never a good recipe for assimilating. I find it annoying even on a lesser level when people move here to Michigan and talk incessantly about how things were "back home" and how it's different here, not necessarily in a negative way, but it gets old. At some point, you have to leave your past "home" behind and enjoy the new place you've decided to move to, and make that your topic of conversation.
This really is the crux of it, really. Plus Southern attitudes are generally more laid-back and mannerly (Northeasterners might say passive-aggressive or frustratingly indirect--we consider the "directness" they take pride in to be rude, sometimes. Find a happy medium).
The Michiganders I know are all really nice and I've never heard one complain that we dare to do things differently from where they come from.
In addition to what others have said, if you come from a state where you paid taxes so your kids could go to good schools with well-paid teachers, drive on well-maintained roads, etc., please don't come down here and complain about and vote against bonds and taxes so that we can have good schools and roads here too because you're retired and living "on a limited income."
In general, some of the animosity is slightly misdirected at Northerners, who are partly the agents of urban/suburban sprawl...It isn't that their from up north, its that the area is being developed.
Someone that has kept horses for years and suddenly the road he rode up and down is a little too busy for their comfort zone...
A guy that hunts on his acreage and has a neighbor calling the sherriff/game warden about gunshots, even though he's perfectly legal and safe...
That type of thing...
It isn't that they're from the North, its that they're being crowded...
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