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Originally posted by mark123:

i was in South Carolina last weekend. I asked for unsweet tea

No such thing. You're new around here (The South)?

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by mark123:

i was in South Carolina last weekend. I asked for unsweet tea

No such thing. You're new around here (The South)?

Yeah, apparently unsweet tea is just water. You southerners are hilarious.

I’ve also learned you have covert ways to call people stupid or say they’re lying that sound very pleasant to a northern ear.

I moved from Northern Virginia in 2020 during COVID to Lowcountry SC. Probably best move I have made in many years. People friendly, state taxes much lower. Chose SC over Floria because there are more seasons (though shorter in winter and spring) and less humidity and heat than Florida where I lived for a year many years ago. Downside is that the area is becoming more purple due to the rapid influx of refugees from the Northeast.

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Originally posted by mark123:

Yeah, apparently unsweet tea is just water.

I’ve also learned you have covert ways to call people stupid or say they’re lying that sound very pleasant to a northern ear.

Bless your heart!

I'm a transplanted Yankee (born in Brooklyn!), but I have learned to read, write, and speak fluent Southern.

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Originally posted by mark123:

apparently unsweet tea is just water.

Nah, it's just tea that y'all ain't finished making yet.

All kidding aside , a lot of people in the south drink unsweetened tea . I don't know why , but they just do .

The wife and I love and dislike the south. (Still thinking of retiring to So Mo) What we love about the south we ALWAYS seem to encounter nice people. What we don't like so much about the south is health care. (Alabama metropolis areas don't count cuz I've installed med systems there ) There's not a lot to dislike in the south but we travel there a few weeks during the winter so take that with a grain of salt.

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Originally posted by 220-9er:

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The army of braindead people who escaped a socialist shithole, but act like missionaries instead of refugees

I'll have to remember that one, seems to be universal across the south.
Whenever I hear some start a conversation with "back where I came from" I know they're slow learners.

as a born and bred Virginian
I have reminded plenty of those type of folks that 95 runs both north and south, and you left the north for a reason, do not bring that reason with you,,,

most times pleasantly, a few times not so

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Originally posted by xd45man:
Check out the following:

It's a Southern Thing. https://www.youtube.com/@ItsaSouthernThing

Matt Mitchell. https://www.youtube.com/@alostrich

this guy ,,

https://www.instagram.com/landontalks/


and of course the Bee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWzN6TW5Y

I grew up in the North (Detroit, Michigan) and then spent 20 years in the USAF. I traveled all over and lived in many places, including several foreign countries. One of the principles I learned was "Don't tell folks how you did things where you came from." During my USAF years I lived 4 years in South Carolina, and got along with the locals just fine. Lovely folks there.

When I retired from USAF and moved to Texas 43 years ago, I followed that rule and it's been well received. Texans are friendly and helpful, and my life here for the last 43 years has been great. I still don't talk like my neighbors, but they ignore that and we get along fine.

How one is perceived and treated by the locals is largely dependent on one's attitude and behavior.

To the original question: I don't like shoveling snow.

flashguy

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by mark123:

apparently unsweet tea is just water.

Nah, it's just tea that y'all ain't finished making yet.

We don't grow all that Sugarcane down here in Louisiana for the hell of it. It's for our tea.

Was stationed in NOLA for 4 years. Hated it. The weather (hurricanes and heat), crime, traffic, bugs, road conditions, homeless, and how fake nice all of the locals were are the reasons. Plus the local “culture” is absurd. I lived Uptown.

Currently stationed in ATL. Pretty much has all of the same issues but not as severe. Traffic is worse but bugs are better and crime (at least where I live) is much better in comparison too. Also locals aren’t fake nice, they seem legitimately nice instead. Heat is just as bad but hurricanes aren’t as big a deal.

Either way, the south is not for me…when I retire it will be to open country somewhere out west. Utah, Idaho, Montana, or maybe as far east as Kansas or MO…somewhere where there are fewer people and even fewer commies.

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Originally posted by dwd1985:
Was stationed in NOLA for 4 years. Hated it. The weather (hurricanes and heat), crime, traffic, bugs, road conditions, homeless, and how fake nice all of the locals were are the reasons. Plus the local “culture” is absurd. I lived Uptown.

New Orleans is too diverse to be called " the South " . It's a world all to itself . A very strange one .

We moved to Missouri in 1999 from Washington state. Not really the deep south but it was where my wife was born and raised and had her whole family here.

I lived in Washington for over 50 years and even back in 1999 it was well on the road to socialism. As soon as our jobs allowed it, we retired and moved lock, stock and barrel to the Lake area. I like it here and have zero regrets. Here are my thoughts:

Pros:

> Solid red state and probably always will be.
> Super good schools. Our local School district has
never lost a levy. You will find no CRT nor
transgender crap once you get outside of the two
larger cities. Not sure how much that is in play even
there.
>Very pro gun and we have been a Castle Doctrine
state for a long time. You do not even need a CCW
to carry concealed.
>We have four seasons.
>No one says y'all.
>Deer hunting season always corresponds with the
rut.

Cons:

>Winters are mean but short. December and January
mostly. We get snow but not really all that much.
July and August get damn hot but the humidity is
nothing like the deep south.
>We have a state sales tax.
>When you live in the Lake area the summers are
filled with thousands of tourists who never drive over
30 miles per hour and have no idea where they are
going. Summer time is a good time to just stay
home.

1. Is Texas really part of the south.

2. Only place where I will drink sweet tea. Don't ever order it in Colorado because its a crime against nature.

3. I love the south as a holiday destination. I have no interest in Europe. If I ever moved Tennessee would be my first choice.

The South just can’t be beat IMO. I was born in central NC and lived there for 28 years. Moved to western VA in 2001 and love it here as well.

Pros:
*Pick an area that suits you (beach, mountains, flat lands, swamps, etc)

*You're never far from a different type of area than you settled in

*Variety of food styles is quite impressive

*Generally right leaning and gun friendly states (certain exceptions apply)

*Generally lower taxes (though shit is getting out of hand in lots of places)

*Far more friendly people, in general

*Winters generally suck less than in the rest of the country

Cons:
*Summers can be brutal in many areas

*Communists are invading

*People not from here often automatically treat you like a drooling moron when they hear your accent

*Lots of outdated overly religious laws still on the books

I grew up out in the middle of nowhere on a dead end road (that wasn’t even paved for quite some time and only recently was the pavement upgraded to a smooth blacktop). Spent the majority of my childhood playing in the woods, riding bikes and motorcycles without a care in the world, fishing streams and ponds all summer, etc. Wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING.

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Originally posted by dwd1985:
Was stationed in NOLA for 4 years. Hated it. The weather (hurricanes and heat), crime, traffic, bugs, road conditions, homeless, and how fake nice all of the locals were are the reasons. Plus the local “culture” is absurd. I lived Uptown.

Currently stationed in ATL. Pretty much has all of the same issues but not as severe. Traffic is worse but bugs are better and crime (at least where I live) is much better in comparison too. Also locals aren’t fake nice, they seem legitimately nice instead. Heat is just as bad but hurricanes aren’t as big a deal.

Either way, the south is not for me…when I retire it will be to open country somewhere out west. Utah, Idaho, Montana, or maybe as far east as Kansas or MO…somewhere where there are fewer people and even fewer commies.

I think the “nice” in New Orleans might have been like the tea- maybe people are just too sweet for you. I have never heard or experienced, and can’t even imagine, people down here being “fake nice”. They’re either really nice, or “fuck you”. Don’t pretend.

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I think the “nice” in New Orleans might have been like the tea- maybe people are just too sweet for you. I have never heard or experienced, and can’t even imagine, people down here being “fake nice”. They’re either really nice, or “fuck you”. Don’t pretend.

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Yep. I wonder where that guy hung out that made those remarks.My experience in Uptown was quite different. I have heard NOLA being described as a European city as well. Very diverse population compared to Atlanta.

My adult daughter was raised in the Deep South. She chose to attend college up North. I asked her how it was different. She said "You know how they say stuff behind your back in the South? Well they say it in front of you up North.'

Hot, humid, chance of showers in the afternoon is the weather forecast from April to November.