LogFAQs > #886058521

My reasons to leave and head nortb are pretty obvious.

Better education and schools.
Better economy.
Better diversity and less racism.
Less religion.

Let's tackle these separately.

Education: Mississippi ranks last or near last in education. Outside the coast, where I live, our schools are falling apart. She wants to have kids, and I do too. Which means not raising them in school districts that plain just stink. Plus all the instate colleges are up north. Which leads me to the rest of the problems.

Economy: Either you work at a casino or you starve. Our economy is soley based on casinos and tourism. Even with a college degree you still end up doing crappy back breaking work, or you're under paid for a skilled job. There's no advancement or career opportunities and you're in a dead end job barely surviving.

Diversity: Black man, white woman. Enough said. The South isn't real tolerant of people being different. We get dirty and confused looks everywhere we go. It's annoying and scary because I'm not physically able to protect us any longer if something does arise.

Religion: Better just leave that one alone. However, it's God and football down here. The order of priority depends on the day of the week. God has Tuesday and Wednesday. Football has the other 5 days.

It's just better to leave the deep South.
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