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Northerners who moved south, what was your experience?

Well quick recap, I was born in NY, grew up in PA. At age 18 I moved to Atlanta, stayed for 10 years, and now i've been in Tennessee for nearly 10 years.

The people are a lot more friendly, same with store clerks, bank employees, hell even the DMV workers i've had a positive experience. Where I lived up North, people more kept to themselves, didn't want to really make small talk. A lot of businesses have rude workers and employees.

With that said, the quality of life was much better up North, the areas are nicer, it's cleaner, there's higher standards especially for vehicles and whatnot. A lot of people down South, and i'll say this as nice as I can, aren't as clean. The Walmart stigma of the people who shop there, are basically everywhere. Torn, stained clothes, fat women wearing clothes wayyy too small for them, etc. The poverty difference is very apparent.

A lot of areas in TN proudly wave their confederate flags also, on the back of trucks, stickers, and license plates. You see it somewhat commonly on a daily basis, and no one seems to care.

The difference in police is night and day, i'm perfectly comfortable with the police in this area, they are friendly, helpful, will stop to make sure you are okay even if you are just putting oil in your engine in a parking lot. The crime rate is also much lower than it was up North.

North loves hockey and pro football, South loves college football and baseball. It's rare to even find a hockey fan in this region, I work in a building with about 110 people, I know of 2 hockey fans. probably closer to 80 football.

Cost of living here is ridiculously low, property taxes are very low also.

I can offer more info if you have questions.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Well quick recap, I was born in NY, grew up in PA. At age 18 I moved to Atlanta, stayed for 10 years, and now i've been in Tennessee for nearly 10 years.

The people are a lot more friendly, same with store clerks, bank employees, hell even the DMV workers i've had a positive experience. Where I lived up North, people more kept to themselves, didn't want to really make small talk. A lot of businesses have rude workers and employees.

With that said, the quality of life was much better up North, the areas are nicer, it's cleaner, there's higher standards especially for vehicles and whatnot. A lot of people down South, and i'll say this as nice as I can, aren't as clean. The Walmart stigma of the people who shop there, are basically everywhere. Torn, stained clothes, fat women wearing clothes wayyy too small for them, etc. The poverty difference is very apparent.

A lot of areas in TN proudly wave their confederate flags also, on the back of trucks, stickers, and license plates. You see it somewhat commonly on a daily basis, and no one seems to care.

The difference in police is night and day, i'm perfectly comfortable with the police in this area, they are friendly, helpful, will stop to make sure you are okay even if you are just putting oil in your engine in a parking lot. The crime rate is also much lower than it was up North.

North loves hockey and pro football, South loves college football and baseball. It's rare to even find a hockey fan in this region, I work in a building with about 110 people, I know of 2 hockey fans. probably closer to 80 football.

Cost of living here is ridiculously low, property taxes are very low also.

I can offer more info if you have questions.

Not a fan?

It has it's positives and negatives. The weather sucks also, it's so damn hot and humid always, not a lot of real cold months. I farm part-time and doing so in 100 degree weather is brutal.

I wouldn't have been able to buy the home and land that I did here up North though, before I bought my house I was in a 2 bedroom apartment with water included at $385 a month. When I lived in PA, I was paying $900 a month for a one bedroom with nothing included.

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Would you rather live up north?

i could never live in the south

basically a different country
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Hanky_Bannister posted...

i could never live in the south

basically a different country

Where you from?

Mabs please stop talking shit about TN
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VGAddict90 posted...

Would you rather live up north?

If the cost was the same all around, yes I think I would likely prefer the North. Financially, i'd rather live in a decent sized home on a lot of land where I am, which as mentioned, I likely wouldn't be able to do unless I received a pretty major salary increase to move back up there.

Nashville is just a flat out awesome city though, the music scene is unmatched in comparison.

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glitteringfairy posted...

Mabs please stop talking shit about TN

lol. he didnt. he gave his honest opinion.

why do you get so triggered over TN?
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glitteringfairy posted...

Mabs please stop talking shit about TN

I'm just being honest, lol. I live here too, and I don't plan on moving anytime soon so it's not all that bad. Just different.

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Doesn't Tennessee get four seasons? I know it definitely gets fall, because me and my family went to Tennessee to look at the fall colors.

VGAddict90 posted...

Doesn't Tennessee get four seasons? I know it definitely gets fall, because me and my family went to Tennessee to look at the fall colors.

Technically yeah, but honestly, it seems to go from winter to summer the past few years, there's not much spring in the middle. I think last year it went from 40's to 80's in a week and then it just stayed hot.

I live in the Smoky mountain chain, and when it starts to turn into fall, driving down the mountain, it's hard to find a nicer scene. It's just unbelievable to look at.

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I moved from Boston to the Florida panhandle after college. It was like stepping back in time by twenty years. Most of my coworkers had never owned a cell phone. In 2010.

Also, apparently twenty years ago everyone smoked crack on the side of the road and fucked their sister.
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omega cookie posted...

I moved from Boston to the Florida panhandle after college. It was like stepping back in time by twenty years. Most of my coworkers had never owned a cell phone. In 2010.

Also, apparently twenty years ago everyone smoked crack on the side of the road and fucked their sister.

Didn't like it?

Here's the converse perspective:

People who move South from the North tend to be pretty cool. Louder and more outgoing than I'm used to, but pretty cool. Though they also tend to move back after a couple years...
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omega cookie posted...

Also, apparently twenty years ago everyone smoked crack on the side of the road and fucked their sister.

tbf, the florida panhandle is another dimension. doesnt surprise me one bit.
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VGAddict90 posted...

omega cookie posted...

I moved from Boston to the Florida panhandle after college. It was like stepping back in time by twenty years. Most of my coworkers had never owned a cell phone. In 2010.

Also, apparently twenty years ago everyone smoked crack on the side of the road and fucked their sister.

Didn't like it?

No. The novelty of being incredibly popular due to being the only guy in the town with all his teeth wore off quickly.

Hanky_Bannister posted...

omega cookie posted...

Also, apparently twenty years ago everyone smoked crack on the side of the road and fucked their sister.

tbf, the florida panhandle is another dimension. doesnt surprise me one bit.

Not just the panhandle, I lived on the Alabama border. The only good thing about living in that hell hole was being able to cross the border and buy smokes for three bucks a pack. Other than that, it was a truly disgusting place to live.
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North is better.

I'm all about that oral.
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Ohio to Arizona...does that count?

I love AZ a lot better. Warm all year round, and no snowy winters!
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