New Englanders' politics nmake their home states unlivable, so they flee to the South where they set about recreating the conditions that made where they came from unlivable.
Californians are doing the same thing to the West, of course.
Yes. Well said, Bill. Irony and paradox.
"It's both un-American and deeply American."
As for people moving to the South from other places--that's the history of the South. Sooner or later, they settle down, come to their senses, and become indistinguishable from the rest of the Southerners. Most of the people of the South are descendants of at least one non-Southern immigrant.
As for the blandification of the South--it can't happen. The South's too wild, too weird, and too geographic.
As for the "Southernization" of rest of the country--it's like the South had the last laugh: "Surprise!"
Nice re-post...The sectionalism will be forefront soon...
Many have forgotten the significance or location of The Mason-Dixon Line. Remember that Rising Sun is North of the Line.
True Southerners (born and raised)"don't give a damn how you did it up north!" Come to the South and be welcomed, but just remember, "when in Rome, do as the Romans". If you have chosen to come to the South, there must have been a reason you liked it the way it is, if you find you don't like it "take I-95 NORTH!
Born @Macon.GA
Just messin' with you...
American By Birth...Southerner by the Grace of God!
I have always considered anyone south of Jacksonville, or north of Georgia a yankee anyway. :)
Southerners, as well as illegals, need to assimilate. They are living in unassimilated enclaves and don't speak the language.