As a Canadian US resident near Wilmington I can say that we have our share of “Yankees” in our own neighborhood who retired down here. How they are messing things up I have no clue? Can you elaborate on how they are “messing things up”?
I have seen the best and worse of all sides here as an outsider and the advice we gave our children was to get along with everyone. At my son’s high school 46% of the kids there are part of the free lunch program!!! And after all these years you still have the us vs them, North vs South, black vs white crap going on. My wife volunteers at the school and has seen this first hand.
I have seen my share of the white trash rednecks, black gangsters, illegals, and then I have seen the Yankees. The Yankee kids go through hell down here trying to adjust not to mention their parents.
The Yankees I know volunteer at the schools and get involved with community and they are the reason for the economic growth going on down here.
Have you ever been to the Communist Bloc know as Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill. They bring their liberal voting, high taxes and gov regulation with them from freakin jersey and other liberal hellholes.
I am stuck in fayetteville. Go to Sunset Beach all the time. I love Wilmington. Good luck down there.