Not so much, any more. :-) 'Tis why I wound up in the south. I graduated from college. Applied to Wal Mart, figuring just to make a few bucks to keep the lights on while I found a permanent job in my profession (haha), and the wait list was over 400 people deep. I said "Forget this" moved down south, and never looked back.
Some time ago, I was working in IT for a hospital down here. Buddy of mine was working IT in a hospital in Maine. Our job descriptions were almost exactly the same, word for word.
And.....he was earning exactly 1/2 of what I was earning. Lest you think that I was getting rich, let me disabuse you of that notion. Taxes, insurance, cost of living, etc are all much higher in Maine, as well.
If you're just getting by up there, you're far ahead of most other people. And when you throw 6-7 months of miserable winter on top, why would anyone stay?
Only complaint that I have is that it's going to be 90+ today. I love the south, but thank God for AC.
I was quoting a 1950’s commedian...not my words. But, having been stationed in Denver, Loring, Maine, and Germany, I had a southern boy’s fill of shoveling snow, and now I’m way too old to do it.