I know there are some immediately obvious problems with SC, but I think there could be a great advantage to picking a Southern state. For one, there is still much Southern patriotism in the South, and much of that resides in SC. Many freedom-loving Southerners who would otherwise join us may be disinclined to move out of the South. It almost feels traitorous to some of us to leave. So, psychologically, many more Southerners may be ready to join the effort if a Southern state is picked.
I also think the existence of a coastline is much preferable to a border with Canada. I see a border with Canada to be a big minus. They are likely to boycott and be hostile to any free state, as fear would be great in Ottawa of encouraging fed-up provinces like Alberta. That is one freedom-hating regime there, with a freedom-hating Eastern population to bolster it.
Another advantage of South Carolina might be its large population of Blacks. Huh, you say? I know, most of that population is the most addicted to Federal socialism, and any freedom movement will be branded by the Left as "racist" (they don't need the slightest bit of evidence to start throwing that term around), but a success in taking over the state and local governments in SC might eventually serve to crush the race pimping that goes on in this country, and end up helping Blacks more than any of us. When other Blacks see the quality of life that the Blacks of SC have under freedom, it will wake many of them up, and cause a national revolution in race relations, and a dramatic weakening of power of those who use race as an issue to stay in power.
I have an admitted personal preference for the South. I love the South, and feel I am already living too far north now in MO, and would find it difficult to commit to leaving. I was born in the West, and love it out there, too, but when the author says that Idaho has "moderate" winters, that translates to "unbearably severe" to this cold-blooded gator. I can't believe how cold I have found Missouri!
For freedom, Agrandis