re: Would you ever permanently move from the South?

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Even among well to do southern girls there's a large % of them chomping at the bit to become Mrs, pop out a few kids, and stay home for the rest of their lives.

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Part of the culture there. If you are a over 30 and single, never married, woman in the South, you must have something wrong with you in the eyes of many back there.


You could be a 32 year old single, never married, woman who is financially dependent and with a good job.....but the divorced 32 year woman with 3 kids will be seen as more "normal" to many in the South compared to the single woman the same age.

What's unhealthy about gumbo and red beans?

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Quality of life is also exaggerated in these threads. We all live in the US. Upper middle class and higher are going to have great quality of life no matter where they live.

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Yeah but can you send your children to decent public schools in your state/city? I realize you would likely do private no matter what...but would public even be a decent option where you live?


I will have public school as a viable option to me once I have a child and so do many others in other states. Private school should be because you really want your child to go that route or because you want them taught in a religious setting that matches your beliefs....not because it's the only option for your child to receive a good education.

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..but would public even be a decent option where you live?

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It is. Lafayette has some pretty good public schools

Good public schools all over the US are in the suburbs.

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As for people are nicer....if you are a nice friendly person, people will be nice and friendly back....no matter where you are.

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While the south does have wonderfully nice people, it doesn't mean other places don't. Philly was the only place I noticed there were a good bit of rude people, but then again when I spend a week in Pottsville for a conference most everyone I met was pretty nice. Maybe it's a city thing..who knows. And then again maybe it's just regional or there are nice and rude people everywhere.. I went to California (Bay area) for a month last summer thinking people there would might be more course than what I was used to, and most were the nicest people i'd ever met, always asking me where I was from, and how I liked California. Anecdotal experiences I know, but nonetheless meaningful to my worldview

I recently moved out of the south, I could easily see myself staying here permanently.

If none of your family still lived in The South....would you stay?

Are my friends gone too?


If my family and friends were gone and I had a reason to move somewhere like a really good job offer yes I'd leave.

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or Seattle.

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Moved here 4 months ago from BR...other than home prices, it is a major step up.

Let's have a walk off