<p>This is off-topic, but this question of horned Jews is fascinating to me. I am prepared to believe that obnoxious people ask Jews where their horns are, but I have trouble to believe that anybody (and especially anybody in New York) would actually believe that Jews have horns. Maybe somebody living in a holler in the backwoods.</p>
<p>I currently live in Alabama, after moving here from somewhere that isn’t in the south, and I have yet to see anything vaguely resembling the fabled “Southern Hospitality”. At best people are condescending and rude (apparently I’m just not good enough because I’m not from here) and at worst, they’re downright offensive.</p>
<p>I’d also like to add that my fathers family is from South Carolina and I’ve visited quite a bit. People are pretty rude there as well. I met the nicest people in the world when I was up north, particularly in Vermont and upstate New York. </p>
<p>Just my $0.02.</p>
<p>^I’m sad to say, this was also the experience I had in the south. :(</p>
<p>"I currently live in Alabama, after moving here from somewhere that isn’t in the south, and I have yet to see anything vaguely resembling the fabled “Southern Hospitality”. At best people are condescending and rude (apparently I’m just not good enough because I’m not from here) and at worst, they’re downright offensive.</p>
<p>I’d also like to add that my fathers family is from South Carolina and I’ve visited quite a bit. People are pretty rude there as well. I met the nicest people in the world when I was up north, particularly in Vermont and upstate New York. "</p>
<p>Sorry that this was your experience. Most people here I meet are pretty nice. (I live in the Atlanta Metro). Everyone is helpful and cheerful. Maybe it’s because Atlanta is the “New South”.</p>
<p>@HonorsCentaur You lived in a small town near Columbia? Those towns are some of the poorest in the state, if not the poorest. My own mother grew up in a small town about an hour away from Columbia, and the racial tensions were extremely high there. It was a very, very religious area. Whenever we go to the beach, we play the “church game” where every time we pass a church we say “church!”. Yeah. There are a LOT in the middle of the state in the smaller towns. You’d think there are more churches than people!</p>
<p>I realize some people don’t have the best experiences down here. Others have wonderful experiences. It depends on the person and where they’re at. But the op should know that 40% of USC is out of state and a good chunk of those out-of-staters come from up north, so even if she doesn’t get along well with southern people, she’d definitely find students who are also from up north who she has things in common with.</p>
<p>In the USC forum, one parent even suggested that there might be as many as 1000 students per class who come from the northeast. I wouldn’t doubt that.</p>
<p>^It was like an hour and a half away from Columbia. Not sure if that qualifies as “near” but yeah.</p>
<p>^Yeah. That’s what I meant. My mom was from a small town about an hour away from Columbia that was featured on National News for having a senior in high school who couldn’t read and being basically one of the worst school districts in the country. There’s also the “Corridor of Shame” that’s about an hour to an hour and a half away from Columbia, so I wasn’t sure if that was the area you were talking about or not. But I would imagine that living in a smaller town in rural SC might not be pleasant if you aren’t the stereotypical southerner.</p>
<p>I moved from NJ to TN for college, and never looked back - love the south, and I’ve seen plenty of that “southern hospitality”. I now live in TN year round and it’s great, I love the culture and never had issues fitting in or anything.</p>