<p>I know there is a similar thread for the West and East coast. However, I want your opinion on how the South differs from the North.</p>
<p>South - Higher: Friendliness, Greek life, fashion sense, preppiness, class consciousness. Lower: Diversity, racial or class interaction, activism, global awareness, political liberlism. Also, older, more worn buildings are considered heritage in the North; they're considered eyesores in the South and are more likely to be replaced or updated.</p>
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Also, older, more worn buildings are considered heritage in the North; they're considered eyesores in the South and are more likely to be replaced or updated.
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<p>They're only eyesores in the South because most of our old buildings look like crap. A lot of the older buildings in the North are absolutely beautiful and would be a shame to tear down.</p>
<p>Other than that, life generally seems much more fast-paced in the North compared to the South.</p>
<p>People are more polite in the South. Not nicer or friendlier overall. Just polite. People there don't think it's weird I like coleslaw.</p>
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I completely disagree with this. Especially in my home state (NJ) there is VERY little racial/class interaction. I find that this south has much more interaction. Furthermore, my group of friends at school in the SOUTH is much more diverse than my group of friends at home.</p>
<p>Personally, I like the south much more than the north. People are just more polite and friendlier. Generally they aren't always in a rush. Probably the one downside for me is that you have to drive everywhere and nothing is that close together. At home I never had a reason to drive more than 20-30 minutes from my house because everything you could possibly think of was there. </p>
<p>People are more family orientated IMO in the south which is nice and more folks also go to church. At home most people I knew didn't go to church, but I'm not sure if that reflects on their status as Catholics or as Northerners. </p>
<p>Building on this, the south unfortunately is probably more conservative than the North, but I (being a liberal) haven't found this to be overbearing.</p>
<p>I second above's driving everywhere observation. Nothing is ever close to houses. Even if there's a convenience mart around the corner, everyone feels the need to drive.</p>
<p>yeah, but everyone drives everywhere here too... and I'm hardly in the south...
but I guess it's still indiana.</p>
<p>Willmingtonwave, where in NJ are you from? Because I go to school with kids of all different races and we all interact fine....</p>
<p>I think you can have a better overall quality of life in the South. If you're making 70k down here, you can do almost anything you want...and stay in a really nice place. 70k up North is enough to get by.</p>
<p>I'm from Monmouth County down at the shore. I mean my school was i think 97% white. However, I just read somewhere that NJ is the school that is still the most "segregated" state in terms of both race and socioeconomics.</p>
<p>Willmingtonwave goes to my Alma Mater, so I'm glad to hear that things have changed in 30 years. But in general I think it's still true that most college campuses in the North will have a more diverse student body than in the South.</p>
<p>No way so am I. That's weird that we have such different experiences...are you from like Rumson or something?</p>
<p>Nah, Brielle, very rich/white/irish-italian roman catholic area...</p>
<p>Yeah I live like 5 minutes away from there.</p>
<p>I think the North is just better overall. Admittedly, the only southern states I've spent much time in is Florida and North Carolina (I've driven through Kentucky, Alabama, and some other one's). I actually thought North Carolina was pretty cool and Florida is okay for vacations. But from what I hear the South is definetly not somewhere where I'd want to live.</p>
<p>"But from what I hear the South is definetly not somewhere where I'd want to live."</p>
<p>Excellent way to inform yourself.</p>
<p>^ hey bud, pretty sure i won't be deciding where to live any time soon, so it doesn't really matter.</p>
<p>South: It never snows. Races are separated, at least where I come from. The accents are annoying. It never snows. Individuality is frowned upon. Lack of variety in cuisines, clothing stores, etc. Very few Mac users. It never snows.
However, I like how my school is more laid back than a Northern high school.</p>
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<p>It snowed just this morning in East Texas, thank you very much. That statement should be revised to, "You'll never have to worry about digging your car out of the snow in the South."</p>
<p>Accents are a personal thing. What may do it for one person could make another want to stab themself in the ear with an ice pick...whatever.</p>
<p>I don't really think individuality is frowned upon any more in the South than other areas. There are just different norms. Matter of opinion on this one, though.</p>
<p>In cities there are plenty of food choices. If you care about food that much, stick to the cities.</p>
<p>Same goes for clothing stores.</p>
<p>And Macs are for artsy and video folks...I know plenty of Mac users...so no again.</p>
<p>One more observation - we're from GA and my D attends college in the Boston area. Interracial or same-sex couples in the South still draw stares; couples in the Boston area may be of any ethnicity or gender, and passersby appear not to notice.</p>