<p>jaso9n2- I'd say 70k is A LOT in either place, but maybe that's just me?</p>
<p>I personally prefer the north. The south is very relaxing and I like going to visit my extended family there but I wouldn't want to live there. The north to me seems more liberal and you meet a more diverse range of people (I don't just mean of other races, also of different backgrounds and beliefs, weirder people)</p>
<p>I love southern food and I have fun in the south, I'm just a very Massachusetts girl and I don't think I could ever adjust to living there. Also, I'd miss the snow. I realize it snows there but undoubtedly not as much. The south and north are both beautiful though, the north in a more foresty, stately way and the south is more open and I think of things like beautiful sunsets and fields when I think of the south. And strip malls unfortunately too. I guess we have those both places...</p>
<p>If I ever went down south I'd feel like I was watching My Cousin Vinny. Well...I've been down there, I just mean for a long period of time. I need my chinese food and I need a busy fast paced lifestyle. The snow is a plus too <3</p>
<p>I've lived in texas all my life, but going to A&M is my first experience in a rural setting.</p>
<p>Dallas probably isnt what northeasterners think of when they think of the South, because we have all the makings of a northern city: urban, liberal, pretentious, etc.</p>
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<p>Don't get me wrong, it is. But there are plenty of expensive places up North to live, not including housing. There aren't that many expensive places down here to live.</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>Ugh, man that Southern accent. I go to the UofI so there is no shortage of it up here, and for most people it fits well. But man, there are some people...wow, an ice pick wouldn't hurt ya' know?</p>
<p>But I know what you mean. I have a bit of an accent, myself (nowhere close to hick, just enough for there to be no doubt that I'm Southern), but there are some folks that seriously make my eye twitch with theirs. Especially if they're the type that exaggerates it...I hate that.</p>
<p>I'm going to try to move south after I graduate, so I actually have money left over to put in savings for the first 5 years or so. Trying to convince myself that I won't hate it. I already know I hate the accents, but then, some people hate NJ/NY/Philly area accents (and might claim that I have one), so oh well. I grew up in a town that's rather 'southern' in a lot of ways, even though it's in NJ, so I guess it will kind of be more of the same. I intend to stick to the bigger cities, though....hoping they will be a little less, err, stereotypically southern, shall we say?</p>