<p>I've seen quite a few posts about northerners coming south, but none about the opposite situation. My parents who are from NY would love for me to go north for college, but I have lived most of my life in SC and would prefer to stay here. Are there any southerners out there who have had particularly good or bad experiences up north? Just to put this out there: I am not extremely religious, I am a Democrat, and I do not have uncles named Billy Bob, however, I do love college football, pastels, and sweet tea.</p>
<p>I’m moving from sunny South Florida to icy Pittsburgh in about a month and one week to attend Carnegie Mellon. I know a lot of people who have done the same for schools like JHU, Columbia, MIT, Harvard, Brown, etc. The same complaint they bring up every time they come down here for vacation is that it’s too cold but once they’re here, they can’t wait to go back up.</p>