<p>I currently live in a small affluent town in Massachusetts. It's very materialistic and most of the people are snobs, and i really want to go to a college where people are not like this.</p>
<p>Does anyone go to college in North/South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, or Florida? These are states i am considering, and i was wondering if they are like this. i figured it might be different because of "southern hospitality" and what not..</p>
<p>although, florida is probably materialistic. </p>
<p>i used to live in ct but now in va and i agree with you however im gong back to ct for school. the south is really nice, people are much cooler here.</p>
<p>I think that attitudes of people are more regional kinda things than whole states, so it might depend on where you go. I personally think the southern hospitality thing is somewhat of a stereotype, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>you said:
"I currently live in a small affluent town in Massachusetts..."</p>
<p>I don't think it's fair to extrapolate that experience to that whole quadrant of the country... and you are fooling yourself if you don't think "small affluent towns" in the South can't be equally as snobish and materialistic.</p>
<p>The UT's in Texas. UVA is a bit more.. preppy. Same with V-tech and JMU. There are many hot girls there though and I would definitely look into it and see if you like the environment. </p>
<p>UNC is pretty nice too (female-wise) but I do not know if they really have any of that "southern" hospitality. Definitely visit each college because everyone has different views and opinions.</p>
<p>We live in southern Virginia, and although I think our area is full of kind, down to earth folks, in general I think our neighbors to the south, NC, SC and Ga., are full of the friendliest and warmest people I have met. You couldn't go wrong with any college in NC, SC or Ga. as far as I am concerned. Just my opinion of course!</p>
<p>Dancingbear, are you looking for small, large, medium? Private schools most everywhere contain a concentration of wealthy students, because they are better able to afford private schools. Flagship state universities also have a higher number of wealthy students, because frankly, the poorer kids need to save as much money as possible, live at home, etc. Having said that, there are snobs everywhere, and there lots of Southern hospitality, too. the bigger the school, the more people to meet, the more diluted the snobs ;). It is different in the South, and even though the people you meet may come from a similar background to you in some ways, in others it will be very different - and you may not like all the differences, either. We are generally, reeeaalllyy polite - which is different than non-materialistic.
Some schools to look at - Clemson, College of Charleston, Emory, Vandy, UNC-Asheville, Elon, Davidson, Mercer, Oglethorpe, UGA, UVa - wide variety there.</p>
<p>DANCINGBEAR - being a MA family too - I know the draw to go go south - our own experience led us to NC for a great variety of good schools - and nice folks as well. And depending on what part of the state you are in - one can be somewhat close to beaches or mountains - or anywhere in between. Lots of good choices - depending on what you are specifically looking for - haha - including snowboarding !!! haha</p>
<p>UNC is not the school for you. The students are generally preppy and can be snobbish. The top of each graduating high school class is generally populated by what some would call "snobbish". Well in NC, the top students of each graduating class go to UNC. So you do the math.</p>
<p>Dont' come to Florida. The people here are unreal. I don't really consider Florida to be Southern, yes, geographically it is, but it doens't have the hospitalitiy that you get in places like Tennessee or North Carolina.</p>
<p>Yea.. Florida is not apart of the "Southern" culture (for the most part, unless you are in the north-western cities). It just happens to be in the South.</p>
<p>I live in Pennsylvania, but I will be going to a small city-ish area in South Carolina. Winthrop University in their honors college. I visited other areas in South Carolina during my college search, and found it so beautiful to me. Plus, the people I met there were really nice to us.</p>
<p>thanks for all the help. i am looking at clemson university in SC. i have heard nothing but good things about this college, and i think i would be able to get into it rather easily.</p>
<p>Clemson was where I visited in the past summer, and I had applied there as well. Sadly though, I was deferred, so I decided that Winthrop would be my next best choice as it was giving me a grant as well as the honors college. </p>
<p>If you are really interested in Clemson, I suggest visiting there in the late spring. They give really nice tours with friendly student guides, and take you all over the campus.</p>
<p>Clemson is great. Our daughter was accepted (also from a small town in Massachusetts) and I think that's where she will go. There seem to be quite a lot of kids from the northeast there.</p>