Anytime I mention that I have been living in NC for 5 years and just moved to MN, I get "smuggy" responses. It might be just my experience, but it is overwhelming.

5/18/2006 4:50:01 AM

5/18/2006 5:41:02 AM

in short? yeah. They buy all that shit every standup comedian ever has used since 1955.

I'd say that the negative feelings would be mutually reciprocated, but we're so fucking saturated with northerners now and know they're just people like the rest of us.

A great portion of them have been here before and are literally pissed off because the weather is nicer here, we actually have more teeth per-capita, and our women are hotter

(ALTHOUGH, there's something to be said of a cute little jersey skank with a purple scrunchie in her hair and dark circles around her eyes from a vitamin deficiency )

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 6:23 AM. Reason : <3 skanks <3]

5/18/2006 6:22:22 AM

1. You are not a Southerner.

2. They just don't like you.

5/18/2006 6:22:25 AM

^1. true

also, think about the images of North Carolina usually on television (outside of American Idol)...usually some toothless wonder

plus, yankees and non-southerners just tend to be generally less friendly

5/18/2006 8:03:18 AM

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"A great portion of them have been here before and are literally pissed off because the weather is nicer here, we actually have more teeth per-capita, and our women are hotter "

i like to make things up too.

5/18/2006 8:04:21 AM

my friend that has recently moved to boston said it's not that they don't like southerners, but it seems that when she says she's from NC they automatically picture Mayberry in their head. and they're surprised she doesn't have a really strong country twang.

5/18/2006 8:41:42 AM

I'd say that the number of people in the north who hate southern people is probably about equal to the southern people with the bumper stickers and other paraphernalia bearing "Yankees Go Home" set on the background of a confederate flag.

5/18/2006 8:55:50 AM

i lived there over half my life. they dont hate you, they just like to poke fun.

5/18/2006 9:15:58 AM

They probably didn't know the south had indian folk. But I get the same response sometimes down here being from NJ.

5/18/2006 9:26:37 AM

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"they dont hate you, they just like to poke fun. "

agreed....in fact, in my experiences, southern folks are the ones that really press the issue....a lot of northerners just dont care.

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 9:30 AM. Reason : df]

5/18/2006 9:28:42 AM

when you tell them you lived in nc and they see you're an indian

they may be thinking feather not red dot

5/18/2006 9:29:25 AM

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"i lived there over almost half my life. they dont hate you, they just like to poke fun."

just like a lotta people from the south

5/18/2006 9:30:29 AM

yeah that's why whenever anyone asks me what nationality I am, i always throw out the "dots not feathers" addendum.

5/18/2006 9:30:32 AM

^^ actually thats more true nowadays for me as well. ive gotten old...just not as old as half you fuckers.

5/18/2006 9:32:44 AM

^^racist

5/18/2006 9:32:55 AM

racist?

me?

naw man, I ain't into that "NASCAR"

5/18/2006 9:34:08 AM

too busy with terrorism. HIS SKIN IS DARKER THAN MINE....RETREAT!!!!

5/18/2006 9:36:10 AM

i've been told that as long as i don't act like a yokel when i'm in the north, people will find my southern nature charming

not quite a novelty, but definitely a benefit

5/18/2006 10:22:41 AM

it just makes me laugh with all the hockey shit going on, buffalo ppl are talking all kinds of shit, when half of raleigh's population is from buffalo.

if its so bad, why do you keep moving here?

5/18/2006 10:24:36 AM

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"1. You are not a Southerner."

5/18/2006 10:26:15 AM

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"if its so bad, why do you keep moving here?"

god that line is annoying.
ummm... i don't know, because it's fucking gay to stay in one little place your whole life. you suck at life.

5/18/2006 10:52:50 AM

well its pretty fucking gay to move to a place you constantly rag on.

did i hit a nerve or what?

5/18/2006 10:54:36 AM

why would staying in one place your whole life be gay?

its not like you cant fucking travel

what a tool

5/18/2006 10:57:08 AM

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"because it's fucking gay to stay in one little place your whole life. you suck at life. "

so success in life is now based upon the number of different places you have lived? what a lame argument.

5/18/2006 10:59:02 AM

Actually, in part, yes it is.

5/18/2006 11:01:30 AM

honestly people in the north dont care as much

southerners voice their opinions about northerners much more than northerners do.

5/18/2006 11:05:43 AM

^^ actually in no part, it is

5/18/2006 11:07:26 AM

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"You are not a Southerner."

I know, dudes and dudettes.

I didn't say that northerners don't like me...read the thread again...I just said that they don't like NC/South being mentioned.

Way to be stupid.

5/18/2006 11:38:46 AM

being born up north and having these pre-conceptions myself, i really do know what i'm talking about
i wish i was making it up

5/18/2006 11:50:19 AM

All I'm saying is that I think it's good to move around and experience different areas and people. I don't "rag" on the South, I like it here. I also like the North. Haven't lived in the west, but might try that too. I don't see why interacting with people who aren't from the south is such a big deal for you. OMFG the yankees are coming.

5/18/2006 11:58:30 AM

oh i dont mind people coming here, I like meeting different types.

but to say just because you live in one place your whole life somehow makes you inherently less successful in life is absurd.

being resistant to meeting new people, learning how things are done outside of where you live, etc is a different story though.

I wouldnt mind giving the west coast a try, but i think i would miss this area too much.

5/18/2006 12:08:04 PM

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"I don't see why interacting with people who aren't from the south is such a big deal for you."

no one said it is. i was trying to point out the irony of buffalo residents making fun of north carolinians.

5/18/2006 12:12:58 PM

plenty of people from NYC dont realize theres anything in the world outside of NYC, except for maybe Jersey City

5/18/2006 12:15:12 PM

^yeah

it's more of a Urban vs "other" mindset really.

and it's so fucking cold up there that everyone huddles together when they find another human, so it's GOING to be more urban

5/18/2006 12:17:13 PM

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"makes you inherently less successful in life is absurd."

I didn't say anything about success. And I didn't mean to infer that either. I just meant that how do you know where you live is the best, if you never live anywhere else....

5/18/2006 12:20:38 PM

for me, moving down here was like.....

ok you know how when you see anything about the aborigonees, they're all in skimpy ass thongs made of koala bellies and can have to survive on roots and shit?
Imagine going to Australia and finding out they're WAY more "advanced" than that. Like Capusle corp, flying cars and regular old Jetsons shit

5/18/2006 12:26:33 PM

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"Grapehead: if its so bad, why do you keep moving here?"

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"SymeGuy69: god that line is annoying. ummm... i don't know, because it's fucking gay to stay in one little place your whole life. you suck at life."

SymeGuy69, don't be all defensive. You defended the people who talk trash about the South and then move here. How the fuck did you expect us to react?

5/18/2006 12:30:32 PM

I live in "the north" for 9 years and no one cared even a fraction as much as you southerners do

5/18/2006 12:33:25 PM

no one

5/18/2006 12:34:14 PM

sweet lord, people that was not the intent of my post.

i was making fun of the buffalo people who make fun of us then move here

5/18/2006 12:43:14 PM

I wasn't defending anyone, Bridget. I don't even watch hockey so I don't know what that was all about. I was commenting only on the comment about why did you move here cause i'm so tired of hearing it, that's all. It ticks me off.

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 12:44 PM. Reason : hocket]

5/18/2006 12:44:15 PM

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"I live in "the north" for 9 years and no one cared even a fraction as much as you southerners do "

bingo.

5/18/2006 12:45:38 PM

^^ are you retarded ?


and unless you're a total douche bag. most people find southern "charm" somewhat endearing.

5/18/2006 12:48:26 PM

^how am i retarded now?

5/18/2006 12:50:31 PM

duh, you live in the south. you now also like nascar and chew tobacco.

5/18/2006 12:53:54 PM

http://www.wicasta.com/rants/rant19990213.html

5/18/2006 12:54:43 PM

do people really think the weather in NC is better than up North?

it's all the fucking same along the east coast except for maybe Maine and Florida

cold, shitty winters and muggy, hot summers

it's all the same, so quit making yourself look stupid

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 1:44 PM. Reason : asdf]

5/18/2006 1:41:46 PM

I bet a lot of people in taxachussetts would currently agree that the weather is better down here.

unless they just really like commuting with a canoe...

5/18/2006 1:47:16 PM

when i was in boston, i was informed of the slight southern accent that i didn't realize i even had. also, i got a bit more attention from the ladies. i think that is because i'm different from what they're used to being around. it's the same way american women go crazy over european men.

^ you're the one who's making yourself look stupid. our winters are shorter and less cold than northern winters. it also doesn't snow much down here. we have a warmer average temperature year round. the air is much cleaner. seriously, we have much better weather in nc than some places up north. these are undeniable fact, not opinions. look at the weather almanacs.

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 1:52 PM. Reason : ]

5/18/2006 1:49:02 PM