Tips for Southerners Moving to the North

[smiley21]

i was born in the North, but i grew up in the South. and i plan to move up North after i graduate. i may take some of these tips to heart

[thetalady]

Originally posted by preciousjeni
ADVICE TO SOUTHERNERS MOVING NORTH

To whom I ask the eternal question......


WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO??

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by thetalady
To whom I ask the eternal question......


WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO??

Move to Manhattan and you'll be asking that question in the other direction (and I lived in the South for 8 years.)

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by thetalady
To whom I ask the eternal question......


WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO??

Most of the Southern transplants whom I know relocated to New York for career and educational opportunities.

One needed a change. He said that he grew up near a swamp in Texas near Arkansas and almost never wore shoes as a boy. He might have been kidding, but I'm not sure. He has been here for about a dozen years.

Another man moved to NY from Mississippi because he fell in love with a New Yorker. He said that a Southern gentleman will do anything to keep a woman he loves happy. I think that this was the best reason.

[tunatartare]

Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
Another man moved to NY from Mississippi because he fell in love with a New Yorker. He said that a Southern gentleman will do anything to keep a woman he loves happy. I think that this was the best reason.

I need to go to the South to find a boy...

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by thetalady
To whom I ask the eternal question......


WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO??

...because I wanted a good education.
...because I wanted a place with a lot more cultural opportunities than my hometown.
...because I wanted to live in a place where I could experience all four seasons.

Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
A TEXAN MOVES NORTH

January 10th: It's 5:00 p.m. It's starting to snow. The first of the season and the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered rums and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful!

January 11th: We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years and loved it. I did both the driveway and sidewalk. Later, a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.

January 12th: It snowed an additional five inches last night and the temperature has dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled the driveway again. Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and pulled his trick again. Now, much of the snow is brownish-gray.

January 13th: It warmed up enough during the day to create some slush that soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. Paid $145 to a chiropractor, but nothing broken. More snow and ice expected.

January 14th: Still cold as hell. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4 x 4 in order to get her to work. Slid into a guard rail anyway and did a considerable amount of damage to the right rear quarter panel. Had another eight inches of the white shit last night. Both vehicles are covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in store for me. That goddamn snowplow came by twice today!

January 15th: It's two fucking degrees outside. More fucking snow. Not a tree or shrub on our property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a kerosene heater, which tipped over and nearly burned the fucking house down. I managed to put the flames out, but suffered second-degree burns on my hands and I lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows. The car slid off the road on the way to the hospital and was totaled.

January 16th: Goddamn motherfuckin' white shit keeps coming down! Have to put on all the clothes we own just to get to the fuckin' mailbox. If I ever catch that son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow, I'm gonna chew open his chest and rip his heart out! I think he hides around the corner and waits till I shovel our driveway again. Power is still off. Toilet froze and part of the roof has started to cave in..

January 17th: Six more more fuckin' inches of fuckin' snow and fuckin' sleet and fuckin' ice and no telling what other kind of white fuckin' shit fell last night! I wounded the fuckin' snowplow asshole with an ice ax, but he got away. Wife left me. Car won't start. I think I'm going snowblind. I can't feel my fuckin' toes. Haven't seen the sun in weeks. More white shit is predicted. Wind chill is 22 degrees below zero. Aw, fuckit, I'm movin' my ass back to Texas!!!

Chuck, have you been reading my emails or something?

Honestly, that's EXACTLY what i was saying a year ago at this time. And i echo thetalady's sentiments.

My advice to Southerner's moving North? DON'T! Unless you have to. Although, i do enjoy bein the novelty around here, bein called Tex and havin all the girls love my accent

KS 361

[dzsaigirl]

That pretty much sums up my short two years living in the armpit of the United States.

Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
A TEXAN MOVES NORTH

January 10th: It's 5:00 p.m. It's starting to snow. The first of the season and the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered rums and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful!

January 11th: We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years and loved it. I did both the driveway and sidewalk. Later, a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.

January 12th: It snowed an additional five inches last night and the temperature has dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled the driveway again. Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and pulled his trick again. Now, much of the snow is brownish-gray.

January 13th: It warmed up enough during the day to create some slush that soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. Paid $145 to a chiropractor, but nothing broken. More snow and ice expected.

January 14th: Still cold as hell. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4 x 4 in order to get her to work. Slid into a guard rail anyway and did a considerable amount of damage to the right rear quarter panel. Had another eight inches of the white shit last night. Both vehicles are covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in store for me. That goddamn snowplow came by twice today!

January 15th: It's two fucking degrees outside. More fucking snow. Not a tree or shrub on our property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a kerosene heater, which tipped over and nearly burned the fucking house down. I managed to put the flames out, but suffered second-degree burns on my hands and I lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows. The car slid off the road on the way to the hospital and was totaled.

January 16th: Goddamn motherfuckin' white shit keeps coming down! Have to put on all the clothes we own just to get to the fuckin' mailbox. If I ever catch that son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow, I'm gonna chew open his chest and rip his heart out! I think he hides around the corner and waits till I shovel our driveway again. Power is still off. Toilet froze and part of the roof has started to cave in..

January 17th: Six more more fuckin' inches of fuckin' snow and fuckin' sleet and fuckin' ice and no telling what other kind of white fuckin' shit fell last night! I wounded the fuckin' snowplow asshole with an ice ax, but he got away. Wife left me. Car won't start. I think I'm going snowblind. I can't feel my fuckin' toes. Haven't seen the sun in weeks. More white shit is predicted. Wind chill is 22 degrees below zero. Aw, fuckit, I'm movin' my ass back to Texas!!!

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
...because I wanted a good education.
...because I wanted a place with a lot more cultural opportunities than my hometown.
...because I wanted to live in a place where I could experience all four seasons.

LOL! Actually, the only state that I've found to have four true seasons is Virginia - which is southern. Higher than that, you have a long winter and a little summer with the other two seasons tossed in as seasoning. Then, lower than that, you have eternal summer with a short mild winter and...hmmm...are there other seasons??

[Optimist Prime]

Falls are Short and winters long here, in VA. We ususally get fall for a week, then an Indian summer then a nother week or two of fall and then winter and its cold until April.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by preciousjeni
LOL! Actually, the only state that I've found to have four true seasons is Virginia - which is southern. Higher than that, you have a long winter and a little summer with the other two seasons tossed in as seasoning. Then, lower than that, you have eternal summer with a short mild winter and...hmmm...are there other seasons??

Cosign.

In a perfect world, everyone would get to live in NYC for a year, in DC for a year, and maybe one more city of one's choice for a year. But when it comes to putting down roots, well, you can't beat (the better areas of) the South!

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
Falls are Short and winters long here, in VA. We ususally get fall for a week, then an Indian summer then a nother week or two of fall and then winter and its cold until April.

I didn't say it was perfect! I do like VA though.

P.S. For people (like me) who identify themselves as Native American/First Nations, using the term "Indian summer" might not be perceived as positive because of some of the negative connotations of the term (i.e. summer sneaking up on you, idiot's summer, etc.) It might be best to stay away from "ethnic" references.

[kk_bama]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Remember your three "R's"

Readin'
Ritein'
and Route 75 (I-75)

BTW, I would say that most of the "rules" above relate more to the Northeast than the North.

I-75 is only a few miles from my house in GEORGIA.

Also, is this thread directed at ME? Because I promise I'm not THAT Southern. I just don't know snow.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by preciousjeni
LOL! Actually, the only state that I've found to have four true seasons is Virginia - which is southern. Higher than that, you have a long winter and a little summer with the other two seasons tossed in as seasoning. Then, lower than that, you have eternal summer with a short mild winter and...hmmm...are there other seasons??

Summers in RI, and summers in NYC now, aren't the easiest things to deal with. I can tell the difference between December, April, July, and September--if those aren't seasons, then I don't know what is.

But seriously? The winters aren't that bad. When I moved to RI to start school, all of the people I knew at home were SCARED for me. It's not that hard--just wear a coat and you'll be fine.

[sigmagrrl]

The main reason I won't live any further South than I do (MD) is that I love autumn and winter. I hate, HATE heat and am not good in the summer...

Otherwise, the south is delightful!