You know what I worry about most in a place to live? Inclusiveness! Hahahahahahahaha

Quality of life is just better in the south. That's why people are moving here.

#12 | Posted by THEBULL

People are moving to the south because reaganomics has failed and they're out of money and out of options.

The south is the trailer park of america. No one wants to live in 95 degree weather with 95 percent humidity and mosquitos the size of birds.

My daughter lives in the Uptown part of Dallas. Very hip, young professional enclave. Very close to the SMU campus, Highland Park, etc. All her friends are from other parts of the South or a recent grad taking on their first real job, like her.

#16 | Posted by eberly

Yeah that's because the less ------ people in the south move to the urban meccas in the south to escape the southern experience as much as possible. If they could afford to move to coastal CA and had friends and contacts there, no intelligent person would choose the south.

18. A usually reliable poster being irrational.

Have you ever lived in the South?

Do you think friends and contacts anywhere make it easier to live somewhere, especially when they are among the wealthiest people on earth who can afford every luxury?

And have it all wiped away in a mudslide overnight? No thanks.

And sure, I'd love to move to Uruguay. Or Amsterdam. Or maybe even back near the NC mountains.

But choice in life sometimes is limited by circumstances way beyond one's control.

#20 | Posted by Dbt2

I grew up in the south. That's how I know it sucks.

And yes, friends and contacts are everything. It prevents a ton of people from leaving the shitty place they were born and moving to a better place where they wouldnt know anyone. That's why my brother is still there. Also he's a freak who enjoys humidity.

Ironically, it was the NC mountains that were recently wiped away in a hurricane, not the CA coast.