Reasons to live in the South

[chickenzoo]

Southern People that you don't know wave at you as they pass by.
Southern People sit on their front porches and wave at people they do/don't know.
Southern People still are friendly
Southern People Smile more
Southern People tip their hats or nod as you pass by and say Morning etc...
Southern People are more likely to help you out if you are stranded or in trouble
Southern People enjoy telling stories and if you listen you'll probably learn something
Southern people know how to cook................ except me.

 

[eenie114]

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I think it's a rural thing, not a Southern thing. I wave at people I've never spoken to here in MO. Still not used to it, though.

 

[linben]

Okra! You can't forget the okra...and the peaches.

 

[oldchickenlady]

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You and emmalynn both put it sooo well! Except you forgot peas and corn bread! So, from a girl born in south Arkansas...

 

[nurseronda]

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What's snow?

 

[nurseronda]

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Coke. It's all Coke.

What kind of Coke would you like?

I'm from "Winsconsin" where all my family drinks pop (they warsh their clothes and when referring to more then one person it's "yous all"). I think it's the wierdest thing now. We drink soda here in Arizona.

 

[SLWyandotte]

hmmm where to start.

the food: GRITS!!!! sweet tea, fried foods, REAL cajun food. and Maw Maw's special whatever with the secret recipe. they all have at least one and i've never tasted a bad one.

eye candy: southern belles and farm boys. there is a flavor for everyone.

recreation: swimming at the creek, fishing, hunting and ............... taking the kids "snipe" hunting

the vehicles: where else can you see a jacked up 4x4 pickup so covered in mud you can't tell the color, a '69 charger in perfect condition, and a custom hotrod all in the same yard.

hmmm too many more to list but thats the high spots.

 

[Northwood Silkies]

We are in Michigan and hate it here. The winters are too long and cold and the people are backsideholes. Oh and we call it pop here too and not soda. My hubby and I want to move to the south.. Either Tennessee or the Carolina's... The only thing I can say about Michigan is that it's nice here in the summer with all the lakes around and the fall isn't bad either.
I have never lived in a different state and all my family lives here except my uncle which lives in Arizona.

We are ready for a change

 

[Q9]

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Thats the only drawback for me is the heat and humidity.We moved from Cali in '04 and we aint gonna move back! I have more friends here the first year that I had the whole 13 years in Cali!!

Words that are included in my vocabulary:

Writ - I writ an email.
Y'all
Youins
Youngins
Here-tell
Step on in
Y'all welcome
do tell
werent not
soda
I seen ya

I love living in SC. The first State to Succeed from the Union,the first state to raise the confederate flag,the state that made the confederate constitution.Rebels,rebles,rebels. Im a rebel..Im at home.

Love the pace.

Me---What is this?
Stranger at a restaurant next to me ---Its Grits.Where you from Son?

X2

Two words: Stonewall Jackson. When you said that about SC, I could just about smell the sea salt 'round good ol' Fort Sumter - with a faint hint of gunpowder.

CSA all the way.

Oh, and I love grits. Grits are a very good thing. And sweet tea. If we ever go a couple of days without having sweet tea available, I start to panic.

The food... I have lived in the South my whole life, and I somehow remain amazed with the food.

Charleston. If there is only one thing to love about the South, I gotta say, it's Charleston. I've been to a decent number of notable and semi-notable cities in my life thus far - New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Myrtle Beach all come to mind immediately - and Charleston wins, out and away (Okay, so DC wasn't that much of a challenge.

And I was only in New York for a really short time.). Slow paced, historical, the smell of all kinds of delicious food constantly in the air, mingled with the sea salt, and the architecture is gorgeous. OH, and it's dripping with Southern hospitality.

I also really like Calabash - right on the NC/SC border at the coast. Beautiful, quiet little fishing town.

 

[BrattishTaz]

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I do say soda but that drives people nuts here too. Most just say Coke for any type of cola. Sprite and 7up are asked for by name.