Living in the South

 All of my life (so far), I have lived in the south, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, with a majority of that life in Tennessee, specifically East Tennessee.

It is said by the experts and professionals, who know more than me, that students get a better high school education in northern schools or private schools rather than schools in the south.

While those school might have the financial resources to hire more qualified teachers so that those teachers can help the mediocre students...  whereas those students who are not mediocre will do fine or even better than fine with less qualified teachers.

That aside, the south is simply a much better place to live because of the following:

• cheaper cost of living
• less crowded - less traffic
• Less pollution
• Less crime
• better annual climate
• friendlier people
• slower life style

The only other issue that might be of concern and that is healthcare/medical facilities.  For instance, in North Carolina there is Duke Medical, in Tennessee there is Vanderbilt and those other healthcare facilities have access to the latest trends and discoveries.

My healthcare, University of TN Medical Center, followed the advice of MD Anderson Healthcare, a leading cancer hospital, on treating my Melanoma with radiation and immunotherapy simultaneously and it worked.

I will stay in the south until I am no longer alive and have no desire to even visit a northern state.