It's Just the South

 

I have always been a southern boy, born and bred and spent my working career down here as well.  Not much money to be made when working in the south but the location offers other advantages, such as:

• low cost of living
• low cost of housing
• less traffic-congestion
• less smog-farmland
• recreational parks and lakes
• less crime and violence

The home that I purchased here for $200K would cost me twice that up north or even in certain places in Georgia or North Carolina and Florida.

But, it is the rural south...  suburbia...  not farms or farmland that is the ideal place to live.  Large lots with enough space to plant a row of fence trees for privacy.  Close enough to be neighbors but far enough away to where one cannot hear their voices.

We have crime in the south but only in large cities and I suppose that is the same for all states to a certain degree, but crime seems to be more prevalent up north than in the south.

I remember visiting NYC back in the 70s, left the bus station that brought me to town from the airport, and asked a passer by the time, his response (never forgotten) was:  What the fuck do l look like a clock!?"

Politeness is what the south has over the north or what some call SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.  It is true, but that too is changing as more and more northerners move down here to escape crime and high taxes.