gus64
Greenlighter
I don't see much of the hostility from southerners. If anything southerns are more respectful and tolerant. I say this as a person raised on the gulf coast of Florida. Obviously different parts are of the south have a different character.
That being said, the Southerns I know and love only have a problem with New Yorkers and here's why: There seems to be an exodus of NYers to Florida in general. While this is not new, cities like Tampa and Orlando (and I imagine Atlanta, Birmingham, Mobile) have been unable to cope with the population influx. Environmental concerns like traffic and pollution become difficult to deal with.
20 years ago as a child, I used to run around with my friends in the vast orange groves on the outskirts of town. Hide n go seek, stuffing my faces with ripe freshly picked oranges--these are some of my most precious memories and I would like my children to expernience these joys.....Fast forward 20 years and the groves are gone, replaced by Wal-Marts, jamba juices, pizza huts, gaudy suburban neighborhoods. Much of this build up is to accomodate new residents from the large cities in the midwest, north who no longer can deal with the winter and can no longer afford cities like NYC.
The problem as I see it is a destruction of the south's natural landscape and our collective growing up experiences as southerns. We are somewhat angry that we can never raise our children in the south in which we were raised. just my 2 cents
That being said, the Southerns I know and love only have a problem with New Yorkers and here's why: There seems to be an exodus of NYers to Florida in general. While this is not new, cities like Tampa and Orlando (and I imagine Atlanta, Birmingham, Mobile) have been unable to cope with the population influx. Environmental concerns like traffic and pollution become difficult to deal with.
20 years ago as a child, I used to run around with my friends in the vast orange groves on the outskirts of town. Hide n go seek, stuffing my faces with ripe freshly picked oranges--these are some of my most precious memories and I would like my children to expernience these joys.....Fast forward 20 years and the groves are gone, replaced by Wal-Marts, jamba juices, pizza huts, gaudy suburban neighborhoods. Much of this build up is to accomodate new residents from the large cities in the midwest, north who no longer can deal with the winter and can no longer afford cities like NYC.
The problem as I see it is a destruction of the south's natural landscape and our collective growing up experiences as southerns. We are somewhat angry that we can never raise our children in the south in which we were raised. just my 2 cents
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