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Why the US South Sucks...and Minnesota and New Hampshire Rock!

Nice Squirrel

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Looking for a healthier lifestyle? You might want to move to Hawaii. More educated people? You should probably try Montana, Vermont, or Minnesota. Better job prospects? North Dakota. And if you want the best quality of living, pound for pound, the best place to live is New Hampshire.

But if you're trying to avoid places where all of the above are (well) below average, you'll want to stay clear of the South.
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But the problem is that if you show this type of report to people in the South, instead of using it as constructive criticism and a basis to try and improve the quality of life in their communities, they just get mad at you for bringing it up and try to punch you. Sure, that's not a huge issue since you can just jog away for half a block before and they stop chasing you because they're out of breath due to their obesity, but it's still a poor reaction on their part. Likely that's due to the lower quality of education in the area.
 
The South is a popular retirement location because of the low prices and warm weather. Basically, the South is America's Mexico. I wonder what that chart would look like if it counted florida separately, and separated migrants by age?
 
Tom Sawyer said:
But the problem is that if you show this type of report to people in the South, instead of using it as constructive criticism and a basis to try and improve the quality of life in their communities, they just get mad at you for bringing it up and try to punch you. Sure, that's not a huge issue since you can just jog away for half a block before and they stop chasing you because they're out of breath due to their obesity, but it's still a poor reaction on their part. Likely that's due to the lower quality of education in the area.
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Shit you live in Canada. You people cluster as close to our border as you can. Meanwhile on our side of the border no one lives there. And if they get there by some accident they eventually migrate to the south.
 
NH is awesome because it is my birthplace.
 
dismal said:
Tom Sawyer said:
But the problem is that if you show this type of report to people in the South, instead of using it as constructive criticism and a basis to try and improve the quality of life in their communities, they just get mad at you for bringing it up and try to punch you. Sure, that's not a huge issue since you can just jog away for half a block before and they stop chasing you because they're out of breath due to their obesity, but it's still a poor reaction on their part. Likely that's due to the lower quality of education in the area.
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Shit you live in Canada. You people cluster as close to our border as you can. Meanwhile on our side of the border no one lives there. And if they get there by some accident they eventually migrate to the south.
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Nobody lives on the other side of my border: https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...2!3m1!1s0x52a781f309ad47fb:0x1cd5105fb2ff8598
 
dismal said:
Tom Sawyer said:
But the problem is that if you show this type of report to people in the South, instead of using it as constructive criticism and a basis to try and improve the quality of life in their communities, they just get mad at you for bringing it up and try to punch you. Sure, that's not a huge issue since you can just jog away for half a block before and they stop chasing you because they're out of breath due to their obesity, but it's still a poor reaction on their part. Likely that's due to the lower quality of education in the area.
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Shit you live in Canada. You people cluster as close to our border as you can. Meanwhile on our side of the border no one lives there. And if they get there by some accident they eventually migrate to the south.
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That's because we don't like living in tundra. It's a cultural choice in the same way that making out with your sister before heading over to the Waffle House for breakfast with your shotgun in case any of dem der terrists show up is for Southerners.
 
Sarpedon said:
The South is a popular retirement location because of the low prices and warm weather. Basically, the South is America's Mexico. I wonder what that chart would look like if it counted florida separately, and separated migrants by age?
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I think you may have missed the last 30 or 40 years.

The net migration to the south is pretty persistent across age groups and states.

http://www.newgeography.com/content...tes-population-heading-long-term-deceleration

http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/?level=nation&mode=map&state=0&submeasure=257
 
Nice Squirrel said:
dismal said:
Shit you live in Canada. You people cluster as close to our border as you can. Meanwhile on our side of the border no one lives there. And if they get there by some accident they eventually migrate to the south.
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Nobody lives on the other side of my border: https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...2!3m1!1s0x52bb25e54d521789:0x89f111429ff52320
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To be fair, that is only the case since you started teaching yourself to play the saxophone and they all left. While we appreciate your desire to try new things and encourage you in your hobbies ... you're just not very good, dude. It sounds bad.
 
Tom Sawyer said:
dismal said:
Shit you live in Canada. You people cluster as close to our border as you can. Meanwhile on our side of the border no one lives there. And if they get there by some accident they eventually migrate to the south.
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That's because we don't like living in tundra. It's a cultural choice in the same way that making out with your sister before heading over to the Waffle House for breakfast with your shotgun in case any of dem der terrists show up is for Southerners.
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"Tundra we don't like to live in" is what we call the land within 100 miles of the US-Canada border. You call it "home".
 
Tom Sawyer said:
Nice Squirrel said:
Nobody lives on the other side of my border: https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...2!3m1!1s0x52bb25e54d521789:0x89f111429ff52320
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To be fair, that is only the case since you started teaching yourself to play the saxophone and they all left. While we appreciate your desire to try new things and encourage you in your hobbies ... you're just not very good, dude. It sounds bad.
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Nah. Northwest Ontario just can't control it's mosquitoes.
 
dismal said:
Tom Sawyer said:
That's because we don't like living in tundra. It's a cultural choice in the same way that making out with your sister before heading over to the Waffle House for breakfast with your shotgun in case any of dem der terrists show up is for Southerners.
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"Tundra we don't like to live in" is what we call the land within 100 miles of the US-Canada border. You call it "home".
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Awww ... did someone get a boo-boo on his hand and have to sell his house to pay for it and is now lashing out?
 
It's not like the South has made any cultural or intellectual contributions to American society, past or present.

Nothing but hillbillies and reality TV.

Not like every form of American music has roots in the South, not like some of our greatest playwrights, novelists, essayists and poets come from the South, not like the South has sent disproportionate number of young men to fight and die for this country in its wars, police actions, and whatever the hell we call what we are doing now.

Southerners don't get mad just because people call us out on our bullshit. We also get mad because the people doing the calling evidently have no mirrors in their own houses.
 
dismal said:
Sarpedon said:
The South is a popular retirement location because of the low prices and warm weather. Basically, the South is America's Mexico. I wonder what that chart would look like if it counted florida separately, and separated migrants by age?
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I think you may have missed the last 30 or 40 years.

The net migration to the south is pretty persistent across age groups and states.

http://www.newgeography.com/content...tes-population-heading-long-term-deceleration

http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/?level=nation&mode=map&state=0&submeasure=257
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Explained in large part due to lower land/housing prices. The NE and the West Coast are getting too crowded and don't have very good land use policies conducive to affordable housing. The south has lower worker productivity as evidenced by their lower wages for equivalent positions.
 
Axulus said:
dismal said:
I think you may have missed the last 30 or 40 years.

The net migration to the south is pretty persistent across age groups and states.

http://www.newgeography.com/content...tes-population-heading-long-term-deceleration

http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/?level=nation&mode=map&state=0&submeasure=257
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Explained in large part due to lower land/housing prices. The NE and the West Coast are getting too crowded and don't have very good land use policies conducive to affordable housing. The south has lower worker productivity as evidenced by their lower wages for equivalent positions.
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Lower wages is evidence of lower productivity?

lol

You're on a roll today! :clap:
 
AthenaAwakened said:
It's not like the South has made any cultural or intellectual contributions to American society, past or present.

Nothing but hillbillies and reality TV.

Not like every form of American music has roots in the South, not like some of our greatest playwrights, novelists, essayists and poets come from the South, not like the South has sent disproportionate number of young men to fight and die for this country in its wars, police actions, and whatever the hell we call what we are doing now.

Southerners don't get mad just because people call us out on our bullshit. We also get mad because the people doing the calling evidently have no mirrors in their own houses.
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to AthenaAwakened again.
 
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