Do you really think a northern or Michigan factory worker acts any differently? Do you also think someone working for an investment bank in Atlanta has a different life from a NYC investment banker? Your example is kind of strange. |
The example isn't strange, rather it is provided as a personal experience the poster had. There is no statement being made that northern or Michigan factory workers would act any differently. I would venture most people, whether in the north, south, mid-west, or anywhere else, do their jobs and then spend their time after work on hobbies with family and friends. It is only here on DCUM that an entire segment of the population is denigrated, considered gross, or worse, simply because they live in a different state. There are pros and cons to living in each area of the US or beyond. |
UF - it's a very welcoming environment, but still allow different voices to be heard - all done peacefully. |
They only do it here because it's anonymous and they can show their true feelings. If many of these people acted like this in real life outside of their bubble, they would be shunned. |
You are ignorant of what goes on at these schools. Academics are also a priority. Just keep telling yourself whatever you want. There is a brain drain to southern schools for lots of different reasons. Fact. |
I'm the southern factory example poster. My point was exactly that - if you strip away pre-conceived notions of how people are based on geography, you will find that most are fairly similar. But here on DCUM, there are all sorts of presumptions about the South and southerners in general. (Like the poster above, saying that students are vapid bc they chose a school based on weather.) |
Agree... The irony is they are exactly like what they purport to despise. The false sense of moral and intellectual superiority is narcissistic. They seem to be very dim and possess views that are complete codswallop. |
Except PP listed people that work a type of job. You agreed that people that work the same job all over the country likely act similar to one another. So, the person that works the same job in the North is also not part of the "northern rat race". |
OMG. 2 Jewish senators joined the Confederacy! So therefore it is historically inaccurate that more Jewish people live in the North than the South. Because of 2 people. Do you hear yourself? Tulane is not Jewish because of 2 senators either. Tulane has a large Jewish population now because it was the first southern university to admit Jews. |
How is it a Fact? Unless colleges in the North are closing down or not able to fill their classes...or colleges in the South are doubling in student population to absorb new demand...how is there any brain drain anywhere? Clemson had 18,045 undergrads in 2015 and has 22,566 today Pitt had 17,694 undergrads in 2015 and has 19,928 today Penn State University Park had 31,452 undergrads in 2017 and has 46,000 today UF had 33,720 undergrads in 2015 and has 35,000 today They may get more applications, but the actual students continue to follow the same general patterns. |
DP. I strongly agree with the bolded, but I'm not sure why you think this is a solely DCUM thing. I'm a Southerner who moved North and the assumptions people back home make about me, my life, and my morals because of where I live are every bit as strong as assumptions about the South on DCUM. |
To deny it is much more pronounced going North to South is sticking one's head in the sand. Much of the negativity displayed by Southerner's is a direct result of the constant barrage of insults and stereotyping seen on this site and exhibited by the mainstream media and politicians. Honestly people in the North spend much more time complaining about the deplorables in the South then Southerner's do. If people you know look at you that way, you most likely exude a persona of superiority and elitism and deserve it. They make movies about this sort of thing for a reason. |
I have a lifetime of experience living both North and South to draw on and I disagree. Beyond that, I don't see much point in debating the finger points of negativity with someone who decided to jump to personal insults the moment someone disagreed with them. |
Why would this be? People in the NE have been moving south in droves for years. |
Fragile and soft. |