Why is there so much hate for the south here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t hate it, my family is in the south. But I’m wise to it. The school segregation, the residential segregation, the racism, the ignorance.
Of course it’s not all like that, there are pockets here and there.
I couldn’t live there.
And the mosquitoes are horrible.

This sounds a lot like Montgomery County to be honest. Just because there are some Asians who've worked their way into the white schools/neighborhoods doesn't mean there's not a lot of segregation and racism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing it gets the racism and the the stain that can never be washed off from the Jim Crow era, but I don’t know.

Maybe it’s the bombing of all successful black neighborhoods, or turning them into lakes or using eminent domain to run the roads right through their communities.

I don't get the people saying the south is racist. Most African Americans in the us, well the majority of them live in the south. They would not continue to live somewhere they felt treated badly. It just doesn't make sense. How is the south racist?

Oh, hon

[Anonymous]

I refuse to live in states with laws hostile to women’s reproductive rights or hostile to LGBTQ+ individuals.

[Anonymous]

A lot of it is political, both regarding historical politics and the present day. A little of it is classism, because the South is cheaper. However I doubt many of these South-haters would turn down an amazing job opportunity in Atlanta. And I’m not sure rural Georgia is any worse than say rural Pennsylvania.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spend any amount of time on here and there are so many nasty comments made about the south that I just don't understand. And while I've never lived in the south I have spent quite a bit of time in GA, SC, NC and FL. and have found people to be nice and welcoming. Nicer than here for sure. So I don't get the near constant comments on different threads about it. Seems to me in fact a lot of people head south to retire for an slower pace life and for warm weather. What gives?

I'm sorry what do you not understand about red states right now?

What do you not understand about Gov Abbott and Paxton in Texas or DeSantis in Florida and the horrifying laws they are changing.

Same in Tennessee, Alabama, MO, Mississippi,

You want women to lose all their rights.
Religion taught in public school which religion might that be CHURCH OF SATAN??? It ain't gonna be Catholic!

What do you not understand about how red states are ok with girls being raped by old white christian men????? Not like Epstein files did not drop today.....

The cost of living in these states is climbing like crazy their economies are tanking no jobs etc. and you are asking this ?

How stupid are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is political, both regarding historical politics and the present day. A little of it is classism, because the South is cheaper. However I doubt many of these South-haters would turn down an amazing job opportunity in Atlanta. And I’m not sure rural Georgia is any worse than say rural Pennsylvania.

For one Red state are no longer cheaper.

Two their economies are held up by Blue states.

It is past time for Blue states to stop sending funds for red states.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz they're all a bunch of racist, redneck dipshits.

You are quite ignorant, but maybe that's what you need to believe to feel better about living in a declining part of the country.

It’s RED hot.

This.

[Anonymous]

Mid 40s guy here who grew up in NoVa and since moved to a different region of the country. Got into UVa/VT/GT for college. Went to my visit at GT and despite it being an amazing school, could never see myself living there. This was in the early 2000s and it's not much better now.

If a young naive 18 year old can see something isn't quite right, not sure why you can blame others pointing out some big issues.

I'm sure there are incredible people all over the south, but it definitely wasn't for me coming from NoVa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz they're all a bunch of racist, redneck dipshits.

You are quite ignorant, but maybe that's what you need to believe to feel better about living in a declining part of the country.

It’s RED hot.

This.

But that's an electoral map, so it reflects the margins in every state. Most of the states that went for Trump had areas that supported Harris, and vice versa.

To me, it just promotes division to hate on an entire region. I've never lived in what most would consider the south (just NY, NJ, DC, MD, and NoVa), but I have relatives in areas that are indisputably the south. Some are MAGA, and just as many are true-blue progressives who walk the walk far more than most in the DC area.

There's enough intolerance floating around already. It's a shame that people stretch to be tribal about regions when they don't need to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cuz they're all a bunch of racist, redneck dipshits.

+1

And a lot of it is hot & swampy. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz they're all a bunch of racist, redneck dipshits.

+1

And a lot of it is hot & swampy. Yuck.

And Buffalo and Syracuse are frigid has-been cities, so there's that.

[Anonymous]

There’s just a lot of hate in general on this site.

[Anonymous]

Its a trashy place

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz they're all a bunch of racist, redneck dipshits.

You are quite ignorant, but maybe that's what you need to believe to feel better about living in a declining part of the country.

It’s RED hot.

Land doesn't vote. People do.

[Anonymous]

They’re all either racist or uncultured or poor. It’s hard out there.