Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of red states the south. DCUMers are saying their kids will NEVER attend a southern/red state. Hmm…interesting.

MD, DC, and VA are in the South.

DMV area is not South.
One thing though is they send their kids to actually South, UVA VT W&M

Yes it is. Dmv is very different from tri state or New England.

The south starts in York, Pa / Hagerstown md / Frederick md

You think Washington DC is South?
I don't think so.

DP. You must be new here/a transplant. Of course DC is considered the south - not "deep south," but mid-Atlantic south.

This forum has authority to decide that? Lol

I'm from "up north" and DC is definitely the South. As the prior pp said, not "deep south" but still south. It's south of Mason Dixon. Weather is more southern than northern. Some cultural things are very "southern" here too (food, wearing of seersucker suits in summer). And it was part of the confederacy. All southern.

Uh apparently you do not know that the Union controlled DC throughout the civil war. It was never part of the confederacy. Maryland also was south of the Mason-Dixon line but remained in the Union throughout the civil war, not part of the Confederacy. The parts of Virginia right outside DC were Union controlled for almost the entire war.

If you want "southern" food in the DC area you have to go looking for it. But you can find any kind of cuisine in this area so this is a dumb argument. Go to someone's house and they are not going to serve you pan-friend chicken and hush puppies FFS.

You might see a seersucker suit if you try really hard to find it but that's not common at all either.

Stop it with the dumb arguments. The DC area lost its southern-ness a long time ago.

Hey Jerk, it was controlled by the union, but surrounded by the confederacy (who came a breath's way from taking it over). I was using "DC" as in DC area, not DC proper, also. And I live near Manassas, with confederate markers and graves everywhere. Signs of the Confederacy. Descendants of confederate soldiers.

You most definitely do NOT need to search for southern food. And Seersucker is very common in the summer, seeing it with my own eyes. My southern raised Bro In Law wears it in the summer in DC.

I'm not sure why you're being such a defensive a-- about this. People have different opinions and to many people, esp. northerners, DC is southern. Very southern. Even my friends born and raised here consider themselves "southern." So, no, Mr./Ms. anonymous defensive person, I don't agree. Sorry, you're southern.

Hey jerk, The Civil war ended more than 150 years ago. Please try and keep up with CURRENT times and culture. I live near Manassas too. While there are graves and other battle markers, you have to actually approach them close (within a few feet) to see whether they are Confederate or Union (Yes! There are plenty of Union ones too!.) Hardly "signs of Confederacy" everywhere.

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I have probably said before, my family will not be considering certain states for college for our children because of their anti-LGBTQ+ laws and/or their regressive laws with regard to women and reproduction. These 2 issues go together a good percentage of the time.

Y'all make your own decisions, but these are important to our family. There are a couple schools we are sad about, but not enough to cross that line.

We do have schools in VA and NC on our list currently, but also NJ, PA, MA, RI and MI. There is even a possibility in IL.

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Anonymous wrote:I have probably said before, my family will not be considering certain states for college for our children because of their anti-LGBTQ+ laws and/or their regressive laws with regard to women and reproduction. These 2 issues go together a good percentage of the time.

Y'all make your own decisions, but these are important to our family. There are a couple schools we are sad about, but not enough to cross that line.

We do have schools in VA and NC on our list currently, but also NJ, PA, MA, RI and MI. There is even a possibility in IL.

I mean, make whatever decisions you want, I guess. Does anyone really care?

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Anonymous wrote:I have probably said before, my family will not be considering certain states for college for our children because of their anti-LGBTQ+ laws and/or their regressive laws with regard to women and reproduction. These 2 issues go together a good percentage of the time.

Y'all make your own decisions, but these are important to our family. There are a couple schools we are sad about, but not enough to cross that line.

We do have schools in VA and NC on our list currently, but also NJ, PA, MA, RI and MI. There is even a possibility in IL.

I mean, make whatever decisions you want, I guess. Does anyone really care?

that is kind of my point? We're making our own decisions and have our own reasons. You do you. Just make sure you consider the what ifs since state laws DO vary so widely on certain issues-all students and families have their own list of what they can and cannot tolerate.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of red states the south. DCUMers are saying their kids will NEVER attend a southern/red state. Hmm…interesting.

MD, DC, and VA are in the South.

DMV area is not South.
One thing though is they send their kids to actually South, UVA VT W&M

Yes it is. Dmv is very different from tri state or New England.

The south starts in York, Pa / Hagerstown md / Frederick md

You think Washington DC is South?
I don't think so.

DP. You must be new here/a transplant. Of course DC is considered the south - not "deep south," but mid-Atlantic south.

This forum has authority to decide that? Lol

I'm from "up north" and DC is definitely the South. As the prior pp said, not "deep south" but still south. It's south of Mason Dixon. Weather is more southern than northern. Some cultural things are very "southern" here too (food, wearing of seersucker suits in summer). And it was part of the confederacy. All southern.

Uh apparently you do not know that the Union controlled DC throughout the civil war. It was never part of the confederacy. Maryland also was south of the Mason-Dixon line but remained in the Union throughout the civil war, not part of the Confederacy. The parts of Virginia right outside DC were Union controlled for almost the entire war.

If you want "southern" food in the DC area you have to go looking for it. But you can find any kind of cuisine in this area so this is a dumb argument. Go to someone's house and they are not going to serve you pan-friend chicken and hush puppies FFS.

You might see a seersucker suit if you try really hard to find it but that's not common at all either.

Stop it with the dumb arguments. The DC area lost its southern-ness a long time ago.

Hey Jerk, it was controlled by the union, but surrounded by the confederacy (who came a breath's way from taking it over). I was using "DC" as in DC area, not DC proper, also. And I live near Manassas, with confederate markers and graves everywhere. Signs of the Confederacy. Descendants of confederate soldiers.

You most definitely do NOT need to search for southern food. And Seersucker is very common in the summer, seeing it with my own eyes. My southern raised Bro In Law wears it in the summer in DC.

I'm not sure why you're being such a defensive a-- about this. People have different opinions and to many people, esp. northerners, DC is southern. Very southern. Even my friends born and raised here consider themselves "southern." So, no, Mr./Ms. anonymous defensive person, I don't agree. Sorry, you're southern.

Hey jerk, The Civil war ended more than 150 years ago. Please try and keep up with CURRENT times and culture. I live near Manassas too. While there are graves and other battle markers, you have to actually approach them close (within a few feet) to see whether they are Confederate or Union (Yes! There are plenty of Union ones too!.) Hardly "signs of Confederacy" everywhere.

Can we all agree that Manassas isn't DC?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of red states the south. DCUMers are saying their kids will NEVER attend a southern/red state. Hmm…interesting.

MD, DC, and VA are in the South.

DMV area is not South.
One thing though is they send their kids to actually South, UVA VT W&M

Yes it is. Dmv is very different from tri state or New England.

The south starts in York, Pa / Hagerstown md / Frederick md

You think Washington DC is South?
I don't think so.

DP. You must be new here/a transplant. Of course DC is considered the south - not "deep south," but mid-Atlantic south.

This forum has authority to decide that? Lol

"This forum"? No, people who have lived here for generations decided that. When did you move here?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of red states the south. DCUMers are saying their kids will NEVER attend a southern/red state. Hmm…interesting.

MD, DC, and VA are in the South.

DMV area is not South.
One thing though is they send their kids to actually South, UVA VT W&M

Yes it is. Dmv is very different from tri state or New England.

The south starts in York, Pa / Hagerstown md / Frederick md

You think Washington DC is South?
I don't think so.

DP. You must be new here/a transplant. Of course DC is considered the south - not "deep south," but mid-Atlantic south.

This forum has authority to decide that? Lol

I'm from "up north" and DC is definitely the South. As the prior pp said, not "deep south" but still south. It's south of Mason Dixon. Weather is more southern than northern. Some cultural things are very "southern" here too (food, wearing of seersucker suits in summer). And it was part of the confederacy. All southern.

Uh apparently you do not know that the Union controlled DC throughout the civil war. It was never part of the confederacy. Maryland also was south of the Mason-Dixon line but remained in the Union throughout the civil war, not part of the Confederacy. The parts of Virginia right outside DC were Union controlled for almost the entire war.

If you want "southern" food in the DC area you have to go looking for it. But you can find any kind of cuisine in this area so this is a dumb argument. Go to someone's house and they are not going to serve you pan-friend chicken and hush puppies FFS.

You might see a seersucker suit if you try really hard to find it but that's not common at all either.

Stop it with the dumb arguments. The DC area lost its southern-ness a long time ago.

DP. You sound absolutely triggered. Is this news to you? Of course DC and the DC area is considered south. Not deep south, as has been stated several times, but southern nonetheless. I'm so sorry this bothers you!

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of red states the south. DCUMers are saying their kids will NEVER attend a southern/red state. Hmm…interesting.

MD, DC, and VA are in the South.

DMV area is not South.
One thing though is they send their kids to actually South, UVA VT W&M

Yes it is. Dmv is very different from tri state or New England.

The south starts in York, Pa / Hagerstown md / Frederick md

You think Washington DC is South?
I don't think so.

DP. You must be new here/a transplant. Of course DC is considered the south - not "deep south," but mid-Atlantic south.

This forum has authority to decide that? Lol

I'm from "up north" and DC is definitely the South. As the prior pp said, not "deep south" but still south. It's south of Mason Dixon. Weather is more southern than northern. Some cultural things are very "southern" here too (food, wearing of seersucker suits in summer). And it was part of the confederacy. All southern.

Uh apparently you do not know that the Union controlled DC throughout the civil war. It was never part of the confederacy. Maryland also was south of the Mason-Dixon line but remained in the Union throughout the civil war, not part of the Confederacy. The parts of Virginia right outside DC were Union controlled for almost the entire war.

If you want "southern" food in the DC area you have to go looking for it. But you can find any kind of cuisine in this area so this is a dumb argument. Go to someone's house and they are not going to serve you pan-friend chicken and hush puppies FFS.

You might see a seersucker suit if you try really hard to find it but that's not common at all either.

Stop it with the dumb arguments. The DC area lost its southern-ness a long time ago.

Not sure where pp got the thing about DC being part of the Confederacy, but Maryland was only kept from seceding (thereby preventing DC from being surrounded by the Confederacy) by Lincoln rescinding the right to habeas corpus and arresting the Maryland legislature. DC may be less culturally Southern these days, but that is true of any major city in the South. If you actually get to know anyone who is from a family that has actually been native to DC for more than one generation, you’d believe this. But most DCUM people only know transplants.

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My family has lived in and around DC for generations. They call it "the district" and always have. They are old-school Washingtonians/Northern Virginians and would scoff at anyone who claimed the area was *not* the south.

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But since they are not from the South, that “scoffing” would not mean much.

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Anonymous wrote:Covid is a huge part of it. Kids wanted to have a normal college experience and the southern schools were offering it. And the threat of schools being effected by surges is lot less in the south.

Anti-wokism is another part of it. A lot of kids want to have a college experience where they can have open conversations and discussions, and not have to constantly be aware of something innocent resulting in censorship or cancellation. Did y'all know you can no longer say "grandfathered in"? It's racist. https://medium.com/@nriley/words-matter-why-we-should-put-an-end-to-grandfathering-8b19efe08b6a

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You are also no longer allowed to say "master bedroom/bathroom" or "owner's suite" in real estate listings. I kid you not.

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Anonymous wrote:Covid is a huge part of it. Kids wanted to have a normal college experience and the southern schools were offering it. And the threat of schools being effected by surges is lot less in the south.

Anti-wokism is another part of it. A lot of kids want to have a college experience where they can have open conversations and discussions, and not have to constantly be aware of something innocent resulting in censorship or cancellation. Did y'all know you can no longer say "grandfathered in"? It's racist. https://medium.com/@nriley/words-matter-why-we-should-put-an-end-to-grandfathering-8b19efe08b6a

This is all your fantasy.

DP. It's actually not. Sounds like wishful thinking on your part.

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Anonymous wrote:I have probably said before, my family will not be considering certain states for college for our children because of their anti-LGBTQ+ laws and/or their regressive laws with regard to women and reproduction. These 2 issues go together a good percentage of the time.

Y'all make your own decisions, but these are important to our family. There are a couple schools we are sad about, but not enough to cross that line.

We do have schools in VA and NC on our list currently, but also NJ, PA, MA, RI and MI. There is even a possibility in IL.

Yes, you have said this before - ad nauseam, in fact. You do you and the rest of us will do us.

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Anonymous wrote:But since they are not from the South, that “scoffing” would not mean much.

Bless your heart.

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Yankees may think of DC as the South, but Southerners think of it as the North. I guess that's fitting.

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Anonymous wrote:Covid is a huge part of it. Kids wanted to have a normal college experience and the southern schools were offering it. And the threat of schools being effected by surges is lot less in the south.

Anti-wokism is another part of it. A lot of kids want to have a college experience where they can have open conversations and discussions, and not have to constantly be aware of something innocent resulting in censorship or cancellation. Did y'all know you can no longer say "grandfathered in"? It's racist. https://medium.com/@nriley/words-matter-why-we-should-put-an-end-to-grandfathering-8b19efe08b6a

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You are also no longer allowed to say "master bedroom/bathroom" or "owner's suite" in real estate listings. I kid you not.

really? is that a law?