Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

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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?

I don't think it's a law, but lots of realtor groups are removing those phrases from MLS listings across the country and penalizing realtors who don't comply. It is now the "primary suite."

[Anonymous]

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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.

more like her paranoia. she probably sees 'wokeism' around every corner.

True. And if a professor said something she didn’t want to hear, she’d forget all about “open conversations” and try to get them fired.

[Anonymous]

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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?

I don't think it's a law, but lots of realtor groups are removing those phrases from MLS listings across the country and penalizing realtors who don't comply. It is now the "primary suite."

And this affects your life how exactly? Does this trigger you?

[Anonymous]

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.

Cities like Atlanta, Charleston, Dallas, Birmingham, Miami are all in the south and have many people living there who are gay/lesbian.

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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!

I'm sorry you are a historical ignoramus and unaware of the social and cultural changes in the DC area in recent decades. But if you want to keep being stupid, that won't bother me at all.

[Anonymous]

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

Thanks so much for enjoying your normal college experience.

Signed,

The top states in terms of covid deaths per capita. .....

Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arizona
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
New Mexico
Tennessee

[Anonymous]

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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.

Cities like Atlanta, Charleston, Dallas, Birmingham, Miami are all in the south and have many people living there who are gay/lesbian.

Who live under lousy state laws.

[Anonymous]

Kids have been flocking to good schools like Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, etc.

This is not a news at all.

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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

I’ve lived in both the DMV and tri state areas and they are not different. I don’t get this comment at all. They are the same mid Atlantic vibe.

[Anonymous]

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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

Thanks so much for enjoying your normal college experience.

Signed,

The top states in terms of covid deaths per capita. .....

Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arizona
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
New Mexico
Tennessee

Per capita doesn’t mean anything. You have to adjust for the underlying risk factors like age and obesity, local diffferences which predated the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Thanks so much for enjoying your normal college experience.

Signed,

The top states in terms of covid deaths per capita. .....

Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arizona
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
New Mexico
Tennessee

Per capita doesn’t mean anything. You have to adjust for the underlying risk factors like age and obesity, local diffferences which predated the pandemic.

The south let it rip. Ask my dead relatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Thanks so much for enjoying your normal college experience.

Signed,

The top states in terms of covid deaths per capita. .....

Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arizona
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
New Mexico
Tennessee

The people of those states, and their elected representatives, decided that was a risk they were willing to take, in exchange for fewer restrictions to their lives.

Restricting the activities of college students, a very low risk group, was never fair and didn't make sense. I don't blame kids that age for wanting to get away from schools that seemed to have lost their minds.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Maybe not in Manassas, but drive a little farther out toward the Front Royal area. Plenty of Confederate flags flying in that neck of the Virgina woods.

[Anonymous]

Simple answer - southern schools are not as competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Simple answer - southern schools are not as competitive.

My 4.0 kid went south, thought why go to a small cold school up north where it gets dark at 4 pm, nothing to do but sit around or go to the same house party for 4 years and i have to wear a coat starting in September