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[quote=Anonymous]OP, Im the golf cart pp. As someone who recently took the plunge moving from DC to the south, I want to give you my perspective.

A lot of people are making this move.  There is a historically massive migration occuring, of people moving out of the north to the south and parts of the west. In practice, what this means is that migrants make up the majority of affluent neighborhoods. My neighborhood is 1-2M and most people are from California or are California-adjacent (work for tech industry etc).

That said, a small minority of people move here bc they are unhappy with their prospects in CA or the north. Most of these people are MOSTLY (not entirely) drawn to the south for cheaper and better real estate. This small group of people have difficulty adjusting. They are obsessed with the notion that they've moved to some kind of illiterate, backward area full of teen brides.  No amount of proof otherwise shakes them. We are in an affluent area with fantastic schools, but to hear them, we are pioneers settling an uncivilized, barely human land.

No one likes these people. We all moved here bc the weather is great, the lifestyle is incredible, and we buy into certain aspects of the southern mentality, like a strong party ethic and an appreciation for a leisure lifestyle that just doesnt exist elsewhere. So even though very few people are actually southern, we arent turning our nose up at the south either.  They set up these attractive communities, afterall.

You dont like DC, I take it. Dont move somewhere else you dont like, and even worse, that you disdain. Figure out what you want and then have the courage to go get it. [/quote]

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