To all the non-Southerners

[sublime35]

I've always wondered, how do people who have never lived in/visited the South, view people from there? Do you think they are all a bunch of dumb, bumbling rednecks? I'm just wondering. I, being from Mississippi, living half my life in MN have a northern and southern view on all things. Let me hear what you think.

 

[KillahBee]

But the North ain't just the North. MN is a WORLD apart from the northeast.

 

[sublime35]

true. I should have said all over places than the southern states from say LA to SC and as far north as TN.

 

[HumorMe]

A Southern Moving Up North...

Jan. 10: It's starting to snow. The first of the season and the first one we've seen in years. My wife and I took our hot buttered rum and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful!

Jan. 11: We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight. Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time ever and loved it. I did our driveway and sidewalk. Later, a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.

Jan. 12: It snowed an additional 5 inches last night, and the temperature has dropped to around 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled our driveway again. Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of the snow is now brownish-gray.

Jan. 13: Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. I went to a chiropractor and spent $145, but nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected.

Jan. 14: Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4x4 to get her to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway and did a considerable amount of damage to the right rear quarter-panel. Had another 8 inches of the white shit last night. Both vehicles covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in store for me today. That goddamn snowplow came by twice today.

Jan. 15: 2 degrees outside. More fuckin' snow. Not a tree or shrub on our property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a kerosene heater, which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put the flames out, but suffered second degree burns on my hands and lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows. Car slid on ice on way to emergency room and was totaled.

Jan.16: Goddamn mother fuckin' white shit keeps coming down. Have to put on all the clothes we own just to get to the fuckin' mailbox. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow, I'll chew open his chest and rip out his heart. I think he hides around the corner and waits for me to open our driveway again! Power still off. Toilet froze and part of the roof has started to cave in.

Jan.17: Six goddamn more fuckin' inches of fuckin' snow and fuckin' sleet and fuckin' ice and God knows what other kind of white fuckin' shit fell last night. I wounded the fuckin' snowplow asshole with an ice axe, but he got away. Wife left me. Car won't start. I think I'm going snow blind. I can't move my toes. I haven't seen the sun in weeks. More snow predicted. Wind chill -22 fuckin' degrees. I'm moving back to South Carolina!

 

[sublime35]

LOL well our first winter in MN was cold and snowy but didn't have any of that. Actually they set a record low of like -67 that year. and never lost the power during winter..that would have been fucking horrible.

 

[H_T_]

my first impression of the south goes back to the 70's when i was a youngin'. i was using the rest room at a packing plant and saw a "Whites Only" sign over the drinking fountain.

 

[HumorMe]

LOL well our first winter in MN was cold and snowy but didn't have any of that. Actually they set a record low of like -67 that year. and never lost the power during winter..that would have been fucking horrible.

There is another one out there that is a Northerner moving South and is like on the gulf. He has to deal with the mosquitos and humidity and air conditioner problems and car overheating and all kinds of things.

Similiar to that one except dealing with the heat. Can't seem to find it.

 

[nycgirl]

I'm going to assume that you are talking about Dixie not all of the Southern part of the U.S. I currently live in Northern VA (20 minutes outside of D.C.) and I can honestly say that this is as far South as I will go. Unless an opportunity with my current company comes in Florida (Orlando or Miami), thereby bypassing all of the states in between VA and FL.

I've been to GA and NC. Life is just way to slow down there for me. I gave up being able to get what I want whenever I wanted it to now getting what I want between 6am and 12am. I'm not willing to give up more.

 

[Dial_tone]

I'm going to assume that you are talking about Dixie not all of the Southern part of the U.S. I currently live in Northern VA (20 minutes outside of D.C.) and I can honestly say that this is as far South as I will go. Unless an opportunity with my current company comes in Florida (Orlando or Miami), thereby bypassing all of the states in between VA and FL.

I've been to GA and NC. Life is just way to slow down there for me. I gave up being able to get what I want whenever I wanted it to now getting what I want between 6am and 12am. I'm not willing to give up more.

whatever you need a nice girl shouldn't be out looking for it between 12am-6am .

 

[HS Lifter]

I've always wondered, how do people who have never lived in/visited the South, view people from there? Do you think they are all a bunch of dumb, bumbling rednecks? I'm just wondering. I, being from Mississippi, living half my life in MN have a northern and southern view on all things. Let me hear what you think.

97% of Cali residents think this.

Myself included.