GarnerGirl, I feel your pain. . .suggestions, just take a deep breath and chalk up the complainers as ignorant - unfortunately, there are ignorant folks from all over. I hear transplants complain all the time, and they're not all from the north - some from the west coast can really get on a tangent! Also, unlock your caps - the screaming sorta hurts our eyes. . .but in this case, you're forgiven ;-) I'm a transplant and love it here - never had much to complain about. I think the hardest thing for most people who relocate is learning their way around - f you don't know an area, our highways can be confusing. . .ie the beltline - distinguishing inner from outer is the question I hear most often. Yes, things are further away (BTW if the complainer you mentioned is indeed a yankee, they know all about 'skeeters' but not squat about alligators. . .those are the folks from Florida, Louisianna etc As far as the complaints ya hear often about crazy drivers here - I just got an Email today from my sister (one is still in NJ) Driving conditions suck there too and always have. Check it out: How To Drive In Jersey 1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name, it is New-erk not New-ark. 2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 a.m. to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 7:00 p.m. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning. 3. The minimum acceptable speed on the turnpike is 85 mph. On the parkway it's 105 or 110. Anything less is considered "Wussy." 4. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Jersey has its own version of traffic rules. For example, cars/trucks with the loudest muffler go first at a four-way stop; the trucks with the biggest tires go second. However, in Monmouth county, SUV-driving, cellphone-talking moms ALWAYS have the right of way. 5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out, and possibly shot. 6. Never honk at anyone. Ever. Seriously. It's another offense that can get you shot. 7. Road construction is permanent and continuous i n all of Jersey. Detour barrels are moved around for your entertainment pleasure during the middle of the night to make the next day's driving a bit more exciting. 8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as drunks, skunks,dogs, cats, barrels, cones, celebs, rubber-neckers, shredded tires,cell-phoners, deer and other road kill, and the Homeless feeding on any of these items. 9. Mapquest does not work here -- none of the roads are where they say they are or go where they say they do and all the Turnpike ez pass lanes are moved each night once again to make your ride more exciting. 10. If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to l et them know it has been "accidentally activated." 11. If you are in the left lane and only driving 70 in a 55-65mph zone, you are considered a road hazard and will be "flipped off" accordingly. If you return the flip, you'll be shot. 12. Do not try to estimate travel time -- just leave Monday afternoon for Tuesday appointments, by noon Thursday for Friday and right after church on Sunday for anything on Monday morning. I have long said, "I-95 runs both North and South." Folks who don't like it here are always free to leave.
We used to live in IL, I got teased un-mercifully about my southern accent. Most of them talked so fast to me, I practically had to re-tune my ears. I got SO sick of hearing about it, actually had someone ask me to repeat something I said because I sounded so "cute"! :roll: But here, I probably sound like a Yankee, LOL! :lol:
Somebody turn out the welcome sign...... They keep coming ...then we would be the rip van winkle state again
lmao, thanks for the sunshine today. HG, I'm there with ya too. Watch out. Southern women can get pretty scary!!! Frogger
if there was only some way to get rid of the yankees but keep the yankee dollars they bring with them huh?
Nope, they can take that with em too. Do you think we're constantly building new highways, new bypasses, new interstates, new schools, etc because the LOCALS are growing at this rate? I think not. The additional money we're spending to accomodate them completely negates any revenue they may bring.
No if we got rid of the yankees we would not stop traiffic with less than an inch of ice. Remember last year?
yes, we're all more accustomed to, and therefore favor, wherever we consider home or where we spent large amounts of formative time in our lives, and yes, people are rude everywhere. your summation of the difference is, as you stated, a little more blatant than mine will be. i look at it more this way: if i came over to your house and walked in and thought your paint job was garish and your couch was tacky and your landscaping was pitiful, i would never, ever come right out and tell you that especially while i'm sitting in your house on your couch. yankees will tell you every time.
This reminds me of something the late, great, Lewis Grizzard used to say... about yankees.... "Ain't no more yankees here than there was when Sherman come through, they just all live 'uptown' and they drive Volvos. Come on down here. Eat our food, marry our women, we don't care. Just one rule. Don't tell us how you used to do it back in Cleveland. You don't like it here, Delta's ready when you are, I guarantee!"
I'm surprised, I thought disliking people for where they come from was a thing of the past. What a shame. I think people who are complaining about the difference in where they came from to where they are, just want to complain about something, anything. They are just unhappy people and trying to make others around them unhappy. Thank goodness I was raised not to dislike like people for stupid reasons. But that's just me.
I have to agree with GarnerGirl. Moved here 30 years ago, before it was cool and the economy was open to rape. I moved here with the attitude of "When in Rome.... do as the Romans do." I hear the southern slander everyday. I just blow it off knowing I really luv this place. I've always been tempted to respond with, "If it was so dam good where you came from why did you leave?" But the southern hospitality given to me 30 years ago taught me better. The true southern way of life in this area is gone. 15 years ago when the south rush started people who just moved here would tell me "This place is so nice and so cheap but there's nothing to do." I said, "Yea, right, don't tell anyone!" They just couldn't keep their big mouths shut, could they! I never really understood the term "carpet bagger" till just recently. "carpet bagger"... In the post-US Civil War South, carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved to the South to take advantage of the unstable social, financial, and political climate. They were called "carpetbaggers" to imply that they were such poor, transient characters that they merely moved south carrying all their possessions in a bag made from carpet. I guess these days we'll have to call them "Gucci baggers".
Honey ,we don't dislike people for where they come from, we dislike them for badmouthing the place we love! Really, before you move anyplace, you should thoroughly check it out! Make sure it is everything you need, so you won't feel the need to complain. And don't be surprised if people don't like you if all you do is complain, no one wants to hear it!
