If you as an adult moved from a non-Southern state to a Southern state,

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41. Born in NY. Also lived in NJ, CA, MO, NE, and now NC

I thought, as a Yankee, I could never live in the south.

My husband and I left CA in 1988 because we didn't want to raise kids in Los Angeles.
I knew about Chapel Hill, NC before marrying him in 1985 because I was looking at a job at Duke
in Durham. Then I met him and decided a cross country move would not be good timing.

In 2000 we moved here from Lincoln, NE. I have loved Chapel Hill, but I'm seeing more
and more influence of money in the town that is bound to destroy its progressive,
cosmopolitan feel. And of course, the Repub takeover of NC has been devastating.

My husband has family in Georgia. My kids took advantage of the excellent public schools,
and one of them graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, went on to a Fulbright Scholarship experience in Berlin and now
is at Yale School of Drama in an MFA program. The other one has found tech jobs--with only a high school degree--and is very
happily employed due to the tech opportunities in the Research Triangle. There's a lot to be said for
the progressive pockets in the south, but I fear they are going to be swallowed up by the
moneyed interests before too long. I hope I'm wrong.