there are too many people from new jersey in this forum

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Originally Posted by haohmaru

Virginia = lowest cost of living of any of the 50 states.

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That isn't true at all. It's lower than NY, NJ, CA and a several others, but the DC area and the Hampton Roads area are have fairly steep costs of living. I read somewhere that we are ranked 33rd in the country when it comes to costs of living (1 being the lowest, 50 being the highest)

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Originally Posted by Regus

Everyone who lives here that is in our age group yearns to leave. None of us had a choice, we were all either born here or our parents moved here for whatever reason. 20+ years of this shit gets old FAST.

Personally, I can't wait to get out of here.

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Strange, most of the people I've met from Jersey spout about how great it is and how the south is stupid, while I've also noticed that a lot of annoying and dumb folk come from Jersey.

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Originally Posted by Regus

Personally, I can't wait to get out of here.

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I hear this shit from everyone except kids in cali

and not everyone can move to cali.

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Originally Posted by Mr-K

Strange, most of the people I've met from Jersey spout about how great it is and how the south is stupid, while I've also noticed that a lot of annoying and dumb folk come from Jersey.

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I think you would find the same exact kind of people in any other state. There are dumb folks every where.....especially in the south.

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I hear this shit from everyone except kids in cali

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I personally believe that no one should spend the rest of their lives in the same place they grew up. Do you really want to live in Mississippi for the rest of your life?

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Originally Posted by Mr-K

Strange, most of the people I've met from Jersey spout about how great it is and how the south is stupid, while I've also noticed that a lot of annoying and dumb folk come from Jersey.

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But anyway that goes back to the "its a shithole but its my shithole". IronPlant defends Mississippi all the time. Its the same as when a real dick signs for your favorite team and all of the sudden you like him. Notice how little shit Yoshi has talked about TO since he signed for the Cowboys, for example (compared to talking shit every day when he was with the Eagles).

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Originally Posted by Regus

.....especially in the south.

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Oh... :(

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Originally Posted by Mr-K

That isn't true at all. It's lower than NY, NJ, CA and a several others, but the DC area and the Hampton Roads area are have fairly steep costs of living. I read somewhere that we are ranked 33rd in the country when it comes to costs of living (1 being the lowest, 50 being the highest)

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I guess they dropped quite a bit. They were #1 in 2004.

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Originally Posted by Regus

I think you would find the same exact kind of people in any other state. There are dumb folks every where.....especially in the south.

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I've traveled from one end of the country to the next. Personally I feel that it is about the same everywhere these days. The internet and TV have spread out american culture pretty evenly. The north has tons of rednecks. Southern kids know about the same shit that northern kids know about. People buy the same clothes, games, movies, and shitty music that everyone else does.

The south seems stupider because of 1) it has a smaller population and 2) it is poorer than the rest of the nation.

Having a smaller population gives you fewer like minded people to hang out with. The fewer friends you have, the more the idiots around you stand out.

Poverty means that everyone with a brain leaves because they can't get a nice job. Well, except for Doctors. They can work anywhere. It isn't that the south doesn't produce smart people, its just that they move away from the ages of 20 to 50.

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Originally Posted by Regus

I personally believe that no one should spend the rest of their lives in the same place they grew up. Do you really want to live in Mississippi for the rest of your life?

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it really depends. There are things that I really like about this state. I will openly admit that I don't care to terribly much for everyone that lives here. Most adults are either slobish idiots, or bible thumping idiots. Neither of which do I have any desire to talk to. But the nice thing about mississippi is because of its small population, those people are easy to ignore.

I like the atmosphere of this state. I like how towns die at 8 pm. I like taking long walks at night through a dead city, all the while listening to old elvis music blaring from a gas station's loud speaker. I enjoy all the unbridled nature one sees while driving. I like the old buildings from the 50s and 60s. I like how easy it is to get away from people and to be left alone. I like eating fresh fried catfish with iced sweet tea and cornbread. I like all the blues festivals that are held in Clarksdale. I like how in a day's drive I can go to Memphis, Atlanta or Panama City. I like how the most racist asshole will loan money to anyone or help fix a flat. I like all my aunts and uncles and hearing about the things they know, about growing peas, and the depression, and how one of them played in a band that Elvis saw when he was only 10 or 11.

maybe MS doesn't have nightclubs and amusement parks and arcades and other things to waste money on. I don't really care about that shit. I'm not 15 anymore. Maybe I do have to drive 20/30 minutes to get a new set of guitar strings. I can either enjoy the drive or order a box of strings off the internet. I don't need everything I want the instant I desire it. And IMO anyone that does is a bit childish. I also think that anyone that spazzes out about being surrounded by stupid people is a bit childish too. You shouldn't let it bother you that others do not meet your own personal standards.

But no, I don't plan to live my entire life here. I can't. There are no jobs here for what I want to go into. Hopefully I can either retire here, or make enough money to have a vacation house or something at a lake. I'd also like to someday hold a public office and help the state. Someone needs to break the stranglehold that a few businesses have here. They abuse the stupidity and faith of those around them to keep out new businesses and factories that could bring in money and keep the interest of the more intelligent.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

it really depends. There are things that I really like about this state. I will openly admit that I don't care to terribly much for everyone that lives here. Most adults are either slobish idiots, or bible thumping idiots. Neither of which do I have any desire to talk to. But the nice thing about mississippi is because of its small population, those people are easy to ignore.

I like the atmosphere of this state. I like how towns die at 8 pm. I like taking long walks at night through a dead city, all the while listening to old elvis music blaring from a gas station's loud speaker. I enjoy all the unbridled nature one sees while driving. I like the old buildings from the 50s and 60s. I like how easy it is to get away from people and to be left alone. I like eating fresh fried catfish with iced sweet tea and cornbread. I like all the blues festivals that are held in Clarksdale. I like how in a day's drive I can go to Memphis, Atlanta or Panama City. I like how the most racist asshole will loan money to anyone or help fix a flat. I like all my aunts and uncles and hearing about the things they know, about growing peas, and the depression, and how one of them played in a band that Elvis saw when he was only 10 or 11.

maybe MS doesn't have nightclubs and amusement parks and arcades and other things to waste money on. I don't really care about that shit. I'm not 15 anymore. Maybe I do have to drive 20/30 minutes to get a new set of guitar strings. I can either enjoy the drive or order a box of strings off the internet. I don't need everything I want the instant I desire it. And IMO anyone that does is a bit childish. I also think that anyone that spazzes out about being surrounded by stupid people is a bit childish too. You shouldn't let it bother you that others do not meet your own personal standards.

But no, I don't plan to live my entire life here. I can't. There are no jobs here for what I want to go into. Hopefully I can either retire here, or make enough money to have a vacation house or something at a lake. I'd also like to someday hold a public office and help the state. Someone needs to break the stranglehold that a few businesses have here. They abuse the stupidity and faith of those around them to keep out new businesses and factories that could bring in money and keep the interest of the more intelligent.

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Exactly the reasons I'll eventually leave NY. Well said and kudos to you.

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Originally Posted by haohmaru

Virginia = lowest cost of living of any of the 50 states.

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Tennessee is lower, and this is from someone who lives like 5 miles from the state line between them.

Arkansas actually turns out to be the lowest...