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re: Rank the SEC states in order of where you would most like to live
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:33 am to TeLeFaWx
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:33 am to TeLeFaWx
Listed in order of preference and pros and cons
Alabama-
Pros- Mountains and beaches-good climate, great southern food.
Cons- Too conservative at times.
South Carolina- Beautiful state, especially around Charleston. Best golf courses. Laid back lifestyle.
Cons- Outside of coastal areas not much different than Georgia or Alabama.
Tennessee-Love the state from Nashville eastward. Love the smokies in the fall. Chattanooga is one of the most underrated cities in America.
Cons- Memphis....Memphis may be the biggest dump in the south.
Georgia- Take out Atlanta. Not a big city guy but the rest of the state is great. Reminds me of Alabama with the mountains and beaches. Love it around Valdsota over to Waycross.
Cons- Atlanta- Lots of crime, DIrty. Has improved but not where I'd want to live.
Mississippi- Again, much like Alabama landscape wise. Beautiful girls, great southern food, nice, genuine people.
Cons- Same as Alabama
Arky- Love the mountains and state parks. Beautiful place to be in the fall. Great places to camp. Good cost of living.
Cons- No beach or coastal area. Not crazy about the food.
Florida- Preface, anything below I-10 is not the south. Love the panhandle area. Jacksonville is one of my favorite big cities. great climate good golf courses. Good weekend stuff to do.
Cons- Most of Florida is not southern anymore. Culture has morphed into a sub-New Jersey type lifestyle. Miami could not pay me enough to live there. Tampa is OK but not extremely desirable.
Louisiana-Like the laidback lifestyle of extreme southern Lousiana. Great hunting and fishing. Great climate.
Cons- Like Florida a lot of LA is not "southern". I like Gumbo, etoufee and shrimp stew about once a year. Every time I go visit I get fed this stuff ad nauseum when I'm not overly crazy about it. New Orleans isn't a southern city and even Baton Rouge has morphed into a sub northern type of lifestyle with religion and culture. No fall to enjoy as everything just turns brown. Beaches are criminally bad.
Texas- Cool place with some great towns. Dallas and Houston are cool to visit.
Cons- Too dam crowded. Dallas and Houston are great to visit but wouldn't live there for anything. Austin may be the most overrated place in America. Big town that misses the college town flair. If you are over 25 there really isn't much redeeming about Austin.
These places are subjective. A lot of it depends on what you grew up with and are comfortable with. To each his own.
Alabama-
Pros- Mountains and beaches-good climate, great southern food.
Cons- Too conservative at times.
South Carolina- Beautiful state, especially around Charleston. Best golf courses. Laid back lifestyle.
Cons- Outside of coastal areas not much different than Georgia or Alabama.
Tennessee-Love the state from Nashville eastward. Love the smokies in the fall. Chattanooga is one of the most underrated cities in America.
Cons- Memphis....Memphis may be the biggest dump in the south.
Georgia- Take out Atlanta. Not a big city guy but the rest of the state is great. Reminds me of Alabama with the mountains and beaches. Love it around Valdsota over to Waycross.
Cons- Atlanta- Lots of crime, DIrty. Has improved but not where I'd want to live.
Mississippi- Again, much like Alabama landscape wise. Beautiful girls, great southern food, nice, genuine people.
Cons- Same as Alabama
Arky- Love the mountains and state parks. Beautiful place to be in the fall. Great places to camp. Good cost of living.
Cons- No beach or coastal area. Not crazy about the food.
Florida- Preface, anything below I-10 is not the south. Love the panhandle area. Jacksonville is one of my favorite big cities. great climate good golf courses. Good weekend stuff to do.
Cons- Most of Florida is not southern anymore. Culture has morphed into a sub-New Jersey type lifestyle. Miami could not pay me enough to live there. Tampa is OK but not extremely desirable.
Louisiana-Like the laidback lifestyle of extreme southern Lousiana. Great hunting and fishing. Great climate.
Cons- Like Florida a lot of LA is not "southern". I like Gumbo, etoufee and shrimp stew about once a year. Every time I go visit I get fed this stuff ad nauseum when I'm not overly crazy about it. New Orleans isn't a southern city and even Baton Rouge has morphed into a sub northern type of lifestyle with religion and culture. No fall to enjoy as everything just turns brown. Beaches are criminally bad.
Texas- Cool place with some great towns. Dallas and Houston are cool to visit.
Cons- Too dam crowded. Dallas and Houston are great to visit but wouldn't live there for anything. Austin may be the most overrated place in America. Big town that misses the college town flair. If you are over 25 there really isn't much redeeming about Austin.
These places are subjective. A lot of it depends on what you grew up with and are comfortable with. To each his own.
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Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:40 am to Lionnation1993
Texas
Louisiana
Louisiana
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:42 am to Lionnation1993
I have lived in 3 of them. Out of the three it's definitely 1.Texas 2. Arkansas 3. Mississippi
This list is pretty difficult because there are places in every state NO ONE wants to live in. However I'll do this list by best city(s) to live in that state.
1. Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio) Texas is just too big and great to not be #1.
2. Louisiana (New Orleans) You could never pay me enough money to live in a single other part of the state.
3. Florida (Miami, Orlando) beautiful women, beautiful beaches.
4. Arkansas (NWA) One of the most gorgeous areas of the country, alma matter, and great opportunities.
5. Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville) Fun cities, great food, and good outdoors stuff.
6. Kentucky (Louisville) One of the most amazing parts of the country and some of the best weed you'll ever smoke.
7. Missouri (Kansas City, St. Louis) Same thing as Tennessee except ozarks instead of mountains.
8. Mississippi (Gulfport/Biloxi): Cool Casinos, great food, coastal towns. Like Louisiana this is the only part of the state you could get me to live in.
9. South Carolina (Charleston/ Columbia) Really good weather, interesting history, and coastal.
10. Georgia (Atlanta): Never really enjoyed Atlanta all that much. I heard Savannah's pretty nice tho.
11. Alabama (Mobile/Birmingham): Hang out fest is dope, but that's the only redeeming quality of this abomination of a state.
This list is pretty difficult because there are places in every state NO ONE wants to live in. However I'll do this list by best city(s) to live in that state.
1. Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio) Texas is just too big and great to not be #1.
2. Louisiana (New Orleans) You could never pay me enough money to live in a single other part of the state.
3. Florida (Miami, Orlando) beautiful women, beautiful beaches.
4. Arkansas (NWA) One of the most gorgeous areas of the country, alma matter, and great opportunities.
5. Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville) Fun cities, great food, and good outdoors stuff.
6. Kentucky (Louisville) One of the most amazing parts of the country and some of the best weed you'll ever smoke.
7. Missouri (Kansas City, St. Louis) Same thing as Tennessee except ozarks instead of mountains.
8. Mississippi (Gulfport/Biloxi): Cool Casinos, great food, coastal towns. Like Louisiana this is the only part of the state you could get me to live in.
9. South Carolina (Charleston/ Columbia) Really good weather, interesting history, and coastal.
10. Georgia (Atlanta): Never really enjoyed Atlanta all that much. I heard Savannah's pretty nice tho.
11. Alabama (Mobile/Birmingham): Hang out fest is dope, but that's the only redeeming quality of this abomination of a state.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:44 am to Lionnation1993
Texas is objectively the best state to live in, and I do enjoy living here, but it just isn't home. I'd jump at a chance to move back to Louisiana.
ETA: Arkansas and Tennessee are high on my list because I love mountain scenery. Same with North Bama/Ga
ETA: Arkansas and Tennessee are high on my list because I love mountain scenery. Same with North Bama/Ga
This post was edited on 1/15/16 at 9:46 am
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:54 am to Team Vote
I'd be fine living in any of them really, but Kentucky is beautiful and it's home.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:59 am to LSUTigers9458
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Tennessee is a total shithole.
Tennessee
Not Tennessee
Posted on 1/15/16 at 10:11 am to madmaxvol
Tennessee is pretty beautiful. If I had to live outside of Kentucky I'd pick Tennessee just because it is so similar to Kentucky.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 10:36 am to Lionnation1993
Lived in Baton Rouge and other parts of Louisiana for half of my life and lived in the Houston area for the other. Texas blows Louisiana away. Would never consider moving back unless it was in suburban Baton Rouge.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 10:46 am to Lionnation1993
Georgia
Texas
Tennessee
Florida
South Carolina
Kentucky
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Tennessee
Florida
South Carolina
Kentucky
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Posted on 1/15/16 at 10:59 am to DrewDawg13
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You can have your peaches... Along with your trailer parks, terrible roads, obesity and horrible education.
Don't forget gypsies.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:02 am to Roses of Crimson
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Georgia- Take out Atlanta. Not a big city guy but the rest of the state is great. Reminds me of Alabama with the mountains and beaches. Love it around Valdsota over to Waycross.
Cons- Atlanta- Lots of crime, DIrty. Has improved but not where I'd want to live.
I can't even
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:07 am to Lionnation1993
1. Texas
2. Arkansas
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Louisiana
7. South Carolina
8. Missouri
9. Kentucky
10. Mississippi
11. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Louisiana
7. South Carolina
8. Missouri
9. Kentucky
10. Mississippi
11. Alabama
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:13 am to UKWildcats
It's hard to do this based on states as a whole.
Nashville or nice mountain towns of Tenn would be great. A lot is a dump. Birmingham, Auburn, Fairhope, etc. would be nice in Alabama, but a lot of the state is awful.
I'd probably say the top tier would be GA, TN and TX for me, with AL/SC in the second tier. FL may be up there if so inclined, but I know a lot of us just don't like the idea of living in FL. Arkansas can be great, but it seems a little cultish and set apart from the rest of the region.
Nashville or nice mountain towns of Tenn would be great. A lot is a dump. Birmingham, Auburn, Fairhope, etc. would be nice in Alabama, but a lot of the state is awful.
I'd probably say the top tier would be GA, TN and TX for me, with AL/SC in the second tier. FL may be up there if so inclined, but I know a lot of us just don't like the idea of living in FL. Arkansas can be great, but it seems a little cultish and set apart from the rest of the region.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:13 am to Lionnation1993
Florida then Georgia. no where else.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:25 am to Lionnation1993
In all seriousness, and despite "frick LSU"...
Baton Rouge has to be the most underrated city in the U.S. Am I the only non-corndog who likes BR?
Baton Rouge has to be the most underrated city in the U.S. Am I the only non-corndog who likes BR?
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:43 am to KaiserSoze99
Hop on I10 everyday to work and see how much you like it. There are nice areas but traffic ruins it
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:49 am to Solo Cam
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. South carolina
4. Georgia
5. Arkansas
6. Tennessee
7. Kentucky
8. Missouri
9. Louisiana
10. Alabama
11. Mississippi
2. Texas
3. South carolina
4. Georgia
5. Arkansas
6. Tennessee
7. Kentucky
8. Missouri
9. Louisiana
10. Alabama
11. Mississippi
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:51 am to NFLU7
I agree, I lived in Prairieville and Mandeville before moving to The Woodlands and Louisiana as much as I love my home stats, doesn't even begin to hold a candle at the quality of life and living in Texas.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:55 am to KaiserSoze99
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Am I the only non-corndog who likes BR?
Most LSU fans dislike Baton Rouge, including many of those who live there
Posted on 1/15/16 at 11:59 am to TeLeFaWx
This right here, I also lived and worked temporarily Huntington Beach, CA, (oil and gas believe it or not lol) and southern California is one of the most played out and overpriced shithole places to live in the country. Theyre still living over there like its the 60s plus all the metro gays telling you "So Cal dude" every 5 fricking minutes. Took a transfer in Houston as fast as I could.
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