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Oooooooh what happened there LOL

Are the Carolinas considered to be a little bit Redneck like Georgia is????

If yes... how far up the East coast do you have to go before it stops being Redneckish and indeed, how far across the bottom to the left??

Manc

do me a favour will ya dude.

get on the blower to Nebraska and tell them ****ers to do some sodding work for a change.............

or if you want to give me the direct line I'll tell them to pull their fingers out myself.

Jabba1

I don't doubt that I misspelled it a bit...heh.

doctor scrumpy

Are there enough of us yet to carry out the secret plan of returning the colonies to Her Majesty ?

lairdside

Shhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Yorkieabroad

Darn it no wonder I keep getting lost - me maps upside down!!

NC Penguin

To be honest, rednecks will be a dying breed pretty soon in NC because of the influx of Latinos (especially Mexicans), Northerners (you know who you are) and other nationals emigrating to NC.

This can be seen by the proliferation of ethnic cuisines available in restaurants and even in grocery stores (there's even chilled tamales in Food Lion). Also, the variety of places of worship these days isn't just Baptist churches on every corner. There's Chinese, Korean and other varieties of churches in NC (well, maybe just in the Triangle, Triad and Charlotte).

I haven't noticed so many gun racks on pickup trucks either. I'm more likely to find bicycle racks attached to SUVs.

nxylas

In my case, it's because my wife lives here.

Oggie Oi!

I just want to clarify that I don't think there is anything wrong with the Carolinas, I just don't know how it became a desired destination for expats. Growing up in the UK, everyone talked about one day moving to Florida, NY, and CA, I cannot remember ever hearing Carolina mentioned. Many people tell me how much they love it though.

NC Penguin

No, that was not implied though upon reading my post, I see where you got that idea from.

I was implying that NC is becoming more culturally diverse through immigration and Americans themselves relocating to the state.

Whereas in the past, NC would not have been considered a place to move either by non-Americans or Americans, NC has become more attractive mainly due to its climate, the lower cost of living and the relative boom in the service industry (whilst agriculture and manufacturing have declined).

nxylas

I have waded through the Census website at www.census.gov - apparently data from the 2000 census will be available from early 2002 Well, anyone who has dealt with immigration knows what the US government is like about deadlines! Anyway, in the meantime, the 1990 census shows 640,000 people born in the UK and living in the USA, making us the sixth most popular country of origin for foreign-born US residents.

Oggie Oi!

The problem with the census is that it cannot accurately account for "undocumented residents" (PC for "illegal aliens"). It seems that there are several people on this board fall who under this category.

Bush's immigration reform plan estimates that there are about 7 million undocumented Mexicans alone.

The total estimate of the documented and undocumented from the UK is 2 million - far more than I would have ever expected, but still less than 1% of the total US population. I don't think an uprising is possible anytime soon...

nxylas

Yes, but it's a more scientific method than the previous "Well, I know six"-type posts