• Drusas@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Just as the area is beginning to grow too hot for habitability. Smart move.

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    People are moving south in general for warmer winters. And “the south” is cheap comparatively. But it is cheap because large swaths are economically depressed.

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      Lots of folks are moving south. Yjey live up north where the decent jobs are until they can afford to retire where the cost of living is far lower.

      That’s what we did. Gas, groceries, everything is cheaper here. We went from 1.5 acres in Northern Illinois to 160 acres in Southwest Virginia. Our property tax dropped from $12,000 per year to just over $1000.

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          I mean, my auntie did move from CA to fuckin Alabama of all places last year. We’re a black family. And they want me to visit?? Fuck outta here, lol. I mean, it’s Alabama. The first thing I think of is lynch mob and the second thing is cousin fucker. I’m not visiting no damn Alabama.

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            1 year ago

            Well excuse me for being prejudiced against bigoted, sexist, homophobic MAGA assholes, but I’m going to wear that particular prejudice proudly on my sleeve.

            • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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              You still don’t see that the prejudice is the problem? Your prejudice is allowing you to assume that the residents of an entire geographic region are all of the bad things that you imagine. Never mind that the majority of black Americans live there, and millions of other minorities who are not Trumptards. Millions of Southerners voted for non-republican governors and Congressmen this month as well.

              No, you’re not excused for being prejudiced.

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                The good doctor would be ashamed of you using even a joke facsimile of his self styled creation