As a native Virginian I absolutely agree with you. DC, Maryland & Delaware are NOT southern states in any way. And the I95 corridor north of Richmond to DC are the sole reason that we are considered a "blue state" right now. The rest of VA is very "red" but the huge population of transplanted DC acolytes are all "blue" and do not vote like the rest of the state. Also, West Virginia is not really a southern state; after all, they seceded from the state of Virginia and formed their own state during the Civil War era just so that they could be part of the Union and have never reflected the culture of the south since that time.
@@StayshaS are you fully aware of the Mason Dixon line? It’s called imaginary line, but there are portions where the brick walls are still intact marking the clear boundary
"And we may have done a little bit of fightin' amongst ourselves, but you outside people best leave us alone." God bless Charlie Daniels. Dude spittin' bars IN bars, lol.
Brother I was born in the north but I would chose the south over the north , east and west anyday of the week. I salute the south and if a new civil war should break out I would definitely be taking side. My mom and Dad were both born in Tenn , but jobs were lacking in the south so my mom and dad moved up to michigan. I'm so proud of my brother and sisters in the south ... i would not trade the South for the east west or north put together.
@PatrickOneal-nl7xk I agree. I the south is not without its problems and hurricanes and heat may kill you, but most people genuinely care about other people. Just a little better place to slow down enjoying family and food and life altogether.
I'm Southern, born and raised in Alabama. And the major problem with the South leaving the US is because the South is now self-sufficient, unlike during the civil war. Coal, steel, agriculture, textiles, power, all these industries are staples in the modern South. We also have some of the largest military installations in the US.....the food is also a major bonus 😂
And there is the problem. Millitary bases and equipment belong to the federal government. Which as you know is based in the north. Maryland and most if Virginia and definatly West 😊Virginia are north.
i agree. im fromNY and now live in NC and have lived in MD and there are some parts of MD that have southern sounding people. lol. but seem to have NY attitudes lol. Being that its before Virginia on 95 i wouldnt consider it a southern state.and del is right after jersey so yeah a bit hail nah
We went to Gulf Shores in June/July 2020 and no masks when we were there. We didn’t go to NC as usual because their Gov Cooper was a tyrant. I’m near Ft Morgan as I write this. We love the Alabama beaches and super laid back vacation culture.
I'm a nerd who would rather watch a history documentary than a football game and I've seen a number of this kind of thing. It's pretty usual that they lack insight on the South. Having been born and raised in the North but then lived my adult life in the South, my attitudes certainly changed and it's clear to me that most video and filmmakers have the same sort of inaccurate preconceived ideas I had before I moved.
@@patrickbarnes9874my husband says the same, he was born and raised in NJ, PA and after we got married he moved to the South where I’m from. My friends who married Northerners also seem to get along better with their spouses and we’ve all been married over 20 yrs.😊
The guy in this video is dancing around the real reason people are migrating to the south. Using COVID as an example, it was the political policies of the south the drove people that direction. For the most part they either remained open throughout or closed down only briefly then re-opened again only after a few months. For someone like me, I moved from California to Tennessee because in CA I couldn’t even go to a public outdoor park with my child because they closed it for COVID, but in TN I could shop in a store or a mall without a mask. It was a no-brainer. On top of that, when talking about the manufacturing that has moved to the South, it’s not because of a more available work force or warmer weather. They moved there because they’re “Right To Work States” (for the most part). Meaning no one is required to join a union to work, which is a big deal with the auto industry. And because those states have considerably lower Corporate taxes. In Tennessee, Florida and Texas there are no income tax for employees. Huge incentive to live there, as opposed to California and New York that have top income tax rates of 12% (which is on top of the Federal Taxes you have to pay to the US government.)
Noting from 2000-2020, migration away from heavily-taxed areas ran by Dems has been going on for a minute. Covid helped speed up the process. There are more freedoms as we understand our states' rights under our Republic. Cheaper land, business incentives/less bureaucracy(less unions,too-as you stated)and lower energy costs helped attract more industry here. For as education, college degree doesn't mean what it used to mean. Look at what the Ivy League is producing- Silver Spoon Socialists. We have world class Healthcare, Energy capital of the world, and Space Aviation- removing bureaucracy is the best way to incentivize innovation. We still have the American Dream mindset and freedom to attain it. Lastly, never heard of anyone retiring and moving North. My .02
People clown on the south a lot but you won’t find friendlier people. We have our issues which I won’t deny. But a lot of folks haven’t actually been here to see the love folks have for each other in these small towns. People will constantly help complete strangers just because their heart tells them to do so.
The question about Covid, north got scared and shut everything down, the south kept working. I was out working in the world every day during Covid while everyone else was working from home
North Carolina here and you are only measuring intelligence by degrees or graduation rates. I promise you more people here have working knowledge than their northern counterparts. People in the south tend to learn a trade. They might not be able to file your taxes but they can fix your car, cook you a meal or build you a house.
Intelligence is also measured by a willingness to learn new things, and different perspectives and that is something that us northerners do not see much in the south. Case in point: the politics.
Being uneducated means you don't learn about proper exercise, or healthy diets, or financial literacy, or all of the other things that the southern states are the worst at doing compared to other states.
@@nannerz1994southerners often tend to value traditional ideas and ways of life, just because many southerns do not agree with progressive ideas does not mean they have an unwillingness to learn about different things. To say as a majority that southerners are unintelligent because they are not democratic/progressive is ignorant. Many southerners will listen to the ideas of opposing parties but just because they don’t change their minds doesn’t make them unintelligent. They simply value different things and see other things as more important.
@@nannerz1994the education is not good and I agree with that but much of dietary problems come from a lack of source and income to but said healthy food. Much of the south is small towns and grocery stores don’t make enough to keep locations where it is accessible to enough people. Many towns only have dollar generals and the like and convenience stores aren’t known for their healthy options. So unfortunately those who are poor enough to have food stamps and such use what they have on the cheapest options at the closest locations. Often not able to supply their families with nutrition bc it wouldn’t be enough to feed everyone. This is an issue with multiple factors- education, gov welfare, and accessibility.
Bro, I’m a Southren. I have friends and family all over the South. With the exception of Mississippi, I have no clue what this guy is talking about. Food insecurity my ass.
People eat fast food because they like it & it easier to get. Maybe they are just to lazy to cook. I'm from Alabama, it's easier to run by get something already prepared.
The food insecurity is propaganda. I'm in Mississippi and there is absolutely no food insecurity. I've been hearing that food shortages are expected but that's most likely bc people like Bill Gates are buying so much farm land and will be controlling food supply. Sounds like we are starting to be pre exposed to that scenario.
@@sharimedleyed.s.166if you are on food stamps or welfare they determine you are "food insecure" (not knowing where your next meal is coming from.) so if you are retired and get $50/month in food stamps and have $100,000 in the bank and getting an Ira dividend, they consider you "insecure" and have no idea how you pay for food today.
I'm in Texas. It is an issue. People feel ashamed to talk about it. My place of work has 1 in 40 clients food insecure. Employees were just polled how we're doing.
In the south we’re more independent, we don’t rely as much on government in fact we don’t really care much for federal government. So a lot of the federal Covid laws that were passed in 2020, our local governments didn’t support. So when the rest of the country was shut down, the south was hustling.
Plus the guy talking forgets ... If they lose the South we will NOT be sending our resources out to the others . Selling it maybe but, not just having to send it out .
@@tearitup115 I've been getting notifications on threads where my comments have been censored. From a month ago to just a day ago .... Daily LoL One I got a notification from a thread that was a year old and my comment was removed . LoL RUclips censoring is so out of hand . I must my own personal little agent .
Before 1950s the Southern States had one of the best healthy diets. Because people would grow their own foods, since the store was too expensive to buy food. However when Americans needed to make more money and both parents had to work. Gardens was taking too much time and effort and people gradually stopped have their own gardens, chickens and pigs.
That’s my understanding as well. Lack of time causes people to eat in unhealthy ways. The food insecurity part was confusing in the sense that I’m not so sure people have more Insecurity here than any other region or state. People come to the South to avoid starvation from what I’ve heard. The weather is warmer and the many churches in the South do A LOT for people in poverty.
My grandma and great-grandparents always screwed their own gardens and my great-grandparents lived out in the country before my great Grandma had a stroke.. they moved to Roanoke in Southern Virginia to live with their oldest daughter, my grandma. Here in Southern Virginia it's nice and it is far less expensive than up in Northern Virginia and people really make about the same amount of money and maybe a little bit less but it is so different from Northern Virginia where it might as well be part of DC for about 25 to 50% of the people.. some of them are super super nice and others are just snobby & rude. I lived in Pennsylvania for 2 years as a kid and I thought after living in the South for 3 years that the southerners were far more friendly -Southerners are much easier to get to know but I can't always say they're nicer in the long run... People in the South or a lot like the main character of hacksaw ridge and there are mountains and people go hiking and climbing all the time.. the guy who was the main character in that movie grew up in Lynchburg Virginia which is only 45 minutes from where I live.😂 In the movie his girlfriend was asking him if he was part mountain goat😂😂.. it's just a way that the Appalachians are made but I can't speak so far as to the rest of the South. I will say that I've noticed in the past 10 years I've noticed more people gardening and actually it's been longer than that because grocery started to increase after the Iraq War started.. people just kept getting tired of high groceries so they would go to the store and buy milk and several of my friends got bread makers and they started making their own bread at home and growing their own gardens. They would just go to the store for meat & dairy.. Fruit in the grocery store tastes terrible but we go down to the farmers market and get it because when I was a kid we have apple trees and grape vines in our backyard but we don't anymore so I go down to the farmers market and get it.
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 During the Great Depression many people in the Deep South reported no real differeces in their way of life . They were broke before the Depression but had ways to keep a large family fed with very little outside assistance .
I was fortunate to grow up similar. I was born in the 70s, but my dad’s family on both sides lived into their early, late 90s. We had a huge family garden we shared land with my grandparent’s, aunts/uncles. Cows, pigs, chickens..
Yes. Plenty of people in Louisiana do share systems. This person has a couple fig trees, and that one grows 50 tomato plants every year. They swap excess crops of each, and both are fully stocked through winter. This hunter bags deer, that one bags ducks, and the third likes fishing. Multiple families with full freezers and diverse, clean diets. The cost of living isn't high so long as we got ammo & fertilizer. We even have bear season again now!! I'm elated.
The machine you were looking at is a combine. It is used to harvest crops such as soybeans, wheat, oats,corn and other grain crops. What you called a cannon is an unloading auger. It swings out so it can unload the grain tank on combine into a truck or trailer so whatever crops are being harvested can be transported to market or to storage tanks on the farm
As a southernor it is 100% people fleeing the failed Democrat states like California and their horrible tax policies. They come to the South for the weather and the cheaper cost of living. Then they start voting in the same garbage they fled. Bad news is getting way more expensive here as well. I'm from Georgia and our cost of living around Atlanta increased dramatically. From 2020 to 2023 my rent increased by 40%. Immigrants actually have higher likelihood of getting business development loans. I think those entrepreneur numbers are misleading because so many of those are hotel and gas stations. Nothing against Indians and Pakistani people here but the amount of hotels and gas stations owned by them in the South is mind boggling. I bet it's higher than 50% gas stations and 80 of less expensive hotels.
Georgia changed it's taxes on the film industry, and now many major movies are filmed here. Everything from Founder, about the McD's founder, Ray Kroc; to the Avengers movies (the funeral/church scenes were filmed where my parents got married). Now Georgia has a huge film industrial complex, and there are "location tourists" who want to see where their favorite show (like The Walking Dead) was filmed.
Unfortunately the film industry and the ridiculous transformation of Atlanta has turned Georgia into a blue state. It’s really sad to see that from your neighbor to the south.
@@Kari5274 Blue state politics and the mentality that supports it are recipes for disaster. California is a perfect example. Blue states treat their residents like subjects, not citizens, with ridiculous taxation, over regulations, and a disregard for personal rights and freedoms as compared to red states. You’re right about Florida being reddish purple. We were razor thin close to being a blue state in 2018 if Gillum had beaten DeSantis.
I can only speak for the central part of North Carolina. We have 3 major research universities that support hospitals and joined forces with a lot of tech and pharmaceutical companies and created the Research Triangle. This area is currently building the largest, by double, carbide silicone computer chip manufacturing plant. We have been ranked as one of the top five places to live in the USA for years.
Kind of weird hearing that Maryland and Delaware is "The South". The reason why we have large population increases in the South is because of transplants moving here from other states. Immigrants might be starting new businesses, but I think a lot of the "new businesses" in the South during the covid years, was businesses from other states relocating to southern states. Because we had a lot less stupid covid restrictions than cities in other parts of the country did.
The red states with less restrictions also had much higher Covid death rates. It's a trade off. I followed my states really restrictive rules and it was really lonesome. Our kids were out of school for much too long. On the other hand, I'm still alive and kicking, and have never had Covid, and I'm very grateful for that. I live in a 55+ apartment complex. and all of my elderly friends here survived too. The only ones I've even known to have Covid in this state was my son and his girlfriend, but he was delivering food to houses 5 or 6 days a week through the whole pandemic. He only got sick when he got careless and didn't wear a mask. On the other hand. 2 of my cousins in Montana had bad cases of Covid, and one of them died. Nothing else matters if you can't stay alive.
@greeneyedlady5580 my uncle died of covid. Guess which political party he was associated with. Yep you guessed it Rep. I don't morn him because I didn't know him
You have people who work remotely moving to the south. Elon Musk likes to get attention and make waves, we'll see where he ends up when all his hype dies down. I live in Texas. As climate change ramps up, there will be more deadly monster hurricanes along the Gulf Coast. No company wants to deal with that The rest of the state is a humid hot box. Of course, with droughts, water shortages and wildfires, the Pacific Northwest will be the only part of the American west to hang in there. Nevada and Arizona will die out, there will be small areas of coastal California that will use expensive ocean water that will have to be cleaned of pollutants and desalinated. The problems from climate crisis will be so bad, it just may get the country together again. Or complete the division for good
@@greeneyedlady5580tell that to NY and all the senior homes packed with covid patients their governor killed. It was proven they labeles car wrecks as covid deaths if the body tested for covid. The stats are fake.
To give an anecdotal story, Me and my husband were making 95k a year in California and could barely survive, had about 30k in debt, and had to have roommates to pay rent. We moved to texas, and within 3 months our debt is almost gone, we have a good chunk of money in the bank consistently, we have a savings account, and we're spending more money on nonessentials. it is WAY cheaper to live here.
So you haven't paid property taxes yet then.....that's where Texas gets you. That and the 8.25% sales tax (depending on your municipality). Otw, you're right. Welcome to Texas!
21:37 The government created socialized regulated farming and monopolized majority of national food chains stores causeing the cost to go up. They shut down many of the farms in the south and ship it in, which makes it cheaper to eat bad food. Same issues large cities have.
The South grew in late 2020 early 2021 because Govenors in the South allowed businesses in their States to open back up, unlike the rest of the US where many States in the West and Northeast continued to stay lcoked down for many more months, and in some cases, years.
I lived 30 min east of Cincinnati at that time and it was like 2 different worlds between the suburbs and the city. I kept a mask in my car just in case for like a year. haha My company never shut down either so I was jealous of everyone getting them days off :(
@antigov03 I was considered essential, working for the automotive industry, so we only received days off if we happened to come in contact with the virus. I'm grateful I live in the South, though. Within the first month of nationwide shutdowns, our state was already planning to open back up on a large scale. Had we not, I believe the people and our economy wouldn't have been able to bounce back as gracefully as we did. Seeing the way the most populated states handled the pandemic versus many of the southern states, night and day.
Californian was the ONLY state whose GDP increased during the pandemic.The US GDP went down 31.4% SAAR while California's GDP went up 31.5% SAAR and we had a low percentage of dead people from COVID. But hey facts.
Auto companies come because workers in the south are not in unions. VW is in Tennessee. Mercedes and Subaru are in Alabama. Kia is in Georgia. Toyota is in Kentucky.
28:00 The South is not the land of Mega Churches. We have them, but we have about a billion more little country churches, with about 100 in attendance on sunday.
I've lived in Georgia for nearly all my life, and I'll personally say that I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I think the modern day Southern region of the US is one of the best places to live.
I wish I could say the same if my "home/birth" State, I was born and raised in San Diego California, but the political climate, and progressive, liberal, Democrats have made it unlivable my family sold our family house of 5 generations, and we spread across the country, we actually had 4 generations living in the house all at the same time. We lived in a nice area 3 blocks from the beach, and everyone (approx 25) in the family voted Republican (with 1 exception) for the past 50+ years, as soon as we were allowed to vote.
Couple of things we always say..."American by birth, Southern by the grace of God", ALSO, "NOBODY retires and moves up north". We have the sunshine, Baby!!!
The South has less waste because we reuse EVERYTHING lol. Margarine containers become tupperware. Cookie tins become sewing kits. We save and reuse plastic grocery bags. Nearly everything we bring into our homes gets a second life.
I wasn't thinking about that, but that's exactly why. Also, we tend not to consume as much if it's not a necessity. The reactor thought waste was referring to taking a shit btw, not sure if you caught that. Lol
First, the Civil War was more about States being able to govern their own state than the federal government telling them what to do. Slavery was just ONE of those issues. Since the pandemic people have moved to the South for the same reasons. I live in Tennessee. In our state government the people have more control of how we live. This is why the population in Texas, Tennessee and Florida grew so much. We tend to have more freedoms and elect Governors who support our ideas.
Lots or reasons the "south" has many more people moving here. Climate/weather, lower crime. lower taxes, more business friendly laws including less friendly laws for labor unions and less employee protections, business loves that. Less population density means land and homes are much cheaper than the northeast. More jobs including high tech jobs are available here too. Variety of recreational areas too including wonderful beaches, lakes and mountains.
The south needn't be designated by slave ownership. It isn't legal anywhere anymore. Them folks up 'round DC gots most of the slaves these days, an' most not black. 😂
Marylander here. NOT the south (although Charles County has rather southern ways.) I know they included Delaware as below it, but the M-D Line includes the vertical line that separates MD and DE (called the trans-peninsular line); the horizontal line on the MD's north, was to settle a land dispute between PA and MD_ PA wanted it's southern border closer to Baltimore, MD wanted it's northern border closer to Philly! M and D said based on the original charters, the border should be 'here'. And, oh yeah, DE gets one 'here', as well as the 12-mile circle PA and NJ! Just noticed...M-D, Maryland/Delaware!😃
That machine you said looked like a tank is a combine. It cuts wheat. It’s threshed or separated as it goes through & that “cannon” is an auger. Inside is a spiral that moves the grain out of the basket & blows it into a truck to be taken to the co-op to be shipped down the line.
People came south when they could work remotely, live much less expensively, and have SPACE with larger homes and land. What SUCKS is they bring all their expectations of lifestyle from government agencies. Then they vote in people who change the government and INCREASE TAXES and minimum wages. Also, Texas is the only state that can secede, legally.
The coastal cites arent considered the south aka the "country" (a term used by southerners to define southern people.) We refer to any coastal town as living on the "coast". They are a differernt kind of southerner. Usually more city orianted poeople.
If you ever visit the US, come in the fall and I'll take you to an Ole Miss game. You haven't seen anything until you see the tailgating in the Grove with tents with chandeliers, waiters, the frat and sorority members wearing coat and tie and nice dresses and heels, plus a wonderful ballgame.
Alabama here. People in rural areas don’t have grocery stores. This is also true in poor neighborhoods. Enter Dollar General and similar. This food is cheap, high calorie and high fat. I’m not kidding. I once worked with a girl who raised her kids on only dollar foods. They went grossly overweight. As was she. It’s sad. Because it was part of her family culture, she wasn’t interested in learning different.
People let themselves think that eating healthy means eating more expensive versions of the same processed foods, as long as it's labeled organic or something. When in reality they don't know how to just cook a balanced meal in a reasonable amount of time. And yes they don't have enough fresh ingredients but there are still a lot of healthy and appetizing foods you can make involving frozen and canned vegetables at least. I wish I could say it's a purely economic or educational issue, but it's cultural. Now that the demographics of the south are changing so much, though, who knows what will happen.
@J-rt9ez the food pyramid and myplate are genuinely corporate shams that the government should be shamed/sued into reform. But your diet advice is also terrible lol not gonna lie
@@elizabethmann383 Yes. It's actually cheaper to have the fresh food, and ignore the boxed stuff. But like you say, if someone is raised on chips and Mountain Dew, that's all they get.
@@elizabethmann383 dollar general is cheap? Goodness gracious, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I have five children and I won’t never buy a dollar general. I make my list and I make the trip into town 40 minutes for cheap groceries because Dollar General is a crime to rural folks.
Larry the Cable Guy being associated with the south is hilarious to me. I'm from Mississippi but live in Nebraska... and Larry is from Lincoln, Nebraska and lives in Nebraska. I met him once just before a show in Omaha, btw. He's really down to earth.
That's because Americans were shooting at Americans. We all train with and keep arms. Always have. The best trained civilian population in the world in those days.
@@nathanh24317 The South actually was underarmed during the Civil War. We kept arms for hunting & perso al security, not for fighting each other. We beefed up our g u n game due to the War.
The states that have recently discussed secession actually comprise the majority of US farmland. From Florida and Texas up to Idaho. Most of what was considered the "wild west". Alaska was even discussing secession with Texas. Even middle and eastern California were discussing secession from California. FedGov would lose half of the east coast, all of the gulf coast, and about a third of the continental west coast, as well as all of the Alaskan coast. Regardless of their mindset, immigrants receive benefits to help them start businesses that American citizens don't. It's not that American citizens don't want to start businesses. We're aggressively discouraged from starting businesses by predatory loans and anti-American licensing laws. When I say "anti-American," I mean that these laws are written specifically to make it more difficult for American citizens to start a business than for immigrants.
As somebody who lives in the South, I can tell you that the biggest reason why a lot of companies are moving down to the South is because unions are weak here. Many of the states have laws to keep the unions from coming in or having any power. As a result, companies can come down here and charge a significantly less wage than up North. A good example is The Auto industry. Both BMW And Volvo pay around $20 an hour. We're up north north. They're paying closer to $40 an hour.
Yeah, for the most part, unions have used up their usefulness. I have never worked for a company with a union and I never would. I don't need a daddy to negotiate my salary.
" Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. ... The numbers of Civil War dead were not equaled by the combined toll of other American conflicts until the War in Vietnam."
We never called it 'the Civil War' in school. BTW, Lincoln lied to the Governor of South Carolina. He wanted the war. Refer to the book 'the real Lincoln' by Thomas J. di Lorenzo
The Civil War had between 620,000 and 750,000 deaths. Every other war we've been involved in totals out around 680,000. Vietnam contributed just over 58,000...this includes accidents and disease related deaths.
I work in maintenance at a Tennessee section 8 housing complex (two, technically, though the head maintenance guy quit, then they hired a new one who quit after two days, so I stay at one property every day until we get a new one) and have seen SO much waste and bad behavior, it's honestly infuriating. They absolutely destroy the property, treat us maintenance people as their person handymen, throw trash everywhere and lately I've been seeing bags of food from a local food bank, FULL OF FOOD scattered about the property! We may have a food insecurity problem, but we also have an awful people abusing every system they can problem. When you don't earn it yourself, you tend to take it for granted. It refers to whatever you want it to, because the concept holds true for everything you can apply it to.
That's not a southern thing though. That's a generational welfare thing. That entitled mentality group and their behavior are everywhere across the US.
1:14 first. yes, the South has a higher obesity rate, but it's a very small lead on the other regions... so that's a non-starter... BUT there are more U.S. Presidents that have come from the South than any other region AND there are plenty of higher education centers and higher ed degrees in the South, so that's not even an issue either....
As a SC man I would glady become our own Country. The Southern States should become our own nation. All the NY, NJ, PA folks moved here though. They have to go back...😂😂
I live in Tennessee. You mentioned it gets hot here in the south. Today which is 7-4-24 is 32 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit ) with a feel like temp of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit. Also, you have watch 2 different videos that showed the Bell South Tower which we have dubbed the Batman Building with no response to it. A little bit surprised.
Born and raised in Georgia, now living in Alabama. I have family in Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, and other regions of the country. In the U.S. we are all Americans, but a lot of us are divided by our politics, but our politicians are to blame 100%. U.S.A. ... GO DAWGS....
@@Mtndude76 I would love nothing more than for New England to split from the US and become part of Canada. A lot of New Englanders feel the way I do. We are much more culturally aligned with them than with the South.
@@tinatovar7548clearly you have no sense of History, are you aware of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was born and raised in West Virginia he was one of the greatest Confederate generals are you aware of the civil war history that is in the region of West Virginia! I do not condone, or support racism in any manner, but I think you should study our history before you throw us out the door!
The White guys from the South that join the military are so racist and unqualified to represent America overseas. I witnessed the most disturbing conversations from these dudes I would not want them representing America
@ryanandangieisbell8444 Southerns work hard, but also love to lay back and chill. I have no doubt that when it comes to actual hard work, the Midwest is right up there with any region. I look at both regions as very similar to each other in general, at least in comparison to the West Coast and New England. In reality, every state plays their part, it's just a difference in mindsets, although, at the end of the day we all share more in common than not.
According to 3 friends who left their state, many people fled their states during the pandemic due to the insane restrictions within that particular state placed on citizens at the work place that lasted 2 years or longer. The south was not as restrictive, and the 3 I know basically said enough is enough. The difference in the cost of living was insane. One sold their old California 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath house with a carport for $850k. Used that money from sale and bought a 5 bedroom, 6 bath home with land and trees, pool with cash. No mortgage. Just paying property taxes and utilities and insurance. The CDC in atlanta, Emory university, Tulane university in Louisiana, the medical centers in Houston, Kendall Jackson hospital and Mt Sinai in Miami, St Jude Children Cancer Research in Memphis, TN, some of best agricultural universities are in texas.
The South stayed open during Covid. Some businesses did shut down or closed completely. However, a lot of them made a way to stay open. Even though no one wasn't going anywhere people were moving to the south.
My job (in NC) was already planning on closing for renovations. So when covid hit, it was the perfect opportunity for all the employees to take paid leave subsidized by the state. When we opened back up, we more than doubled our revenue.
And the five states with the highest COVID-19 mortality rates were all in the South. The original video is pretty one-sided, not only in its failing to mention the downside of being in the South during COVID, but also in emphasizing only the positives of automakers setting up in the South while not mentioning the negatives for laborers in anti-union states or the tax concessions that were given to manufacturers, and the video only talks about the size of renewable energy production in Texas without mentioning ERCOT and electricity deregulation in Texas that made this possible at the cost of making the electrical grid in Texas very vulnerable to mass outages, etc., etc. The original video is far from a balanced presentation.
@@markhamstra1083 It's okay because for some miraculous reason the flu didn't come that year like it does every other year. I guess washing your hands and staying indoors was just super effective against flu but not against the vid. It's also smarter than the flu because it knew to spread at Trump rallies but not spread at BLM rio... protests.
The video creator has a big bias praising immigration and trying his hardest to avoid the fact that Southern businesses stayed open while the North went into shutdown
Southern hospitality, biscuits and free refills (SWEET ICED TEA!).. just for starters. We will love you, feed and refresh you and beg you to "sit and stay a while"! So come on, friend. We'll be happy to have ya❤❤❤❤
It makes you wonder what else they are leaving out of the video when the most obvious reason for migration from blue states/cities is that those areas stayed shut down for Covid and red places opened up. Freedom is as important as money when planning a business.
Covid, as an existential threat, is gone. So, why are people STILL moving here?!?! Has nothing to do with Covid. The South is just a much kinder, more pleasant place to live all around. I’d close the borders of the Southern states if I could!
As a Texan, being conservative isn't a great selling point. I'm not sure why this continues to be mentioned as one of the "best." In the last 4 elections, Republicans win, but by decreasing margins. I'm not sure how long this can be an argument. The growing immigrants population, tech industry, and Northern migration is making this less relevant.
The oil in the gulf goes through pipelines in the south. One of the largest refineries in the country is on the mississippi coast. NASA is in the south. Spacex is now in the south.
I used to live in the northeast and moved south over 26 yrs ago- Today - leaving all immigration out of the growth figures - most move south because the taxes are a lot lower, jobs are more plentiful, and a lot of how America USED to be are still intact and not anywhere near as affected by 'woke'. Regarding immigrants being more likely to start a new business; not all, but MANY immigrants receive assistance to help them start a new business by way of programs and perks, or tax credits. I know this to be true as I have family member who married an immigrant and he benefited by way of this sort of assistance.
8:05 A lot of the Northeastern states shut down a lot of businesses and schools during Covid. A lot of the residents either lost their jobs or wanted to keep their children in schools so they moved to other states that remained open during the virus. That was when a big influx happened towards the South.
While the the civil war had a much higher death percentage, it is important to note that the usa wasnt involved for the whole war in ww2, and weren’t present for many of the deadliest battles. ( the battles of Stalingrad had more casualties on each single side than America did for the whole war, same with Moscow and almost with the battle of Kursk where the soviets had 800k casualties and nazis only 200k)
I sure hope you get to come visit us! Go to a mountain range, Rockies, Cascades, Sierra’s! ALL ARE INCREDIBLE! 🙌🙌🙌 I hail from the Pacific Northwest!🌲🐿️ Traveling all over the US! Landed in Florida for 10 years, stay away from there!!! Hot, humid, nasty Swampland! So much beauty to see across the pond! My friend, I truly hope you get to make the journey 🫶✨😊
Im from Arkansas. Lots of rice, moonshine, backwoods wines, and guns. There are cities, but they are far apart. Lots of woods and rivers to explore. I ride tubs down rivers... not the arkansas River that's too ruff, but the White River is amazing. There is a place called many islands you can look up some of the float parties they have. Anyway nice to see my state on your video.
We moved to Texas in 1997 because the cost of housing was so much cheaper, and the opportunities for my husband were more exciting. He was in a field that depended on new technologies and science and the growth in those fields were off the charts in the late 90s and early 2000s. Also, 2 of my sisters had moved here, It was good to have family with us,
Likewise we need the northern states, probably more than we realize. Time to make the changes necessary, stop the crap in DC by bringing in better people and go back to the era of a more cohesive country. Divided we fall, a declaration all too obvious now.
The south have been kept low income and low education due to legislation, it’s a multi layered problem that until recent decades was just left unaddressed.
That low education lie has been going on for decades. Funny since they like to use false statistics to make it look like education in the south is bad when in the other states, they have 21 yr olds aging out of high school unable to read and a majority of high school kids entering college at remedial level. Meanwhile the south has several Ivy League colleges and some of the best STEM and business schools in the US, I graduated from a National School of Excellence in the south in the 1980s and watched my classmates get snubbed by MIT and others merely because our school was in the same state the US didn't have a problem electing a president from, and most of kids graduate able to read, do advanced math, science, botany, and biology because they need that to farm.
@@eparris2908 Amen! Plus, so many people seem to forget about the trades! Why go through college and put yourself 10's, if not 100's of thousands of dollars in debt when you know you want to start working and earning money (often times much more money) much sooner than your college educated peers? Tradesmen are just as, if not more, important than many careers that require degrees (of course the obviously college educated doctors, nurses, and engineers being exceptions).
You have to keep in mind … a lot of southern states are small towns where grocery stores could be limited. Fast food is everywhere. We southern folk need to get back to having gardens and learning to can and preserve fresh food
3:09 To answer your question it’s yes. They were more fatalities in the US Civil War, then in any other war that the US was involved in. But I don’t know if they are counting both The Union(the north) and the confederates( the south) side since they’re both considered United States of America today. For me, that is kind of crazy to comprehend that America’s fighting itself is more deadlier than fighting other countries.
These videos makes my head spin! I think every square foot in America is needed throughout every state. Being from Texas I cannot see myself moving to the north. I’m not man enough to handle them viscous winters but I can handle the blistering heat in the middle of July and August in the south. So we have out places we are cut out for. Just seems like this kind of videos starts up to much drama like our politicians always screaming racism. The Americans are fine with each other. United we stand, divided we fall. We learned from that mistake in April 1861-April 1865
@@kennethvaughan8195 I've been in Montana when the daytime high was 10 degrees F. didn't feel as cold as 40 degrees and raining. it's not the heat, it's the humidity. of course, since it was 2020, I also caught COVID while I was there and missed 2 weeks of work and then took a month to get back to a full work week.
@@kenbrown2808 When I was in the military a lady that worked for me was from Montana. The pictures she would bring in was the most beautiful scenery !she alway told me she didn’t understand why I didn’t go ahead and make the move. Well, all my family here in Texas has passed away and I don’t have much holding me down here. I do have multiple sclerosis now and I do deal with cooler temps better than the heat. Summers in Tex shuts me down so who knows.
No mention of gut health from food products instead of real food? So weird how the medical community doesn’t look at the body as a whole when even car mechanics do that.
I will say this having lived in the south all my life and am relatively educated. They always talk about how "uneducated" the southern states are, however, how much education do you need to be a farmer, work on the oil rigs, do construction or manual labor? I know a lot of people from high school, dropped out or graduated and went straight to work. No college, but now either run their own hotshotting company trucking things around or make well in to the 6 figured from oil rig working. The priorities are just different. But they claim that to be less educated. While yes its true that there are some dumb people here, I've met and talked with dumb people from everywhere.
People tend to ignore the entire space program being operated in the south. And all of the top class engineering and aerospace college programs in the south. It's just a steretype with no substance.
You aren't dumb or uneducated, just those who have no idea the sheer level of STEM knowledge you have to have to do the jobs southerners on rigs, farms, and as skilled labor is college and above. They think their degrees give them knowledge and a right to sneer down but it only makes them stupid in reality as books rarely apply to reality. My own Dad only had a GED but was a WWII veteran, engineer, and became a vital member of the Apollo program because of his lifetime experience on farms, CCC, Pacific theater, then designing incredible projects that took him to DC all without a single college degree. I always hear blue collar downing themselves but the fact is, compare the real job skills and talents between and you'll see how today's blue collar are far better educated and smarter than what comes out of colleges.
Commenting this because I did not see anyone answer your question about the machine you noticed. It is commonly referred to as a combine or harvester and is used to harvest crops like wheat or corn. The "cannon" you noticed is a boom arm that is used to empty the harvester into a trailer for delivery to a silo, storage area, or processing facility.
The Civil War is known as America's deadliest war because everyone who fought and died in it was American and had the highest death toll of an single conflict. As for population growth in the South, the vast majority of people moving to southern States was caused by people leaving for less expensive property and lower taxes than their origin States, especially during remote working situations realized during Covid. Companies choosing to leave did so because of lower wages and lighter regulation. All of that sounds good at face value, but it's economically untenable in the long run. There is no way the South will be allowed to secede by the Federal government nor would conflict be beneficial.
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri were all slave holding states, which is why the Mason Dixon line came into existence. Neither of those states seceded from the Union, but they were culturally southern at that time, and are still technically southern states, even if they are no longer culturally southern. But then Charlotte, North Carolina and many other southern cities are no longer culturally southern either.
While yes, disease and infection were rampant as a result of injuries. The casualties in the civil war are that high since both sides were American. Union soldier died, counts as an American. Confederate soldier died, also counts as an American. As opposed to every other conflict.
The south starts at Virginia where I'm at and I'll be A OKAY if the south breaks off from the wok northern and western states. I love my gas car and after market exhaust there aren't any noise restrictions in virginia unlike the Democrat states and the south is just better, nicer people, more resources, nature, warm bath water temp oceans... who needs the north? Let's do it!
That was a really good video, good job picking it to react to. Hope you're coming to America soon, and you'd better bring your ass to the South I'll meet you in Savannah we can sit on the bench where they filmed Forrest Gump.
I think industry is moving south for lower labor cost and better weather. We only have a few really cold days. Little to no snow. I dont even own a heavy coat for those colder days. Transporting goods for manufactoring wont be delayed in the south for blizzard conditions. Ive been in the south for 50 years and can only remember a handful of times that freezing/snow shut us down.
Immigrant business owners don’t pay taxes for first five years and everyone moves to the south because it’s Republican and they did not lock down during Covid so they did very well other states are still😡lol and ya love the reactions 💪💪💪
@@pauladuncanadams1750 It is true that you can get a lot more house for your money in Oklahoma, but people also come here because there is less government interference in your life, lower taxes, and overall better quality of life than in super-crowded coastal cities.
I think a very interesting series.You could do would be on the specific states.Just find a video or 2 about each specific state and go through it.Maybe the most unique towns in each state or the poorest towns in each state or the richest towns in each state
Yes, and unfortunately, they're also bringing their horrible liberal ideals and voting tendencies with them, slowly turning the South blue. Owning property was much more affordable and getting good jobs (and having better, more diverse, job choices) used to be easy. Not anymore. I couldn't buy a house right now to save my life. And forget about buying a home on some land... never going to happen now. I'm stuck renting for the rest of my life.
Del, Maryland and Virginia were slave states, but were called border states, as were Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. Four border states, MO, KY, DE and MD did not secede from the Union during the Civil War. Oklahoma was never a Southern state, as they were never a slave holding state, just like Kansas. They weren't eve a state until the 20th Century, well after the Civil War. I don't know how the US gov't is classifying them now, but they were never part of the South. The border states like VA were considered as part of the South, even though they were border states, because they were south of the Mason Dixon Line and held slaves. VA was also the home of Richmond, the Confederate capital during the war. Yes, the most deaths in any war was during the Civil War, by far. They're growing a lot because of the climate, causing a huge population shift, within the country. They also are right to work states, meaning that unions, while not officially banned have much less influence and more difficult for strikes, so they have lower wages in those states, which makes it attractive to large companies. It's also why the South is much poorer than the other regions.
D.C., Delaware & Maryland are NOT the South.
according to the mason dixon line..... they are.
@@mycocorleone4771the line ain't know shit
@@Rh0mbus You been eating crayons again?
@@mycocorleone4771the red one's my favorite!
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Never in a million years would I put DC, Delaware and North of Richmond VA in the “south”. They are so very different.
As a native Virginian I absolutely agree with you. DC, Maryland & Delaware are NOT southern states in any way. And the I95 corridor north of Richmond to DC are the sole reason that we are considered a "blue state" right now. The rest of VA is very "red" but the huge population of transplanted DC acolytes are all "blue" and do not vote like the rest of the state. Also, West Virginia is not really a southern state; after all, they seceded from the state of Virginia and formed their own state during the Civil War era just so that they could be part of the Union and have never reflected the culture of the south since that time.
@@StayshaS are you fully aware of the Mason Dixon line? It’s called imaginary line, but there are portions where the brick walls are still intact marking the clear boundary
DC is sandwhiched between virginia and maryland lol did you drop out of geopgrahy class?
@@joannseifert DC is not a STATE. Lol
Did you pay attention to history? There is a literal brick wall in some areas when you cross the mason dixon line. Go research historical maps
You'd be correct, sir. Nobody kicked America's ass harder than America. We go hard in war, even when it's between ourselves.
No one wanted the smoke long enough so we kicked our own ass
I came here to comment exactly this. Every time someone talks about it, I think of the movie Liar Liar. "I'm kicking my own ass, Do You Mind!!!
Because the Confederacy lost both sides were American. Had they won only the Union soldiers would of been counted as American K.I.A.
"And we may have done a little bit of fightin' amongst ourselves, but you outside people best leave us alone."
God bless Charlie Daniels. Dude spittin' bars IN bars, lol.
@@lucycarlisle9120 if he were alive today, he would have added "and don't touch our fuckin boats!"
We, the South, did not close nearly as much as the rest of the world.
Brother I was born in the north but I would chose the south over the north , east and west anyday of the week. I salute the south and if a new civil war should break out I would definitely be taking side. My mom and Dad were both born in Tenn , but jobs were lacking in the south so my mom and dad moved up to michigan. I'm so proud of my brother and sisters in the south ... i would not trade the South for the east west or north put together.
@PatrickOneal-nl7xk I agree. I the south is not without its problems and hurricanes and heat may kill you, but most people genuinely care about other people. Just a little better place to slow down enjoying family and food and life altogether.
Much love to you, from East Tennessee!! 💜@@PatrickOneal-nl7xk
In southern TN almost nothing closed during COVID!
@@PatrickOneal-nl7xk much love to you. 🧡
I'm Southern, born and raised in Alabama. And the major problem with the South leaving the US is because the South is now self-sufficient, unlike during the civil war. Coal, steel, agriculture, textiles, power, all these industries are staples in the modern South. We also have some of the largest military installations in the US.....the food is also a major bonus 😂
Too bad most of the money to pay for those military bases comes from the part that would leave the south dirt poor.
Roll Tide!🐘(and War Eagle 🦅 ….but in this house Roll Tide lol).
And there is the problem. Millitary bases and equipment belong to the federal government. Which as you know is based in the north. Maryland and most if Virginia and definatly West 😊Virginia are north.
You also have the worst schools except universities. Extreme poverty and collect more federal funds from other states to help with their poverty etc.
I agree. SC here I am down with it. They can keep the North craziness. If CH gets in you may see part 2.
Delaware? Mayland? DC? Thats a big NO!
i agree. im fromNY and now live in NC and have lived in MD and there are some parts of MD that have southern sounding people. lol. but seem to have NY attitudes lol. Being that its before Virginia on 95 i wouldnt consider it a southern state.and del is right after jersey so yeah a bit hail nah
Yeah basically anything Virginia and below but definitely not DC. I would include West Virginia even though they were technically a union state.
@@Tylermaddox1911hypothetical if you had to pull a cannon from Georgia to west Virginia, would you still be in the south?
There is no way Maryland, DC and Delaware are the South.
@@OlsenMath Maryland and DC yes Delaware no! The mason Dixon line is what separates the south from north
During the pandemic, most of the south didn't really "shut down". Most stores didn't require masks. The rules were much more lax.
To be fair the pandemic was only dangerous to the young children below like 5 and those above like 50.
I lived in my Florida house in the winter, pandemic was not as big of a deal like it was back in Chicago
We went to Gulf Shores in June/July 2020 and no masks when we were there. We didn’t go to NC as usual because their Gov Cooper was a tyrant. I’m near Ft Morgan as I write this. We love the Alabama beaches and super laid back vacation culture.
@@kaysnyder3882 You correctly described Cooper.
Yeah, once again proving that Southerners only care about rich white people
The person that produced this is obviously not from the south or even knows people from the south very well.
I'm a nerd who would rather watch a history documentary than a football game and I've seen a number of this kind of thing. It's pretty usual that they lack insight on the South. Having been born and raised in the North but then lived my adult life in the South, my attitudes certainly changed and it's clear to me that most video and filmmakers have the same sort of inaccurate preconceived ideas I had before I moved.
@@patrickbarnes9874my husband says the same, he was born and raised in NJ, PA and after we got married he moved to the South where I’m from. My friends who married Northerners also seem to get along better with their spouses and we’ve all been married over 20 yrs.😊
Immigrants are getting government aid for new businesses over American born citizens!
Exactly. Sounds like a libtard made it.
Amen to that! Don’t speak for us.
The guy in this video is dancing around the real reason people are migrating to the south. Using COVID as an example, it was the political policies of the south the drove people that direction. For the most part they either remained open throughout or closed down only briefly then re-opened again only after a few months. For someone like me, I moved from California to Tennessee because in CA I couldn’t even go to a public outdoor park with my child because they closed it for COVID, but in TN I could shop in a store or a mall without a mask. It was a no-brainer.
On top of that, when talking about the manufacturing that has moved to the South, it’s not because of a more available work force or warmer weather. They moved there because they’re “Right To Work States” (for the most part). Meaning no one is required to join a union to work, which is a big deal with the auto industry. And because those states have considerably lower Corporate taxes. In Tennessee, Florida and Texas there are no income tax for employees. Huge incentive to live there, as opposed to California and New York that have top income tax rates of 12% (which is on top of the Federal Taxes you have to pay to the US government.)
You hit the nail on the head
Noting from 2000-2020, migration away from heavily-taxed areas ran by Dems has been going on for a minute. Covid helped speed up the process. There are more freedoms as we understand our states' rights under our Republic.
Cheaper land, business incentives/less bureaucracy(less unions,too-as you stated)and lower energy costs helped attract more industry here. For as education, college degree doesn't mean what it used to mean. Look at what the Ivy League is producing- Silver Spoon Socialists. We have world class Healthcare, Energy capital of the world, and Space Aviation- removing bureaucracy is the best way to incentivize innovation. We still have the American Dream mindset and freedom to attain it. Lastly, never heard of anyone retiring and moving North. My .02
Yes! People are still moving to the South because of the political craziness in the northern states taking away their rights.
South has more resources
You chose to expose your child to Covid? Really? Nearly 1,000,000 Americans have died from Covid. Many of them children.
People clown on the south a lot but you won’t find friendlier people. We have our issues which I won’t deny. But a lot of folks haven’t actually been here to see the love folks have for each other in these small towns. People will constantly help complete strangers just because their heart tells them to do so.
Amen❤
I am originally from NY now I live in NC. A good man doesn't belong in that hellhole that NY is.
Amen
The question about Covid, north got scared and shut everything down, the south kept working. I was out working in the world every day during Covid while everyone else was working from home
Same here. I’m a teacher & we were only on Covid shutdown for about two months.
My husband and 4 sons were at work every day. My husband was even working extra on top of his full time job!
North Carolina here and you are only measuring intelligence by degrees or graduation rates. I promise you more people here have working knowledge than their northern counterparts. People in the south tend to learn a trade. They might not be able to file your taxes but they can fix your car, cook you a meal or build you a house.
Intelligence is also measured by a willingness to learn new things, and different perspectives and that is something that us northerners do not see much in the south. Case in point: the politics.
Being uneducated means you don't learn about proper exercise, or healthy diets, or financial literacy, or all of the other things that the southern states are the worst at doing compared to other states.
@@nannerz1994southerners often tend to value traditional ideas and ways of life, just because many southerns do not agree with progressive ideas does not mean they have an unwillingness to learn about different things. To say as a majority that southerners are unintelligent because they are not democratic/progressive is ignorant. Many southerners will listen to the ideas of opposing parties but just because they don’t change their minds doesn’t make them unintelligent. They simply value different things and see other things as more important.
@@nannerz1994the education is not good and I agree with that but much of dietary problems come from a lack of source and income to but said healthy food. Much of the south is small towns and grocery stores don’t make enough to keep locations where it is accessible to enough people. Many towns only have dollar generals and the like and convenience stores aren’t known for their healthy options. So unfortunately those who are poor enough to have food stamps and such use what they have on the cheapest options at the closest locations. Often not able to supply their families with nutrition bc it wouldn’t be enough to feed everyone. This is an issue with multiple factors- education, gov welfare, and accessibility.
You open with North Carolina and I immediately knew you’re not the South
Bro, I’m a Southren. I have friends and family all over the South. With the exception of Mississippi, I have no clue what this guy is talking about. Food insecurity my ass.
I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast & have never heard of “food insecurity”. What the heck?!
People eat fast food because they like it & it easier to get. Maybe they are just to lazy to cook. I'm from Alabama, it's easier to run by get something already prepared.
The food insecurity is propaganda. I'm in Mississippi and there is absolutely no food insecurity. I've been hearing that food shortages are expected but that's most likely bc people like Bill Gates are buying so much farm land and will be controlling food supply. Sounds like we are starting to be pre exposed to that scenario.
@@sharimedleyed.s.166if you are on food stamps or welfare they determine you are "food insecure" (not knowing where your next meal is coming from.) so if you are retired and get $50/month in food stamps and have $100,000 in the bank and getting an Ira dividend, they consider you "insecure" and have no idea how you pay for food today.
I'm in Texas. It is an issue. People feel ashamed to talk about it. My place of work has 1 in 40 clients food insecure. Employees were just polled how we're doing.
In the south we’re more independent, we don’t rely as much on government in fact we don’t really care much for federal government. So a lot of the federal Covid laws that were passed in 2020, our local governments didn’t support. So when the rest of the country was shut down, the south was hustling.
Just losing Texas alone would be catastrophic for the US imo
Plus the guy talking forgets ... If they lose the South we will NOT be sending our resources out to the others . Selling it maybe but, not just having to send it out .
Let them go. They can sink or swim on their own.
@@Melody-k7n lol.... and we would swim and then make the USA our bitch.. sincerely a Texan
@Melody-k7n if Texas leaves, most other red states will follow. That includes most of the south and Midwest.
@@tearitup115 I've been getting notifications on threads where my comments have been censored. From a month ago to just a day ago .... Daily LoL One I got a notification from a thread that was a year old and my comment was removed . LoL RUclips censoring is so out of hand . I must my own personal little agent .
Before 1950s the Southern States had one of the best healthy diets. Because people would grow their own foods, since the store was too expensive to buy food. However when Americans needed to make more money and both parents had to work. Gardens was taking too much time and effort and people gradually stopped have their own gardens, chickens and pigs.
That’s my understanding as well. Lack of time causes people to eat in unhealthy ways. The food insecurity part was confusing in the sense that I’m not so sure people have more Insecurity here than any other region or state. People come to the South to avoid starvation from what I’ve heard. The weather is warmer and the many churches in the South do A LOT for people in poverty.
My grandma and great-grandparents always screwed their own gardens and my great-grandparents lived out in the country before my great Grandma had a stroke.. they moved to Roanoke in Southern Virginia to live with their oldest daughter, my grandma. Here in Southern Virginia it's nice and it is far less expensive than up in Northern Virginia and people really make about the same amount of money and maybe a little bit less but it is so different from Northern Virginia where it might as well be part of DC for about 25 to 50% of the people.. some of them are super super nice and others are just snobby & rude.
I lived in Pennsylvania for 2 years as a kid and I thought after living in the South for 3 years that the southerners were far more friendly -Southerners are much easier to get to know but I can't always say they're nicer in the long run... People in the South or a lot like the main character of hacksaw ridge and there are mountains and people go hiking and climbing all the time.. the guy who was the main character in that movie grew up in Lynchburg Virginia which is only 45 minutes from where I live.😂 In the movie his girlfriend was asking him if he was part mountain goat😂😂.. it's just a way that the Appalachians are made but I can't speak so far as to the rest of the South. I will say that I've noticed in the past 10 years I've noticed more people gardening and actually it's been longer than that because grocery started to increase after the Iraq War started.. people just kept getting tired of high groceries so they would go to the store and buy milk and several of my friends got bread makers and they started making their own bread at home and growing their own gardens. They would just go to the store for meat & dairy..
Fruit in the grocery store tastes terrible but we go down to the farmers market and get it because when I was a kid we have apple trees and grape vines in our backyard but we don't anymore so I go down to the farmers market and get it.
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 During the Great Depression many people in the Deep South reported no real differeces in their way of life . They were broke before the Depression but had ways to keep a large family fed with very little outside assistance .
I was fortunate to grow up similar. I was born in the 70s, but my dad’s family on both sides lived into their early, late 90s. We had a huge family garden we shared land with my grandparent’s, aunts/uncles. Cows, pigs, chickens..
Yes. Plenty of people in Louisiana do share systems. This person has a couple fig trees, and that one grows 50 tomato plants every year. They swap excess crops of each, and both are fully stocked through winter. This hunter bags deer, that one bags ducks, and the third likes fishing. Multiple families with full freezers and diverse, clean diets. The cost of living isn't high so long as we got ammo & fertilizer. We even have bear season again now!! I'm elated.
The machine you were looking at is a combine. It is used to harvest crops such as soybeans, wheat, oats,corn and other grain crops. What you called a cannon is an unloading auger. It swings out so it can unload the grain tank on combine into a truck or trailer so whatever crops are being harvested can be transported to market or to storage tanks on the farm
I came here to say exactly that. And a John Deere at that!❤
God is here, and so is Deere.
The U.S. uses very large farm equipment for our food production. Our farms I think are much larger the GB.
NASCAR started as races between folks who transported illegal liquor.😂😂😂
Yep, the Carolinas and Tennessee and Georgia, mostly
@@andyloy7809Oh no. Don't leave off Virginia!
Just some good ol boys, never meanin no harm..
@@PinkHibiscus-eh9hy beats you ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the the day they were born l🎶🎵
@@andyloy7809 Staightnin' the curves, flatnin' the hills...
As a southernor it is 100% people fleeing the failed Democrat states like California and their horrible tax policies. They come to the South for the weather and the cheaper cost of living. Then they start voting in the same garbage they fled. Bad news is getting way more expensive here as well. I'm from Georgia and our cost of living around Atlanta increased dramatically. From 2020 to 2023 my rent increased by 40%.
Immigrants actually have higher likelihood of getting business development loans. I think those entrepreneur numbers are misleading because so many of those are hotel and gas stations. Nothing against Indians and Pakistani people here but the amount of hotels and gas stations owned by them in the South is mind boggling. I bet it's higher than 50% gas stations and 80 of less expensive hotels.
Someone who born and raised in Texas and I think the south should break Away
And close our new borders!!!
I am in Indiana and if the south break away i will move to Kentucky.
Georgia changed it's taxes on the film industry, and now many major movies are filmed here. Everything from Founder, about the McD's founder, Ray Kroc; to the Avengers movies (the funeral/church scenes were filmed where my parents got married). Now Georgia has a huge film industrial complex, and there are "location tourists" who want to see where their favorite show (like The Walking Dead) was filmed.
Unfortunately the film industry and the ridiculous transformation of Atlanta has turned Georgia into a blue state. It’s really sad to see that from your neighbor to the south.
@@daves.682 It's sad for us as well... We will be California 2.0 when that shit hole finally fails.
@@daves.682 What's wrong with being a blue state? I'm in Florida which is a reddish purple state.
@@Kari5274 Blue state politics and the mentality that supports it are recipes for disaster. California is a perfect example. Blue states treat their residents like subjects, not citizens, with ridiculous taxation, over regulations, and a disregard for personal rights and freedoms as compared to red states.
You’re right about Florida being reddish purple. We were razor thin close to being a blue state in 2018 if Gillum had beaten DeSantis.
@@daves.682only in the Atlanta area. Honestly go out into the rest of the state, it’s not so blue.
I can only speak for the central part of North Carolina. We have 3 major research universities that support hospitals and joined forces with a lot of tech and pharmaceutical companies and created the Research Triangle. This area is currently building the largest, by double, carbide silicone computer chip manufacturing plant. We have been ranked as one of the top five places to live in the USA for years.
Kind of weird hearing that Maryland and Delaware is "The South". The reason why we have large population increases in the South is because of transplants moving here from other states. Immigrants might be starting new businesses, but I think a lot of the "new businesses" in the South during the covid years, was businesses from other states relocating to southern states. Because we had a lot less stupid covid restrictions than cities in other parts of the country did.
The red states with less restrictions also had much higher Covid death rates. It's a trade off. I followed my states really restrictive rules and it was really lonesome. Our kids were out of school for much too long. On the other hand, I'm still alive and kicking, and have never had Covid, and I'm very grateful for that. I live in a 55+ apartment complex. and all of my elderly friends here survived too. The only ones I've even known to have Covid in this state was my son and his girlfriend, but he was delivering food to houses 5 or 6 days a week through the whole pandemic. He only got sick when he got careless and didn't wear a mask. On the other hand. 2 of my cousins in Montana had bad cases of Covid, and one of them died. Nothing else matters if you can't stay alive.
@greeneyedlady5580 my uncle died of covid. Guess which political party he was associated with. Yep you guessed it Rep. I don't morn him because I didn't know him
You have people who work remotely moving to the south. Elon Musk likes to get attention and make waves, we'll see where he ends up when all his hype dies down. I live in Texas. As climate change ramps up, there will be more deadly monster hurricanes along the Gulf Coast. No company wants to deal with that The rest of the state is a humid hot box. Of course, with droughts, water shortages and wildfires, the Pacific Northwest will be the only part of the American west to hang in there. Nevada and Arizona will die out, there will be small areas of coastal California that will use expensive ocean water that will have to be cleaned of pollutants and desalinated. The problems from climate crisis will be so bad, it just may get the country together again. Or complete the division for good
@@greeneyedlady5580tell that to NY and all the senior homes packed with covid patients their governor killed.
It was proven they labeles car wrecks as covid deaths if the body tested for covid. The stats are fake.
To give an anecdotal story, Me and my husband were making 95k a year in California and could barely survive, had about 30k in debt, and had to have roommates to pay rent. We moved to texas, and within 3 months our debt is almost gone, we have a good chunk of money in the bank consistently, we have a savings account, and we're spending more money on nonessentials. it is WAY cheaper to live here.
@@pnkrathrt I hope you remember all that on November 5.
@@Durenda-dw7bp lol no need to worry about me, I vote based on policy, not feeling
So you haven't paid property taxes yet then.....that's where Texas gets you. That and the 8.25% sales tax (depending on your municipality). Otw, you're right. Welcome to Texas!
@@dianevacante9382 yes, property taxes are higher out here, but everything else is cheaper. As a 20 year California resident, I can assure you.
@@pnkrathrt I hope you left all the Blue ideologies behind in California.
21:37 The government created socialized regulated farming and monopolized majority of national food chains stores causeing the cost to go up. They shut down many of the farms in the south and ship it in, which makes it cheaper to eat bad food. Same issues large cities have.
The South grew in late 2020 early 2021 because Govenors in the South allowed businesses in their States to open back up, unlike the rest of the US where many States in the West and Northeast continued to stay lcoked down for many more months, and in some cases, years.
Correct!
I lived 30 min east of Cincinnati at that time and it was like 2 different worlds between the suburbs and the city. I kept a mask in my car just in case for like a year. haha My company never shut down either so I was jealous of everyone getting them days off :(
@antigov03 I was considered essential, working for the automotive industry, so we only received days off if we happened to come in contact with the virus. I'm grateful I live in the South, though. Within the first month of nationwide shutdowns, our state was already planning to open back up on a large scale. Had we not, I believe the people and our economy wouldn't have been able to bounce back as gracefully as we did. Seeing the way the most populated states handled the pandemic versus many of the southern states, night and day.
Californian was the ONLY state whose GDP increased during the pandemic.The US GDP went down 31.4% SAAR while California's GDP went up 31.5% SAAR and we had a low percentage of dead people from COVID. But hey facts.
@@lindastarkey4054 made up facts
Auto companies come because workers in the south are not in unions. VW is in Tennessee. Mercedes and Subaru are in Alabama. Kia is in Georgia. Toyota is in Kentucky.
BMW in South Carolina. Toyota also in Mississippi in Texas. Nissan in Tennessee. Hyundai in Alabama.
Yup. The south has cheap labor.
Yep. Cheaper labor. Keeping people poor.
Hyundai in Bama and TN also has Nissan
@@ScottieRCI typed my comment then saw yours. Hit the nail on the head you did.
Texas born and raised since 1985 love it will never leave
Texas since 57 been here awhile. And don't plan to leave
Texan born and bred since 1964! IF I ever left, it would be to Oklahoma or Florida.
The largest airport on EARTH is in Atlanta, GA. A tremendous about of deaths during the War between the States was disease and starvation.
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The South is not the land of Mega Churches. We have them, but we have about a billion more little country churches, with about 100 in attendance on sunday.
I've lived in Georgia for nearly all my life, and I'll personally say that I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I think the modern day Southern region of the US is one of the best places to live.
Me too hon in Georgian
I agree, wish I lived there. Fam is from the south, but hubs is a northerner. So here I am.
thats because most people from there hardly have traveled anywhere else lol
MTG and killer cop now mayor. About typical for George.. 😅
I wish I could say the same if my "home/birth" State, I was born and raised in San Diego California, but the political climate, and progressive, liberal, Democrats have made it unlivable my family sold our family house of 5 generations, and we spread across the country, we actually had 4 generations living in the house all at the same time.
We lived in a nice area 3 blocks from the beach, and everyone (approx 25) in the family voted Republican (with 1 exception) for the past 50+ years, as soon as we were allowed to vote.
Couple of things we always say..."American by birth, Southern by the grace of God", ALSO, "NOBODY retires and moves up north". We have the sunshine, Baby!!!
The South has less waste because we reuse EVERYTHING lol. Margarine containers become tupperware. Cookie tins become sewing kits. We save and reuse plastic grocery bags. Nearly everything we bring into our homes gets a second life.
I wasn't thinking about that, but that's exactly why. Also, we tend not to consume as much if it's not a necessity. The reactor thought waste was referring to taking a shit btw, not sure if you caught that. Lol
@@johnwray393 🤣🤣🤣
bacon grease. ;) Also pasta sauce jars, I have probably a dozen of them I use for all kinds of things.
Amen!
LOL.
You're seriously delusional if you think that's a south thing.
That is a basic logic thing.
First, the Civil War was more about States being able to govern their own state than the federal government telling them what to do. Slavery was just ONE of those issues.
Since the pandemic people have moved to the South for the same reasons. I live in Tennessee. In our state government the people have more control of how we live. This is why the population in Texas, Tennessee and Florida grew so much. We tend to have more freedoms and elect Governors who support our ideas.
Said like someone whose relatives owned other humans & wishes they themselves could as well...
@@Melody-k7n not true. You must be a far left "progressive"
Lots or reasons the "south" has many more people moving here. Climate/weather, lower crime. lower taxes, more business friendly laws including less friendly laws for labor unions and less employee protections, business loves that. Less population density means land and homes are much cheaper than the northeast. More jobs including high tech jobs are available here too. Variety of recreational areas too including wonderful beaches, lakes and mountains.
It's just better down here :) and nothing against them but Maryland, DC, and Delaware are not apart of the south
lol, yeah, I don't care where that mason dixen line is, those states are NOT the south, lol. They wouldn't claim to be either.
The south needn't be designated by slave ownership. It isn't legal anywhere anymore.
Them folks up 'round DC gots most of the slaves these days, an' most not black. 😂
Marylander here. NOT the south (although Charles County has rather southern ways.)
I know they included Delaware as below it, but the M-D Line includes the vertical line that separates MD and DE (called the trans-peninsular line); the horizontal line on the MD's north, was to settle a land dispute between PA and MD_ PA wanted it's southern border closer to Baltimore, MD wanted it's northern border closer to Philly! M and D said based on the original charters, the border should be 'here'. And, oh yeah, DE gets one 'here', as well as the 12-mile circle PA and NJ!
Just noticed...M-D, Maryland/Delaware!😃
Marylander here and I agree that Maryland is NOT part of the south and I'm grateful for that fact.
@@dmpvip ... Well there ya go. Somebody has to be a dick I reckon, and dmp has it covered.
That machine you said looked like a tank is a combine. It cuts wheat. It’s threshed or separated as it goes through & that “cannon” is an auger. Inside is a spiral that moves the grain out of the basket & blows it into a truck to be taken to the co-op to be shipped down the line.
I was looking for this comment before stating it myself lol
Works with soybeans and feed corn as well
Yep
People came south when they could work remotely, live much less expensively, and have SPACE with larger homes and land. What SUCKS is they bring all their expectations of lifestyle from government agencies. Then they vote in people who change the government and INCREASE TAXES and minimum wages. Also, Texas is the only state that can secede, legally.
Texas did that already and it was reincorporated, we do not have that right anymore.
No we don't. I believe that's been settled.
All states have the right to secede. It's in the Constitution.
@@eparris2908 where, only one state was given that privilege to my knowledge.
No state can "legally secede"
The coastal cites arent considered the south aka the "country" (a term used by southerners to define southern people.) We refer to any coastal town as living on the "coast". They are a differernt kind of southerner. Usually more city orianted poeople.
If you ever visit the US, come in the fall and I'll take you to an Ole Miss game. You haven't seen anything until you see the tailgating in the Grove with tents with chandeliers, waiters, the frat and sorority members wearing coat and tie and nice dresses and heels, plus a wonderful ballgame.
Alabama here. People in rural areas don’t have grocery stores. This is also true in poor neighborhoods. Enter Dollar General and similar. This food is cheap, high calorie and high fat. I’m not kidding. I once worked with a girl who raised her kids on only dollar foods. They went grossly overweight. As was she. It’s sad. Because it was part of her family culture, she wasn’t interested in learning different.
People let themselves think that eating healthy means eating more expensive versions of the same processed foods, as long as it's labeled organic or something. When in reality they don't know how to just cook a balanced meal in a reasonable amount of time. And yes they don't have enough fresh ingredients but there are still a lot of healthy and appetizing foods you can make involving frozen and canned vegetables at least. I wish I could say it's a purely economic or educational issue, but it's cultural. Now that the demographics of the south are changing so much, though, who knows what will happen.
@J-rt9ez the food pyramid and myplate are genuinely corporate shams that the government should be shamed/sued into reform. But your diet advice is also terrible lol not gonna lie
@@elizabethmann383 Yes. It's actually cheaper to have the fresh food, and ignore the boxed stuff. But like you say, if someone is raised on chips and Mountain Dew, that's all they get.
@@elizabethmann383 dollar general is cheap? Goodness gracious, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I have five children and I won’t never buy a dollar general. I make my list and I make the trip into town 40 minutes for cheap groceries because Dollar General is a crime to rural folks.
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Larry the Cable Guy being associated with the south is hilarious to me. I'm from Mississippi but live in Nebraska... and Larry is from Lincoln, Nebraska and lives in Nebraska. I met him once just before a show in Omaha, btw. He's really down to earth.
He has a bunch of family in the South, I know them well.
@@rooroo_7lol. He has WAY more family in the Midwest.
Not only did the civil war see more deaths than any war we have fought in, but all of the wars America has fought in combined.
CORRECT!!
More than any other single war, but most definitely NOT more than every other war combined.
Actually, if you look it up it did have comparable to all other wars.
That's because Americans were shooting at Americans. We all train with and keep arms. Always have. The best trained civilian population in the world in those days.
@@nathanh24317 The South actually was underarmed during the Civil War. We kept arms for hunting & perso al security, not for fighting each other. We beefed up our g u n game due to the War.
The states that have recently discussed secession actually comprise the majority of US farmland. From Florida and Texas up to Idaho. Most of what was considered the "wild west". Alaska was even discussing secession with Texas. Even middle and eastern California were discussing secession from California. FedGov would lose half of the east coast, all of the gulf coast, and about a third of the continental west coast, as well as all of the Alaskan coast.
Regardless of their mindset, immigrants receive benefits to help them start businesses that American citizens don't. It's not that American citizens don't want to start businesses. We're aggressively discouraged from starting businesses by predatory loans and anti-American licensing laws. When I say "anti-American," I mean that these laws are written specifically to make it more difficult for American citizens to start a business than for immigrants.
As somebody who lives in the South, I can tell you that the biggest reason why a lot of companies are moving down to the South is because unions are weak here. Many of the states have laws to keep the unions from coming in or having any power. As a result, companies can come down here and charge a significantly less wage than up North. A good example is The Auto industry. Both BMW And Volvo pay around $20 an hour. We're up north north. They're paying closer to $40 an hour.
Yeah, for the most part, unions have used up their usefulness. I have never worked for a company with a union and I never would. I don't need a daddy to negotiate my salary.
" Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. ... The numbers of Civil War dead were not equaled by the combined toll of other American conflicts until the War in Vietnam."
I don’t know where you got your figures. There are only 28,354 names on “The Wall” (Vietnam War Memorial)…
@@tommysaulter9171 Read it more carefully. It said "the combined toll of other American conflicts"
We never called it 'the Civil War' in school. BTW, Lincoln lied to the Governor of South Carolina. He wanted the war. Refer to the book 'the real Lincoln' by Thomas J. di Lorenzo
The Civil War had between 620,000 and 750,000 deaths. Every other war we've been involved in totals out around 680,000. Vietnam contributed just over 58,000...this includes accidents and disease related deaths.
I work in maintenance at a Tennessee section 8 housing complex (two, technically, though the head maintenance guy quit, then they hired a new one who quit after two days, so I stay at one property every day until we get a new one) and have seen SO much waste and bad behavior, it's honestly infuriating. They absolutely destroy the property, treat us maintenance people as their person handymen, throw trash everywhere and lately I've been seeing bags of food from a local food bank, FULL OF FOOD scattered about the property!
We may have a food insecurity problem, but we also have an awful people abusing every system they can problem. When you don't earn it yourself, you tend to take it for granted. It refers to whatever you want it to, because the concept holds true for everything you can apply it to.
That's not a southern thing though. That's a generational welfare thing. That entitled mentality group and their behavior are everywhere across the US.
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first. yes, the South has a higher obesity rate, but it's a very small lead on the other regions... so that's a non-starter... BUT there are more U.S. Presidents that have come from the South than any other region AND there are plenty of higher education centers and higher ed degrees in the South, so that's not even an issue either....
And it would be interesting to know how many Fortune 500 companies CEOs are from the South.
😂 the cope.
As a SC man I would glady become our own Country. The Southern States should become our own nation. All the NY, NJ, PA folks moved here though. They have to go back...😂😂
Southern girl here. Born and raised in TX. interesting video. Thank you!
I live in Tennessee. You mentioned it gets hot here in the south. Today which is 7-4-24 is 32 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit ) with a feel like temp of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit.
Also, you have watch 2 different videos that showed the Bell South Tower which we have dubbed the Batman Building with no response to it. A little bit surprised.
Born and raised in Georgia, now living in Alabama. I have family in Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, and other regions of the country. In the U.S. we are all Americans, but a lot of us are divided by our politics, but our politicians are to blame 100%. U.S.A. ... GO DAWGS....
@@Mtndude76 I would love nothing more than for New England to split from the US and become part of Canada. A lot of New Englanders feel the way I do. We are much more culturally aligned with them than with the South.
Go Noles
Roll Tide!
I was with ya until the Dawg thing lol! 😅 But I think we have more fun here too 😊.
@@Simbecile Who would have guessed the NE people would want to join Canadian's socialism and their icky ruler. Be my guest, go with them.
West Virginia should not be listed as the south. It seceded from Virginia so it could remain part of the Union during the Civil War!!
True, but we love you!
I'm from Georgia and I totally agree with that
@@tinatovar7548clearly you have no sense of History, are you aware of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was born and raised in West Virginia he was one of the greatest Confederate generals are you aware of the civil war history that is in the region of West Virginia! I do not condone, or support racism in any manner, but I think you should study our history before you throw us out the door!
@@larrym.johnson9219He was born in Virginia. Clarksburg was a part of Virginia before West Virginia became a state. He’s buried in Lexington, Va.
I think that they're still Southern culturally. And they sure as hell are far more "Southern" than Maryland and Delaware.
Young ppl in The US don't realize that during the civil war, WE DIDN'T HAVE 50 STATES!
Maryland and delaware don't count to most southerners.
If you want strong military personnel, then you need the south and the people it produces. Along with the midwest, can't forget them.
I thought this map was wrong because the red states would split the country in half with a LOT of the West as well.
The White guys from the South that join the military are so racist and unqualified to represent America overseas. I witnessed the most disturbing conversations from these dudes I would not want them representing America
@@mortimerbrewster3671 They're only using official governmental designation. A proper map would look differenat.
Yes I agree. I’m from the Midwest and we’re known for being the hardest workers.
@ryanandangieisbell8444 Southerns work hard, but also love to lay back and chill. I have no doubt that when it comes to actual hard work, the Midwest is right up there with any region. I look at both regions as very similar to each other in general, at least in comparison to the West Coast and New England.
In reality, every state plays their part, it's just a difference in mindsets, although, at the end of the day we all share more in common than not.
According to 3 friends who left their state, many people fled their states during the pandemic due to the insane restrictions within that particular state placed on citizens at the work place that lasted 2 years or longer. The south was not as restrictive, and the 3 I know basically said enough is enough.
The difference in the cost of living was insane.
One sold their old California 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath house with a carport for $850k. Used that money from sale and bought a 5 bedroom, 6 bath home with land and trees, pool with cash. No mortgage. Just paying property taxes and utilities and insurance. The CDC in atlanta, Emory university, Tulane university in Louisiana, the medical centers in Houston, Kendall Jackson hospital and Mt Sinai in Miami, St Jude Children Cancer Research in Memphis, TN, some of best agricultural universities are in texas.
The South stayed open during Covid. Some businesses did shut down or closed completely. However, a lot of them made a way to stay open. Even though no one wasn't going anywhere people were moving to the south.
My job (in NC) was already planning on closing for renovations. So when covid hit, it was the perfect opportunity for all the employees to take paid leave subsidized by the state. When we opened back up, we more than doubled our revenue.
And the five states with the highest COVID-19 mortality rates were all in the South. The original video is pretty one-sided, not only in its failing to mention the downside of being in the South during COVID, but also in emphasizing only the positives of automakers setting up in the South while not mentioning the negatives for laborers in anti-union states or the tax concessions that were given to manufacturers, and the video only talks about the size of renewable energy production in Texas without mentioning ERCOT and electricity deregulation in Texas that made this possible at the cost of making the electrical grid in Texas very vulnerable to mass outages, etc., etc. The original video is far from a balanced presentation.
@markhamstra1083
That's actually untrue. Stop listening to fake news.
@@markhamstra1083 It's okay because for some miraculous reason the flu didn't come that year like it does every other year. I guess washing your hands and staying indoors was just super effective against flu but not against the vid. It's also smarter than the flu because it knew to spread at Trump rallies but not spread at BLM rio... protests.
The video creator has a big bias praising immigration and trying his hardest to avoid the fact that Southern businesses stayed open while the North went into shutdown
It’s not food. It’s FREEDOM!!!
Southern hospitality, biscuits and free refills (SWEET ICED TEA!).. just for starters. We will love you, feed and refresh you and beg you to "sit and stay a while"!
So come on, friend. We'll be happy to have ya❤❤❤❤
The south for all it's ups and downs is where good music and good food came from.
Yes💯😁
Country “music” is shit
The best music and food that originated in the south was improved upon elsewhere and surpassed the original.
@@WolfProf it is.... what's even worse, it's not country anymore..its redneck rock now. Horrible.
@@StoneE4that’s false. Food and music still better than anything anyone else produces in the whole world.
A lot has to do with covid restrictions, a lot has to do with attacks on the 2nd amendment, and political reasons.
Yep I will never comply with Michigan lockdowns. I took the stimulus and unemployment from jobs shutting down and moved to Tennessee.
It makes you wonder what else they are leaving out of the video when the most obvious reason for migration from blue states/cities is that those areas stayed shut down for Covid and red places opened up. Freedom is as important as money when planning a business.
Covid, as an existential threat, is gone. So, why are people STILL moving here?!?! Has nothing to do with Covid. The South is just a much kinder, more pleasant place to live all around. I’d close the borders of the Southern states if I could!
4:34 we have cheaper prices, better government, consistent government, we're conservative, guns, good food, the list goes on
welfare states
Consistently horrible government.
As a Texan, being conservative isn't a great selling point. I'm not sure why this continues to be mentioned as one of the "best." In the last 4 elections, Republicans win, but by decreasing margins. I'm not sure how long this can be an argument. The growing immigrants population, tech industry, and Northern migration is making this less relevant.
Not everyone here would agree that we are conservatives. Native Texan here and I have NEVER been conservative.
@@dianevacante9382 typically it is a conservative vote in the states is what I am saying
I live in North Carolina and I watch all your videos. Love what you doing bro, come see us in the USA!
The oil in the gulf goes through pipelines in the south. One of the largest refineries in the country is on the mississippi coast. NASA is in the south. Spacex is now in the south.
I used to live in the northeast and moved south over 26 yrs ago- Today - leaving all immigration out of the growth figures - most move south because the taxes are a lot lower, jobs are more plentiful, and a lot of how America USED to be are still intact and not anywhere near as affected by 'woke'. Regarding immigrants being more likely to start a new business; not all, but MANY immigrants receive assistance to help them start a new business by way of programs and perks, or tax credits. I know this to be true as I have family member who married an immigrant and he benefited by way of this sort of assistance.
8:05 A lot of the Northeastern states shut down a lot of businesses and schools during Covid. A lot of the residents either lost their jobs or wanted to keep their children in schools so they moved to other states that remained open during the virus. That was when a big influx happened towards the South.
WWII had 400K American deaths. The American Civil War had 520K deaths.
Well. 650k is a more accurate estimate for American deaths during the civil war.
2% of the US population for the civil war, 0.39% for WWII.
While the the civil war had a much higher death percentage, it is important to note that the usa wasnt involved for the whole war in ww2, and weren’t present for many of the deadliest battles. ( the battles of Stalingrad had more casualties on each single side than America did for the whole war, same with Moscow and almost with the battle of Kursk where the soviets had 800k casualties and nazis only 200k)
@TheBaldr we had a lot more people in the 1940s so that doesn't matter
@@Ryan-li8qc it does matter if you compare deaths to the population at that time.
I sure hope you get to come visit us! Go to a mountain range, Rockies, Cascades, Sierra’s! ALL ARE INCREDIBLE! 🙌🙌🙌 I hail from the Pacific Northwest!🌲🐿️ Traveling all over the US! Landed in Florida for 10 years, stay away from there!!! Hot, humid, nasty Swampland! So much beauty to see across the pond! My friend, I truly hope you get to make the journey 🫶✨😊
Im from Arkansas. Lots of rice, moonshine, backwoods wines, and guns. There are cities, but they are far apart. Lots of woods and rivers to explore. I ride tubs down rivers... not the arkansas River that's too ruff, but the White River is amazing. There is a place called many islands you can look up some of the float parties they have. Anyway nice to see my state on your video.
We moved to Texas in 1997 because the cost of housing was so much cheaper, and the opportunities for my husband were more exciting. He was in a field that depended on new technologies and science and the growth in those fields were off the charts in the late 90s and early 2000s. Also, 2 of my sisters had moved here, It was good to have family with us,
NAFTA
For me it was the climate. I’m from the north. Live in the south now and would never go back
Vote Trump
@@RunningGrass-we7tm You think it's going to be better under a dictatorship?
@@RunningGrass-we7tm No, thank you.
The USA has to have the South-- we matter.
@@Wud-f2r the US needs us, more than we need the US, unless DC gets enormous change.
I agree with you
@@JoPerry-by3wdyou live off blue state taxes. Good riddance to you. I'm tired of supporting people who work against me.
You don't matter to most of us. All you do is halt progress and make our lives worse because you shove your religion down everyone else's throats.
Likewise we need the northern states, probably more than we realize.
Time to make the changes necessary, stop the crap in DC by bringing in better people and go back to the era of a more cohesive country.
Divided we fall, a declaration all too obvious now.
The south have been kept low income and low education due to legislation, it’s a multi layered problem that until recent decades was just left unaddressed.
Legislation, true. But also, for 2 centuries, agriculture was #1 in the south. Dont need a highschool diploma to work the fields. Trust me, I know!
Low education? Nonsense
@@RunningGrass-we7tmWould you like to check which states rank lower in education rankings?
That low education lie has been going on for decades. Funny since they like to use false statistics to make it look like education in the south is bad when in the other states, they have 21 yr olds aging out of high school unable to read and a majority of high school kids entering college at remedial level. Meanwhile the south has several Ivy League colleges and some of the best STEM and business schools in the US, I graduated from a National School of Excellence in the south in the 1980s and watched my classmates get snubbed by MIT and others merely because our school was in the same state the US didn't have a problem electing a president from, and most of kids graduate able to read, do advanced math, science, botany, and biology because they need that to farm.
@@eparris2908 Amen! Plus, so many people seem to forget about the trades! Why go through college and put yourself 10's, if not 100's of thousands of dollars in debt when you know you want to start working and earning money (often times much more money) much sooner than your college educated peers? Tradesmen are just as, if not more, important than many careers that require degrees (of course the obviously college educated doctors, nurses, and engineers being exceptions).
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Your definition is the most accurate. Even though thats a broad statement. Much love from across the pond. 🤙
You have to keep in mind … a lot of southern states are small towns where grocery stores could be limited. Fast food is everywhere. We southern folk need to get back to having gardens and learning to can and preserve fresh food
3:09 To answer your question it’s yes. They were more fatalities in the US Civil War, then in any other war that the US was involved in. But I don’t know if they are counting both The Union(the north) and the confederates( the south) side since they’re both considered United States of America today.
For me, that is kind of crazy to comprehend that America’s fighting itself
is more deadlier than fighting other countries.
Yes the numbers are combined. Yes that's why it was the most deadly conflict in American history in terms of losses. Yes this is common sense.
@@jishani1 The problem is that didn't count "maimed" as well. 650k+ dead, but about that many severely injured as well e.g. missing limbs.
A better question is does the South need the rest of the US? :)
No we dont.
Given that most southern states take more federal tax dollars than they give, I'd say yes.
Why don't you go find out? We'll keep science, education, longer lifespans and rights, you can keep the humidity and the big bugs.
That government funding says we do lol
Well we all know who uses the funding. Ha
These videos makes my head spin! I think every square foot in America is needed throughout every state. Being from Texas I cannot see myself moving to the north. I’m not man enough to handle them viscous winters but I can handle the blistering heat in the middle of July and August in the south. So we have out places we are cut out for. Just seems like this kind of videos starts up to much drama like our politicians always screaming racism. The Americans are fine with each other. United we stand, divided we fall. We learned from that mistake in April 1861-April 1865
psst: in the north, the heat still works when it snows.
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Lol. If I was up there and for some reason it didn’t…. Whoa I’d be in trouble.
Lol
@@kennethvaughan8195 I've been in Montana when the daytime high was 10 degrees F. didn't feel as cold as 40 degrees and raining. it's not the heat, it's the humidity. of course, since it was 2020, I also caught COVID while I was there and missed 2 weeks of work and then took a month to get back to a full work week.
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So you were in the south when you had Covid-19’s?
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When I was in the military a lady that worked for me was from Montana. The pictures she would bring in was the most beautiful scenery !she alway told me she didn’t understand why I didn’t go ahead and make the move. Well, all my family here in Texas has passed away and I don’t have much holding me down here. I do have multiple sclerosis now and I do deal with cooler temps better than the heat. Summers in Tex shuts me down so who knows.
Arkansas here, definitely the south. We have one of the only natural diamond mines in the U.S.
That place is actually pretty cool. Went there once, and I actually found a very small diamond.
im from florida its because during covid we stayed open and not locked down and we have way more freedom thats why
I don't think of the south when I think of Delaware or Maryland.
when I was still working in the ER we were told to consider hunger as a possible cause for children's abdominal pain.
No mention of gut health from food products instead of real food? So weird how the medical community doesn’t look at the body as a whole when even car mechanics do that.
@@thyme3605I’ve personally had multiple doctors for all different ailments talk to me about taking probiotics and gut health🤷♀️
I will say this having lived in the south all my life and am relatively educated. They always talk about how "uneducated" the southern states are, however, how much education do you need to be a farmer, work on the oil rigs, do construction or manual labor? I know a lot of people from high school, dropped out or graduated and went straight to work. No college, but now either run their own hotshotting company trucking things around or make well in to the 6 figured from oil rig working. The priorities are just different. But they claim that to be less educated. While yes its true that there are some dumb people here, I've met and talked with dumb people from everywhere.
People tend to ignore the entire space program being operated in the south. And all of the top class engineering and aerospace college programs in the south. It's just a steretype with no substance.
You aren't dumb or uneducated, just those who have no idea the sheer level of STEM knowledge you have to have to do the jobs southerners on rigs, farms, and as skilled labor is college and above. They think their degrees give them knowledge and a right to sneer down but it only makes them stupid in reality as books rarely apply to reality. My own Dad only had a GED but was a WWII veteran, engineer, and became a vital member of the Apollo program because of his lifetime experience on farms, CCC, Pacific theater, then designing incredible projects that took him to DC all without a single college degree. I always hear blue collar downing themselves but the fact is, compare the real job skills and talents between and you'll see how today's blue collar are far better educated and smarter than what comes out of colleges.
Bro Florida native, but lived in Germany for 6 years... killer videos! Keep it up man
Commenting this because I did not see anyone answer your question about the machine you noticed. It is commonly referred to as a combine or harvester and is used to harvest crops like wheat or corn. The "cannon" you noticed is a boom arm that is used to empty the harvester into a trailer for delivery to a silo, storage area, or processing facility.
The Civil War is known as America's deadliest war because everyone who fought and died in it was American and had the highest death toll of an single conflict. As for population growth in the South, the vast majority of people moving to southern States was caused by people leaving for less expensive property and lower taxes than their origin States, especially during remote working situations realized during Covid. Companies choosing to leave did so because of lower wages and lighter regulation. All of that sounds good at face value, but it's economically untenable in the long run. There is no way the South will be allowed to secede by the Federal government nor would conflict be beneficial.
LOL "allowed to secede." That's a good one😂
I don't think of Delaware as being in the South. Yes, more people died in the Civil War, but most of them died of disease and infection.
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri were all slave holding states, which is why the Mason Dixon line came into existence. Neither of those states seceded from the Union, but they were culturally southern at that time, and are still technically southern states, even if they are no longer culturally southern. But then Charlotte, North Carolina and many other southern cities are no longer culturally southern either.
While yes, disease and infection were rampant as a result of injuries. The casualties in the civil war are that high since both sides were American. Union soldier died, counts as an American. Confederate soldier died, also counts as an American. As opposed to every other conflict.
Yes. Infection brought on by "Minnie Ball" holes😂
The south starts at Virginia where I'm at and I'll be A OKAY if the south breaks off from the wok northern and western states. I love my gas car and after market exhaust there aren't any noise restrictions in virginia unlike the Democrat states and the south is just better, nicer people, more resources, nature, warm bath water temp oceans... who needs the north? Let's do it!
That was a really good video, good job picking it to react to. Hope you're coming to America soon, and you'd better bring your ass to the South I'll meet you in Savannah we can sit on the bench where they filmed Forrest Gump.
I think industry is moving south for lower labor cost and better weather. We only have a few really cold days. Little to no snow. I dont even own a heavy coat for those colder days. Transporting goods for manufactoring wont be delayed in the south for blizzard conditions. Ive been in the south for 50 years and can only remember a handful of times that freezing/snow shut us down.
Immigrant business owners don’t pay taxes for first five years and everyone moves to the south because it’s Republican and they did not lock down during Covid so they did very well other states are still😡lol and ya love the reactions 💪💪💪
The west is so "mountainy and rocky." Maybe that's why they're called, the Rocky Mountains. Lol
Texas an FL are growing because people are moving there from liberal strongholds like CA, NY, WA, and OR.
They just need to leave there bs politics back
That's because it's cheap in poor areas.
@@pauladuncanadams1750 It is true that you can get a lot more house for your money in Oklahoma, but people also come here because there is less government interference in your life, lower taxes, and overall better quality of life than in super-crowded coastal cities.
@brackguthrie9470 yeah, right. That's why women are dying because abortion is illegal.
I think a very interesting series.You could do would be on the specific states.Just find a video or 2 about each specific state and go through it.Maybe the most unique towns in each state or the poorest towns in each state or the richest towns in each state
🤨 The Space industry was Born, Lives and is one of the Heartbeats of the South.
The year I spent in the UK, when folks found out I was from Tennessee they always asked me if I was a hillbilly.😳
Did you ask them if they were all inbred since they're English?
Are you a hillbilly?
Reasons people move: Retirement. Follow other family members. Job opportunities. Lower taxes. Cheaper cost of living.
Cheaper cost of living is the only reason I would live in the sounth. Thus I live in the Southwest.
They're moving to Texas and Florida. They're moving from the liberal states like California and NY with the states with the highest taxes.
Exactly!!!
Yes, and unfortunately, they're also bringing their horrible liberal ideals and voting tendencies with them, slowly turning the South blue. Owning property was much more affordable and getting good jobs (and having better, more diverse, job choices) used to be easy. Not anymore. I couldn't buy a house right now to save my life. And forget about buying a home on some land... never going to happen now. I'm stuck renting for the rest of my life.
Del, Maryland and Virginia were slave states, but were called border states, as were Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. Four border states, MO, KY, DE and MD did not secede from the Union during the Civil War. Oklahoma was never a Southern state, as they were never a slave holding state, just like Kansas. They weren't eve a state until the 20th Century, well after the Civil War. I don't know how the US gov't is classifying them now, but they were never part of the South. The border states like VA were considered as part of the South, even though they were border states, because they were south of the Mason Dixon Line and held slaves. VA was also the home of Richmond, the Confederate capital during the war. Yes, the most deaths in any war was during the Civil War, by far. They're growing a lot because of the climate, causing a huge population shift, within the country. They also are right to work states, meaning that unions, while not officially banned have much less influence and more difficult for strikes, so they have lower wages in those states, which makes it attractive to large companies. It's also why the South is much poorer than the other regions.
LOL! The food insecurity in the South had me laughing! It sounded like a Public Service Announcement! 🤠