There are many differences when it comes to living in the north vs living in the south. here are just a few i picked up on when living in the south after growing up in the north. Side note:Northerners please don't kill me we all know its true.
Shopping cart vs buggy
here in the north we call the Rollie medal thing in the store a shopping cart or cart for short. plus there almost aways broken or freezing because our weather hates us. In the south they call them buggys and were not talking about the creepy crawlers outside. they are almost always in good shape because there weather loves them. (what did we do to deserve this northerners)
Hand shake vs Hug
the custom of greeting people differs also. in the north you shake hands on a rare occasion when you know some one really well and haven't seen them in a while you give them a hug but this is rarely seen. of course you have the older grandma that hugs everyone and makes them feel acquired (Just so you know I love you for that and keep doing it we all need it). In the south hand shakes are still a thing but having a stranger hug you is not as uncommon as you would think.
ignoring other human beings even exist vs waving and smiling at everyone you meet.
when I first went down south and strangers were talking to me I kinda freaked out like this is not normal but the longer I stayed the more it grew on me. having a smiling face everywhere i go and having people acknowledge i existed was nice. unfortunately I cant say the same for the north for the most part you will have a few people who will be like that and i am truly thankful for them. But a majority of the time if you wave at someone you don't know they may just look at you like your a chicken with its head cut off.
Winter vs Summer
North = nice summers and falls and hell froze over winters and cold rain springs. sometimes we wonder if the sun died because we never see it except in the summer ans some of fall.
South = great springs and falls, hell on earth summers and nice winters exempt for the occasional ice storm about every other year or so. there is almost never snow and that just depends on who you are if that is a positive or negative, i find it to be a positive though.
Driving
Just so you know but north and south drivers, drive me crazy when it comes to cars on the road. in the north as long as you are going 5 over you wont get ran over to bad. In the south you never know when someone is going to be turning because they never use there turn signals. (northerners i know we all think we have a problem with this but trust me we don't) while we are on the topic of driving let talk driving in inclement weather. we in the north got this southerners I'm sorry but you just would never make it up here.
I know there is so much more we could talk about but ill leave it there for now. I hope you enjoyed reading this blog. If you have any blog ideas that you would like to hear or any things you would add to this one please feel free to comment. also if this is your first time here check out my other blogs.
