How do I convince my wife to move south?

[js27]

Torredcuda,
I am not to familiar with North Carolina but I would not miss Ashville to visit. My wife and I have been there a few times and it never looses it charm. If you do hit Ashville you MUST see The Biltmore and Grove Park Inn. You can do a web search on them both for info. I have never been to The Grand Strand which is the coastal area but heard nice thing about it. Lake Norman is a very nice area also ( I drive throught it on my way back to PA.)
AS far as weather goes North Carolina does get snow and a lot of ice. Get yourself a map and start picking out places and do web searches on them. Any fair size town or city will have a web site and a Chamber of Commerece that will usually have re-location guides filled with all the info you need. South Carolina is hotter than North but you do get used to it. My wife is like a native already. If it is under 70 she is cold. In PA. we woud pray for a 70 degree day !! I would strongly sugguest you have a working air conditioner in your cars. I spent the first summer here with a non-working unit and in traffic on a July or August day it can be hard but I did it for a whole summer and survived.
Let me know if I could be of any more help.
JS27

[torredcuda]

Thanks for the info,I`ve been doing some poking around on some sites in those areas and will do plenty more before planning our trip.I`m not set on NC as I`m open for anything in the general vicinity of NC,SC or Virginia just depends on if I get the job offer or not.I`m with your wife-if it`s under 70 I`m always cold and I was born and lived here all my life.I think my problem is I have no natural insulation-I`m all skin and bones!

FY1 I`m sure I`ll have no problem fitting in as I`m pretty laid back and friendly but some of us northerners talk just as funny the southerners saying things like wicked pi$$a,ah-ya and pahk your cah.I`m less than an hour from Boston but hate the city,I prefer the nice small towns.

[hotrod98]

We work on "Great Race Cars" here in Arkansas as well. In fact my boss, David Reeder won the race last year. Jack Roush gave David a flathead motor for this new '32. And I do mean new. It's a new Brookville body. We have quite a few mopars around here as well. We have four cudas here in the bodyshop right now.
Arkansas' not too bad of a place to live. I kind of like it.

[MOPAR FANATIC]

A short guide to Northerners thinking about trying to relocate to the South:
1. Please, please, whatever you do never, ever, start a sentence with, "Well, in Wisconsin, Michigan, fill-in-th-blank-with-your-former-state-of-residence, we did it differently..."
2. It's hot and humid in the summer. Like your snow, get used to it cause it ain't going away!
3. There is no pop here unless your dad comes with you. It's Coke, Sprite, or Mountain Dew.
4. You will hear Y'all, over yonder, darn near, ain't, and a host of other wonderfully useful phrases and words.
5. For god's sake don't try to fake the accent like they do in Hollywood, that will instantly insure bad feelings.
6. If your neighbors come over to meet you and maybe offer you dinner, they aren't trying to "case" your house they're just being friendly. Remember you're not in Philly...
7. Blend in, get along, accept us for what we have been and are trying to be today and you'll be glad you unloaded your moving van! 

for all us "NORTHERNERS" can we say
ya sure eh?
ya but
ya know
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