Marie crosses the Atlantic!

**Marie Monday** · 10-11-2022, 03:05 AM

That sounds more like what I imagined. At least America will probably be so strange to me that even the dull parts are interesting so I'm just embracing it

rubber soul · 10-11-2022, 07:01 AM

Yeah, visiting North Carolina and living in North Carolina are two different things, same as living in New York, or in my case, Baltimore.

Tristan_Geoff · 10-11-2022, 07:16 AM

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actually I have to be in North Carolina so....

Ohh **** wanna getta beerski or a brewski or a liquorski?

TheBig3 · 10-11-2022, 08:00 AM

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That sounds more like what I imagined. At least America will probably be so strange to me that even the dull parts are interesting so I'm just embracing it

The South has it's own brand of charm. And it's the coastal south. It's going to appear pleasant. But it's probably a complete 180 from NYC.

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Honestly though it's probably still the best city in this country I'm just saying it's not the same gritty cesspool it used to be.

I didn't know you were a hipster.

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Yeah, visiting North Carolina and living in North Carolina are two different things, same as living in New York, or in my case, Baltimore.

I had a blast when I was in Baltimore.

Lisnaholic · 10-11-2022, 08:32 AM

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At least America will probably be so strange to me that even the dull parts are interesting so I'm just embracing it

That sentiment reminds me strongly of my only visit to the US. We checked into a motel in the San Diego suburbs: nothing much around, and just a couple of vending machines in the lobby, so I asked the receptionist: "Is there a corner shop near here?" "Where's the nearest bus stop?" Her blank, baffled stare was a steep learning curve for me about suburban America: just so weird after European (or Mexican) cities.

Plankton · 10-11-2022, 10:29 AM

...and by packing heat, I mean get some of these. It'll be cold in Nov.

~~jwb~~ · 10-11-2022, 01:31 PM

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That sounds more like what I imagined. At least America will probablystrange to me that even the dull parts are interesting so I'm just embracing it

Charlotte is possibly the most boring big city in the south imo. It's just kinda a corporate banking hub that blew up in the last couple decades. There's not much else there other than a theme park called Carowinds on the border of NC and SC, which is pretty good as far as theme parks go. Also, you can buy illegal fireworks right on the other side of the SC border and bring them back to NC.

**Marie Monday** · 10-11-2022, 01:36 PM

just bankers and theme parks? ugh

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Ohh **** wanna getta beerski or a brewski or a liquorski?

I'm up for all the ski's, I'll pm you on discord

~~jwb~~ · 10-11-2022, 01:39 PM

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The South has it's own brand of charm. And it's the coastal south. It's going to appear pleasant. But it's probably a complete 180 from NYC.

You aren't going to get a true southern experience in Charlotte tbh. Even locally there's a noticeable difference in accent when I go down there. Any booming city in the sun belt is that way because they're being flooded with people from more expensive parts of the country.

TheBig3 · 10-11-2022, 01:45 PM

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You aren't going to get a true southern experience in Charlotte tbh. Even locally there's a noticeable difference in accent when I go down there. Any booming city in the sun belt is that way because they're being flooded with people from more expensive parts of the country.

Agreed, but I wouldn't suggest she hit Montgomery, AL as her first touchdown in the States.

Charlotte isn't the traditional south, but it's like the future of the South. Jobs are centralizing, so people are centralizing, and business doesn't have time for inside-agitators so to speak. You get genderless bathrooms or you stay broke. The New World Order and Francis Fukuyama have spoken.

Where are you from that you're going down to get to NC?

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