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I am East Indian and lived in NYC before I moved to the South. I live half a day away from Florida and love being here.
Yes it's great to be in the city. I liked that I didn't need to own a car and could hop on the subway at any time and the opportunity for me to stay intact with my culture was more prevalent than anywhere I had lived ..including home! Music, Food, Concerts, Ethnic wear were at my disposal.
However, my decision to move out of the city was one of the better ones I have made in life. Even though I had a true sense of home I felt that I was in a rut and only knew of my culture because of the large east-indian community. Diversity does not breed tolerance. I never felt like a victim of prejudice because I didn't dare step outside of my comfort zone to learn about other people. There was too much in my own culture to be involved in.
I love my life here because I have had the opportunity to grow as a person. Not just as an East-Indian. It took me a very long time to get used to the 'southern hospitality' of everyone, talking to a stranger can potentially render you a 'headline' in NYC. I have a true sense of diversity now. Apart from the great weather, people here are warm and inviting and there is so much to do. Of course people everywhere have their prejudices but most I have met here are progressive and open-minded. Most of my Caucasian friends cook their own curries and come to me for advice! I do school on them on why curries need to be cooked outdoors (case in point ..the smell? when living in an apartment in the city make sure you open windows and close all doors into closets/bedrooms. Ffebreeze is your friend people). It's a lot easier to cook outdoors when you live in the south.
The standard of living and quality of life does it for me. I can make less money here and live better than I ever did in NYC. I own my home, have a great job and feel safe and secure being a single mom with an 11 year old girl. I don't have to worry about random crimes or parking tickets, have never had so much as a break-in in my neighborhood. There are rarely ever any sirens going off and you know when you hear one it's a serious deal, lots of fresh air and the cost of living is definitely affordable.
The police here do a great job and have shown up at my house in under two minutes after accidentally tripping off my 'unnecessary' burglar alarm. I like that I know my officers and can rely on them.
I feel that this place IS my home and have no desire to move. The south is it for me!!!
diverse for some, not for me. That place is scary to me. all the way up to LA
*Defriending*
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Originally Posted by AlGreen
and obviously our backwards education system is headed in the right direction, since we're learning how to spell words correctly. it's "there are", by the way
SOME PEOPLE HAVE FU*KING LEARNING DISABILITIES!!!!!!!!!! OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T TEACH TOLERANCE IN THE SOUTH!
There are 2.2 Million Hispanics in Houston. The ENTIRE city gets a bad rap for illegals and Mexicans and stuff all day long. And when its convenient, all of a sudden those Hispanics don't exist anymore?
And no, not all the Hispanics in Houston are "Mexican", it has the largest Central American populations in the South along with Miami.
Exactly
Houston has a large Salvadorian population as well as a sizeable Puerto Rican & Cuban populations.
The retarded Governor is not Texas. He does not speak for me and most Texans on this.
He certainly speaks for most Texans, he is governor in a representative democracy, on his 4th term no less and succeeded the great one Bush, which he was Bush's lieutenant governor... Liberal pocket or not, you are still in Texas and are subject to any laws they decide to make in your state. This is the issue many have, once you get out of these pockets...uhmmmmmmm yeh. Just for example it took the supreme court to get rid of Texas misdemeanor against homosexual acts just 7 years ago. Lawrence v. Texas for instance.
Police in Texas found two gay men engaging in private sexual activity in the apartment of one of the men. They were arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for what the law calls "deviate sexual intercourse." Texas is one of four contiguous states which criminalize certain sexual activities by same-sex couples which are legal when performed by a man and women. The other states are: Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The men were found guilty at trial. Their case worked its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which accepted the task of ruling whether heterosexuals will continue to enjoy special sexual rights in these states which are denied homosexuals.
"Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe cryptically pointed out, the key question, he argues, should be 'not what were Lawrence and his partner doing in that bedroom, but what was Texas doing there?' " 12
On 2003-JUN-26, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the Texas law is unconstitutional.
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