Great surprise..lived in most southern states
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1/2/2007
Hi, I originally was born in Chicago and currently live in Colorado. I am now 30 years old, married, with a two year old. A little more background, I have lived in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and my parents are in GA and FL themselves. Frankly, I am just trying to say that I have lived in the South most of my life. I graduated college and headed for Colorado and had the opportunity to transfer to Greenville, so my wife (she is from the west) and I headed out to see what the area was like. I had a huge fear it would be like a few places I have lived that had problems with being racist, horrible education, lack of a jobs, and rampant crime. The moment we got to Greenville, the people were very friendly, typical of a lot of southern places, the city clean and progressive. A teacher took the time at a restaurant to talk to us about her town. So did four outher people. They gave us their phone numbers for when we move locally. I was completely floored by the city. We are looking into relocating shortly. After living in Colorado (two cities) for five years, it was great to find a southern city that did have some of the problems other ones do. Not too mention the proximity to the mountains and the beach. Hope it helps!
jamesd | Parker, CO