Me and the South #2

Charlotte may be in North Carolina and it may be considered the South but to me, apart from less amazing shopping and less people, it is really no different than New York City. I never really considered that I lived in the South living there. I didn't even "realize" I was in the South until I came here for school. I feel as if every sterotype of the south is portrayed here at Carolina. When I think of the south I think of girls dressing cute everyday, hair up, nails done, high heels. I think of big victorian style homes with cute front porches and flowers in the front yard. I think of a small town in which everyone knows eachother. I think of the typical frat boy, all prepped out. I think of debutant balls and getting married at a young age. I think of southern bells with country accents and some of the nicest cars. I think of polite people, ones who will open the door for you or stop at a cross walk to let you walk. Now I don't know about any of you but at my high school we didn't have too much of any of that, I didn't even know what a "deb" ball was. Maybe the girls dressed all cute but I wouldn't call us any more Southern than a New Yorker. It was interesting to see the stereotypical south in real life and you know what, I love it! I love the polite people, I love the cute dresses, I love the victorian homes, flowers in the front yard, and small towns. Since being at Carolina I now know what its like to be a Southerner in my eyes and I am now a converted Southerner (minus the accent and the debutant balls).