I share this sentiment. A nice place to visit for a few weeks every other year, if one avoids the black ghettos, that is ... but I wouldn't like to stay there permanently.
Although Duke resides pretty much in a European suburb (right across the street of
Ewergrin). Costs of living are comparatively cheap, racial and political perspectives are archetypically Southern and realistic, nice folks. It's not a bad place to stay, I assume, if one can stand the climate. But then again, there is air-con. The climate has no longer the same impact it had for previous generations. It also depends on whether you can arrange yourself as work is concerned.
Any Southern state you like in particular?
What about West Virginia? If you don't mind hills, valleys and forests and aren't a city dweller, it might be ideal. Demographically, it's the soundest state in the entire U.S. While I haven't been there so far, I have only heard positive reports by friends and acquaintances...
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