One reason I love being in NC is how much I love snow, and *love* that no one expects you to do anything when it happens except go out and play in it. No one expects you to own a snow shovel, or have your back alley plowed/cleared. No one thinks you're odd if you want to stay home and have cocoa by the fire. No one expects you to get any work done.
Where I grew up outside of Philly, people would get into violent fights if someone ignored the lawn chair placed in the parking space they shoveled out on a public street. While perhaps justifiable, that is a problem that you'll *never* have in NC.
And, at my cousin's house in upstate NY, my daughter got eaten alive by daytime mosquitoes this year, so I'm not sure what that is about...
I do love the list about living in NC. One other cultural difference that hasn't been mentioned: people will think you talk too fast. It took many, many years of practice for me to "slow down" enough for people down here to understand what I was saying (all of my professional jobs since college have involved some level of public speaking.) I had a good friend in college (I came to NC to go to college, and stayed) from Boston. When we talked to each other, we understood each other--but all of our other friends couldn't keep up!
