Texas attitudes towards northerners?

lmkh70
Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:53:13 +0000

I was a northerner who moved to the south a while back. Everyone here was welcoming. Where I came from was never an issue. In fact, it is not moving parts of country that is ever an issue. People in small towns do not tend to be accepting of outsiders. But you are talking about going to a college. That is 100% fine. Only thing I found a bit difficult, as a northerner moving to the south at a college was how traditional it was. Ok…some would use the word sexist. I would be shopping for a camera and the guy would talk to my then boyfriend instead of me, even though I was the one asking questions. I could not get help at a car dealership. And the dorms were separated by gender. The lifestyle I had become used to was just not acceptable in the south. However, I understand that UT Austin is very “northern-ish” in the social environment. Way more is acceptable there than would be at other schools in Texas. But if you are right out of high school, you won’t even notice the differences. I had gone to college in the north. Then I worked a couple years. Then I moved to Texas and went to grad school. Despite being a grown adult paying all my own bills, I found frustrating in not being allowed to have my boyfriend come to my dorm. I had never heard of visiting hours before also. If things had been that way in my undergrad, it would have just been normal to me.