Since moving to Georgia, which I consider "the South," I have actually noticed many differences. The first most obvious thing that I noticed was that just about everyone in Georgia dresses very nice. People here seem to put a lot of emphasis on style and trends to express here whereas in Connecticut most people were completely fine with wearing a simple sweatshirt or hoodie and jeans. Even the adults here (not that adults cannot have style) seem to emphasize style a lot more here. I also noticed that many guys here generally have longer hair that the guys at my old school. Maybe it's another part to the style thing I mentioned earlier.
Another different cultural aspect here is what my friends call PDAs, meaning personal displays of affection. At my old school, it was guaranteed that you would see a couple kissing in the middle of the hallways each day. This drove one of my best friends crazy because he would say that they need to keep their affection out of school instead of blatantly kissing in front of everyone in the hallways. But now that I think of it, in the two months that I've been here, I have not once seen a couple kissing in the hallways, just hugging. Someone mentioned to me that our school has some religious influence, which may explain this. Though I know for sure that my best friend back in Connecticut would rather walk in Alpharetta High School's halls!
The last cultural difference that I just have to mention is something that I thought was silly, but I saw that it's in fact true. I did not expect to actually hear people say the world "y'all" with a country accent when I got here, but I've heard plenty of adults do it, even some kids.
Overall, I like it here in Georgia, but that might change once the summer heat comes around.
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