As a reluctant resident, who has never been thrilled with the place, when I read articles like this, I always wonder what the attraction ever was.

My experience with people down here who like it is that they’re from the north or northeast. I rarely meet anyone here who moved from the west, particularly the west coast. My theory is that people who don’t like winter, but do like Atlantic beaches (the only kind with which they’re familiar) think that this is heaven (at least in the winter). But that’s because they’ve never lived any place that’s actually nice, and they’re indifferent to scenery.