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All of the financial data is neat, but am I the only one surprised by the line: - Moved to South Carolina because of The Patriot, the warm weather, and the bea

All of the financial data is neat, but am I the only one surprised by the line: - Moved to South Carolina because of The Patriot, the warm weather, and the beach The Patriot?! I liked "Braveheart goes to America" as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure I'd up and move to SC because of it. An answer that bizarre deserves a followup.

starkfist 17y ago
An answer that bizarre deserves a followup. It's not that bizarre. I moved to San Francisco because of all the skateboarding videos I watched when I was 13. I'd bet that 90% of the people who move to NYC move here because of an idea of the city that is based on movies or tv shows.
- replicatorblog 17y ago
  Ok, but SF and NY are world capitals, tech/biz hubs. Skateboarding was part of the cultural zeitgeist for decades. The Patriot was a big budget "B" movie that featured the carnage of a bunch of innocents. I actually like the movie as a guilty pleasure. To put it another way, I wouldn't move to Minnesota because of Wayne's World.
  - starkfist 17y ago
    Wayne's World was somewhere in Illinois. I would totally move to Minnesota if it was really like Purple Rain. (It's not - it's more like Mall Rats)
    - pchristensen 17y ago
      Wayne's World was set (not filmed) in Aurora, IL, where I now live. (I did not move here out of Wayne's World nostalgia).
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clarkcw1 17y ago
I live in Charleston and have met Noah a few times (nice guy, incidentally). If you come visit, you will see why someone would want to live here pretty quickly.
- replicatorblog 17y ago
  I meant no disrespect to SC. I've actually heard Charleston is a nice example of "New Urbanist" housing development and the southern charm and warm weather is hard to beat. I just thought it was really funny that he cited the Patriot movie as a reason to move there. I like a lot of silly movies, but never thought to relocate because of them!
  - detst 17y ago
    I think you are looking too much into this. It's likely he was intrigued by the place because of the movie, checked it out, liked it and decided to move. I'm sure he didn't head for the airport when the credits rolled.
patrickgzill 17y ago
The people I met in SC were pretty decent folks... re: Patriot, IMHO the most coherent, put-together film Mel Gibson ever did.

starkfist 17y ago

An answer that bizarre deserves a followup. It's not that bizarre. I moved to San Francisco because of all the skateboarding videos I watched when I was 13. I'd bet that 90% of the people who move to NYC move here because of an idea of the city that is based on movies or tv shows.

replicatorblog 17y ago
Ok, but SF and NY are world capitals, tech/biz hubs. Skateboarding was part of the cultural zeitgeist for decades. The Patriot was a big budget "B" movie that featured the carnage of a bunch of innocents. I actually like the movie as a guilty pleasure. To put it another way, I wouldn't move to Minnesota because of Wayne's World.
- starkfist 17y ago
  Wayne's World was somewhere in Illinois. I would totally move to Minnesota if it was really like Purple Rain. (It's not - it's more like Mall Rats)
  - pchristensen 17y ago
    Wayne's World was set (not filmed) in Aurora, IL, where I now live. (I did not move here out of Wayne's World nostalgia).

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clarkcw1 17y ago

I live in Charleston and have met Noah a few times (nice guy, incidentally). If you come visit, you will see why someone would want to live here pretty quickly.

replicatorblog 17y ago
I meant no disrespect to SC. I've actually heard Charleston is a nice example of "New Urbanist" housing development and the southern charm and warm weather is hard to beat. I just thought it was really funny that he cited the Patriot movie as a reason to move there. I like a lot of silly movies, but never thought to relocate because of them!
- detst 17y ago
  I think you are looking too much into this. It's likely he was intrigued by the place because of the movie, checked it out, liked it and decided to move. I'm sure he didn't head for the airport when the credits rolled.

patrickgzill 17y ago

The people I met in SC were pretty decent folks... re: Patriot, IMHO the most coherent, put-together film Mel Gibson ever did.