Good call, although this post reminds me of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song... I live in Chesterfield, MI half the year because that's where my parents have chosen to live. My mom grew up in Clinton Township, MI and my dad grew up in Lenox, MI; we currently live pretty damn close to directly between the two towns. We live there because, one, it's close to my dad's work and, two, it's centrally located where we have everything (store-wise) right in our grasp. We like our house and everything, but our little town has some downfalls. As it becomes more populated, homeless people and danger levels are rising, though we are one of the nicer towns in the area, being close to, and probably the bridge between Metro Detroit and rural farmland areas.
However, although we like where we're living, my parents would definitely love to move to the Carolinas. I'm hoping that once I graduate college I'll be able to move to or near Duncan, SC since the co-op company I'm working for has another facility down there. Everybody I speak to that has had to go down to that location for business says it's a great building and environment, and I'm sure that somewhere in South Carolina has to be better economically and in terms of weather/climate than Michigan. I'm sure that if I'm able to move down there, my parents will probably want to move down there too, and maybe that will set my sister up to start college in SC or something since she graduates high school just before I graduate college (June of 2010 for her and hopefully December of 2010 for me).
Anyway, I'm currently in Flint, MI where danger levels are still on the rise in this depressed town. However, I'm here for my studies, so hopefully I don't ever have a reason to venture into unsafe perimeters of the area. However, this city's tale is a sad one. Rumor has it that they'd like to turn this into a college town, but I'm sure that's just a rumor. With Flint being the #3 most dangerous city in the US, I'm sure there are bigger things to work on than turning it into a college town, though if done right I believe both goals could be attained in one swing. But, what are the real chances of that happening? Slim to none is my bet.