CHANGES IN THE SOUTH

As many of you know, I recently moved to South Carolina. Here are a few differences I've noticed since arriving.

-- You have to pay different prices depending on *how* you pay for gasoline. On the signs, they say X price for cash, X for debit, X for credit card. They are passing the fee to run a card on to the customer... Per gallon! However, South Carolina has a much lower gas tax than most states, so even if you pay with your card every time, you're probably still getting cheaper gas.
-- You can't buy beer on Sundays... I expected that in the bible belt.
-- There are no speed limits on the highways... it is a free for all on most interstates and you better fly or you will make people very angry.
-- The state used to have no rules on who could put property where, and there are a lot of newly developed neighborhoods. So you may travel into a neighborhood with a $300,000 home, and a trailer on the next lot... Continuing that way throughout the whole neighborhood. That has made our home search very interesting. They now have a rule in place, however.