I assure you that there are a lot of folks in BSL that are not retired Yankees. There are plenty of Southerners here, too. Some are retired, some not. Why should the residents of Southport, BSL and other surrounding areas not have an opinion about something that will destroy the area? If you want a job, go somewhere else where there is a lot of industry (like up North). We already have Sunny Point and Progress Energy, both ticking time bombs. Now a group wants to put a state port between these two hazards. This makes the least sense of any proposal I have ever heard of in this state.