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Old 04-05-2012, 08:15 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Since I'm posting here, I guess I should contribute to the actual topic...dare I say that, like most of the largest southern cities, that the most southern parts of town will be found in the blackest parts of town, as these are often the areas where you'll find the least amount of transplants (but not always). It seems strongest throughout the south and west sides. I think about places like Adamsville and Ben Hill and how they practically feel like Alabama.

Really, any pocket where you don't have a lot of transplants will obviously retain the most southernness. I simply never got "The South" in much of the northern half of the metro, though.
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Old 04-05-2012, 09:24 AM
 
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That is one of the most frustrating things in the south. Everyone assumes you want that awful brown sugar water they call "sweet tea" and when I have iced tea in a restaurant (I get unsweet and add a sweetener) they tend to want to refill it with "sweet tea" and just assume you want that.
Over the years I've noticed that sweetened tea is no longer the default.

That's fine with me personally since I just don't care for it. And of course a lot of people need to avoid it for medical reasons. However, it seems like a good many places still offer pre-sweetened tea on request.
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Old 04-05-2012, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Marietta, GA
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Over the years I've noticed that sweetened tea is no longer the default.
Maybe not as much in the Atlanta metro compared to 30 years ago, but if you go to Birmingham, Charlotte, Raleigh, Jacksonville, and other southern towns and smaller restaurants, tea is usually assumed to be sweet tea.

In fact, at one place I was in recently, the signs on the tea dispenser read "Sweet Tea" and "Yankee Tea" (the un-sweet tea) which I thought was pretty funny.
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Old 04-05-2012, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Atlanta the Beautiful
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There's no CFA in Seattle? That sucks.
I know there is rumors of one in Bellingham at their university, but it is/was a chick-fil-a express or something like that, I don't know if it's still open or not because apparently three locals protested about them being closed on Sundays and all that crap.
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Old 04-05-2012, 11:50 AM
 
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Maybe not as much in the Atlanta metro compared to 30 years ago, but if you go to Birmingham, Charlotte, Raleigh, Jacksonville, and other southern towns and smaller restaurants, tea is usually assumed to be sweet tea.
I wouldn't doubt it. One of my brothers is a sweet tea drinker and he has several times expressed aggravation that he has to ask for it these days and that his daughters give him grief about it.

When I worked downtown back in the 70s we'd go up to the S&W or Macy's for lunch, and the tea they served was a colloidal suspension that leaned toward the solid on some days.
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Old 04-05-2012, 04:36 PM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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When I first took the Mrs. to Georgia from TX in the late 80s, she asked the waitress at a restaurant in Marietta for regular tea with her order. When the tea came and it was sweet, she told the waitress she had asked for regular tea, not sweet tea. The waitress replied, "Honey, you're in the south. Regular tea is sweet tea."

I have noticed here in DFW that there are a large number of establishments that now sell regular southern styled brewed sweet tea. When I first came to TX in the 80s, I rarely if ever found a restaurant with sweet tea.
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Old 04-05-2012, 04:42 PM
 
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Within the northern triangle formed by 75 on the left and 85 on the right, would say you would have your greatest dilution of southern culture, from the core outward, at least until you pass Cobb, Fulton and Gwinett.
This. And, in general, the northern suburbs are northern....and the southern suburbs are southern...and anything OTP along I-20, in either direction, is southern.
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Old 04-05-2012, 05:05 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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When I first took the Mrs. to Georgia from TX in the late 80s, she asked the waitress at a restaurant in Marietta for regular tea with her order. When the tea came and it was sweet, she told the waitress she had asked for regular tea, not sweet tea. The waitress replied, "Honey, you're in the south. Regular tea is sweet tea."

I have noticed here in DFW that there are a large number of establishments that now sell regular southern styled brewed sweet tea. When I first came to TX in the 80s, I rarely if ever found a restaurant with sweet tea.
Yes, sweet tea has been growing in popularity, on this side of the Mississippi. With the exception of East Texas and probably only northern Louisiana, sweet tea hasn't historically been a big deal out here. Despite being the south, that's one thing we've kind of raised an eyebrow at.
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Old 04-05-2012, 08:56 PM
 
Location: The Greatest city on Earth: City of Atlanta Proper
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This. And, in general, the northern suburbs are northern....and the southern suburbs are southern...and anything OTP along I-20, in either direction, is southern.
Well which Southern suburbs are speaking about? If it's the stuff like Fayette County, extreme South Fulton, or Peachtree City I'd agree.

If you are including places like East Point, College Park, Hapeville, or Clayton County not so much. Those areas are pretty heavily populated with Northern transplants, most especially from Michigan and New York. Hapeville and North Clayton are heavily populated by Latinos and Asians as well (which, growing up on the Southside really blows my mind). The odd thing about this is all is that the Southside of the city of Atlanta proper below Downtown is almost completely Southern natives.
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Old 04-05-2012, 09:00 PM
 
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Well which Southern suburbs are speaking about? If it's the stuff like Fayette County, extreme South Fulton, or Peachtree City I'd agree.

If you are including places like East Point, College Park, Hapeville, or Clayton County not so much. Those areas are pretty heavily populated with Northern transplants, most especially from Michigan and New York. Hapeville and North Clayton are heavily populated by Latinos and Asians as well (which, growing up on the Southside really blows my mind). The odd thing about this is all is that the Southside of the city of Atlanta proper below Downtown is almost completely Southern natives.
I know that East Point and College Park are anomalies and have some nicer, more expensive homes, but Clayton County seems pretty southern to me. And, yes, the ones you listed are southern. However, with Peachtree City being an airline bedroom community, is it really that southern?
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