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Tim McGraw is from Louisiana anyhow. Northern Louisiana at that, so I still say he's pretty southern.
I fully agree that he's southern, but where are you more likely to find people dressed like that out of AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX, etc. That's a very poor interpretation of what "southern" is. The country music thing is more of a pop-culture than it is a regional culture anyway. Anywhere that the music is popular, you may find examples of that culture.
At least that's how I see it.
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I have to agree with the office park statement too, to an extent anyway.
I fully agree that he's southern, but where are you more likely to find people dressed like that out of AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX, etc. That's a very poor interpretation of what "southern" is. The country music thing is more of a pop-culture than it is a regional culture anyway. Anywhere that the music is popular, you may find examples of that culture.
At least that's how I see it.
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I have to agree with the office park statement too, to an extent anyway.
I agree. My point is a lot of people have trouble realizing there is more than one "South" and we're made up of several sub-regions like any other part of the country. It's weird to me how people are aware of a Mid-Atlantic and New England and can collectively classify it as the "Northeast". Or can separate the Pac NW from California and know it's all collectively the West Coast.
But for some reason, people still insist the South is all one monolithic paintbrush. Why, I don't know. There are differences in climate, certain aspects of culture, terrain, etc. in the various subregions of the South. I know you probably get annoyed whenever you look at a movie based in New Orleans and the accents are all wrong. I know I do, and I'm not even from that area, LOL.
Wow. Downtown Charleston really is nice. Too bad it's so small. If it were a lot bigger it really would have a shot at number1.
DT Charleston overall isn't really so small, but the historic district that most tourists are confined to (south of Calhoun) is a little less than half the size of DT overall.
It's weird to me how people are aware of a Mid-Atlantic and New England and can collectively classify it as the "Northeast". Or can separate the Pac NW from California and know it's all collectively the West Coast. But for some reason, people still insist the South is all one monolithic paintbrush.
Exactly how I feel about it. It's even stranger when people from or who live in the south can't make the distinction.
Why on Earth would people expect builing patterns in cities like these, (settlement dates follow):
NYC -1624
Boston- 1630
San Francisco -1776
Chicago- 1770
Philadelphia- Mid 1600s
DC- Late 1700's
Baltimore-1729
to be the same as cities which grew up in a much different time:
Houston-1837
Dallas- 1856
DT Charleston overall isn't really so small, but the historic district that most tourists are confined to (south of Calhoun) is a little less than half the size of DT overall.
What are the boundaries of Downtown Charleston?
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Why on Earth would people expect builing patterns in cities like these, (settlement dates follow):
NYC -1624
Boston- 1630
San Francisco -1776
Chicago- 1770
Philadelphia- Mid 1600s
DC- Late 1700's
Baltimore-1729
to be the same as cities which grew up in a much different time:
Houston-1837
Dallas- 1856
Just shows a lack of reasoning to me
A city settled in 1856 would probably be developed very similar to one settled in 1726 at first. The difference is made depending on what time period the city actually grew. Had Philly stayed stagnant from 1680 up until 1980 and just boomed overnight how do you think it would look?
I agree. My point is a lot of people have trouble realizing there is more than one "South"
I think a lot of people think the south, deep south and the confederate states are all one and the same
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