The Northeast or the deep south, which do you prefer? (state, better)

[TOMFORD.]

The deep south is such an awful place.

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by Ghost of Blasphamany

Peterson are you trying to boost the Deep South for having more overall history than Northeast? I know Jamestown, Charleston but are you forgetting Plymouth Rock, where our early capitals were? I think you are, sad, sad, sad.

Your overall comprehension is just as bad as your posts.

I said the south is full of history. I never claimed it had more overall history, just that there was evidence of settlements in the south much older than found in the north.

Should I have mentioned every important historical area in my post? I don't think I was willing to spend hours on one post.

I think you are a *****, *****, *****.

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by CookieSkoon

But we weren't talking about oldest structures. We were aiming at oldest United states related colonies. :/

You keep coloring outside the lines.

Really? Would you point out where anyone mentioned the history of the colonies in the sequence of posts.

I am pretty sure is was a question of history of the north and the south. There was history before the colonies just so you are aware.

[adirondackguy123]

Originally Posted by CookieSkoon

You speak the truth!

I grew up in Schuyler, Yates and Steuben counties NY. VEEEERY slow and rural. Lots of horse and buggies.

Those are beautifully rural counties and so are all the other counties that surround them, I'd say most counties from ulster and sullivan counties on up are pretty slow and rural.

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by TOMFORD.

The deep south is such an awful place.

Where did you live before you moved to NY 9 months ago?

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

Really? Would you point out where anyone mentioned the history of the colonies in the sequence of posts.

I am pretty sure is was a question of history of the north and the south. There was history before the colonies just so you are aware.

I said, and I quote, "Where this country began?".

This country being the USA.

The regions we call the Northeast and Deep South didn't exist before the colonies. The land existed, but not the regions we're talking about, in the way we define them. The history debate is between the modern regions. Nobody alive can go back before that and be completely accurate.

Why in a thread that specifically addresses our modern regional definitions would pre-colonial history prove any point what so ever?

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by adirondackguy123

Those are beautifully rural counties and so are all the other counties that surround them, I'd say most counties from ulster and sullivan counties on up are pretty slow and rural.

For the most part.

The only exceptions are areas around Buffalo and Rochester. Even with Syracuse the city seems to come and go in an instant.

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by TOMFORD.

The deep south is such an awful place.

I haven't been. Why is it awful?

[BPerone201]

Originally Posted by TOMFORD.

ok.

Told you

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by CookieSkoon

I said, and I quote, "Where this country began?".

This country being the USA.

The regions we call the Northeast and Deep South didn't exist before the colonies. The land existed, but not the regions we're talking about, in the way we define them. The history debate is between the modern regions. Nobody alive can go back before that and be completely accurate.

Why in a thread that specifically addresses our modern regional definitions would pre-colonial history prove any point what so ever?

You wanting to only talk about that does not mean everyone else is confined to that.

You can look at it 2 ways, either we are shaped by everything that occurs before us or we only exist now without any discussion of the past. You don't just get to pick an indeterminate date that suits your agenda and then decide everyone is only going to talk about it from that viewpoint.

Much of the south has culture that was shaped by the French, Spanish, Indians, etc. long before the colonies. Why would we ignore those influences?