Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
A lot of it came via African culture, but which modern city is more Southern in terms of cuisine, local speech, lifestyle? I think while both are geographically firmly in the north, while have quite a lot of southern heritage.
Once again, the "poll troll" strikes, spouting off about things he knows nothing about. This poll make absolutely no sense!
Seriously kid, go out & make some friends. The kind of attention you seek here is not healthy.
Black people from Chicago are originally from Arkansas & Mississippi. Black people from Philly are from North Carolina & Virginia. If you use accents as an example, Philly sounds less southern and more Jersey/New Yorkish with Midatlantic overtones. Black people in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit sound more southern.
i agree. i was watching soul cities on VH1 and the host was explaining the southern migration up to chicago which, of course, brought along the rich history of the blues in that city. i highly doubt that many people have southern accents though. chicago has its own distinct accent.
i agree. i was watching soul cities on VH1 and the host was explaining the southern migration up to chicago which, of course, brought along the rich history of the blues in that city. i highly doubt that many people have southern accents though. chicago has its own distinct accent.
Yes. There's alot of southern culture in chicago but the accent thing.... Black Folks in chicago talk diffrrent than people in the south. Some people do talk more "southern" than others but that happens everywhere.
BTW. somebody mentioned kanye west. He's originally from georgia but moved to chicago when he was I think 5 or 6.
oh and no neither seems really southern.
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
24,544 posts, read 56,037,872 times
Reputation: 11862
Philadelphia is about 50 miles from the old Mason-Dixon line...it's that close to the official South. And Chicago is in the state of Illinois; the extreme south of Illinois is in the Deep South almost. Both these cities have had significant influence through African American culture, so I think it makes perfect sense to compare these two cities in southerness.
Chicago is on the 42nd parallel, and other cities on this parallel are Medford, OR, Yreka, CA, Des Moines, IA, Cleveland, OH, Erie, PA, Binghamton, NY, Hartford CT, Providence, RI, and Boston, MA. What sounds southern about any of that?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
. Black Folks in chicago talk diffrrent than people in the south. Some people do talk more "southern" than others but that happens everywhere.
.
