What States Are Considered Southern - Here's Your Sign (live, best, places)

[annie_himself]

Yes, I believe that Missouri does have strong southern characteristics. Some people say extreme south Illinois is southern. I've never been but I do gasp when I see that comment being made.

[GucciDiva]

Originally Posted by R.A.P

Missouri is mostly southern in belief, execpt for St. Louis. In the civil war my county alone grew 750,000 pounds of tobacco a year. Cotton was, and is still grown in Missouri, and Missouri had an ordnance of secession. It was sometime in October 1861, and Missouri alone had the most battles in the war of northern aggression, only second to virgina. Also Missouri was either first or second in supplying the most troops durring the war. We are on the confederate flag to show our support during the war, and we wouldn't of started our own state militia to rid our selves of yankees if we weren't southern. I can name three restaurants the serve grits and sweet tea within 45 miles of me.

Is IHOP one of those or is it Curtis Mae's Diner?

[R.A.P]

Nope why? To tell you the truth I've never eaten at an IHOP, or even heard of that last one.

[JimmyRay]

I think every state has what some would consider Southern characteristics in the smaller towns and rural areas. Even in California, I've been through places with a lot of strip malls and Walmarts, country music, nascar shirts and bumper stickers, and dudes in camo hats chewing tobacco.

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by HUM398

Pinetrees, Swamps, Marsh.

Almost as useless as the person I originally asked the question of.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by JimmyRay

I think every state has what some would consider Southern characteristics in the smaller towns and rural areas. Even in California, I've been through places with a lot of strip malls and Walmarts, country music, nascar shirts and bumper stickers, and dudes in camo hats chewing tobacco.

You can find that anywhere, thats country, not southern.

[Greenciti]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

You can find that anywhere, thats country, not southern.

Thank You, I could not have put it better myself. I have been telling people for years that there is a difference between being country and being southern.

[Smtchll]

Originally Posted by R.A.P

Missouri is mostly southern in belief, execpt for St. Louis. In the civil war my county alone grew 750,000 pounds of tobacco a year. Cotton was, and is still grown in Missouri, and Missouri had an ordnance of secession. It was sometime in October 1861, and Missouri alone had the most battles in the war of northern aggression, only second to virgina. Also Missouri was either first or second in supplying the most troops durring the war. We are on the confederate flag to show our support during the war, and we wouldn't of started our own state militia to rid our selves of yankees if we weren't southern. I can name three restaurants the serve grits and sweet tea within 45 miles of me.

I actually got sweet tea at a restaurant in Clayton, MO. For those of you who don't know, it's a wealthy suburb and St. Louis' second downtown. Very far from being Southern. It was at McAlister's though, so I think they serve sweet tea at all their locations. I was still surprised.

One thing I noticed about St. Louis on my last trip (last Thursday) is how overly friendly the people were everywhere I went. It was almost creepy. I don't experience that level of friendliness much in Memphis. It was nice. It didn't feel like Southern hospitality though. Very much a Midwestern type of friendliness. I can't really explain it.

[annie_himself]

Why does it have to be Midwestern or southern friendliness? It's just friendly people.

Is sweet tea really not served in places like Michigan?

[MyBadBrah]

and more importantly, noaa, aka the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, aka the #1 weather admin in this country has carefully analyzed and broken down the states into regions not only geographically, but climatically aswell. Which is the most accurate depiction IMO with the exception of tennessee.



I know virginia can come into question about its ''southerness'' because of nova and to an extent, hampton roads.



The places marked off in red are the places in the state that have a ''northeastern'' type feel due to transplants. Norfolk/va beach is mostly military transplants ( i definitely know this, being stationed there while i was in the navy).

But the places that are in the black, which is about 95% of the state, are absolutely southern to the core. Its really no different than NC, we've got our ''nova'' feel in the triangle, but we are undeniably a southern state (I am from Wilson, NC).

You can definitely see a transition though from the actual south to the north in the state of Maryland though. Once you're past maryland you're in the Northeast IMO.