Rank these cities in Southernness (Atlanta, beach, metro)

[Trimac20]

Listed in alphabetical order:

Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Daytona Beach, Houston, Orlando, New Orleans, Richmond, Winston-Salem, Virginia Beach

Rank from most to least:

[cityboi757]

Haha alphabetical order seems to be exactly how I would rank them

[Akhenaton06]

Maybe we should first determine exactly what "Southernness" means in this particular context.

[Southbend2002]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Listed in alphabetical order:

Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Daytona Beach, Houston, Orlando, New Orleans, Richmond, Winston-Salem, Virginia Beach

Rank from most to least:

If you mean Geographically... Orlando, Daytona Beach, Houston, New Orleans, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Virgina Beach, Richmond.

[rnc2mbfl]

I think I'd put Winston-Salem at the top of the list as most Southern. I think I'd put Austin at the other end of that list. The VA cities would certainly be more Southern than the Texas cities. Daytona would be more Southern than Orlando in my opinion. I have never been to New Orleans...so, I cannot comment. Atlanta (and the greater metro area) will have parts that are very Southern and other parts that are not.

[DeaconJ]

Winston-Salem, while definitely a southern city, seems very much like a Northeastern or Midwestern industrial city. New Orleans is the most southern of that list IMO, with Richmond a close second...of course, I see "southern" as a good thing - a compliment.

New Orleans
Richmond
Daytona
Orlando
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
Houston
Virginia Beach
Dallas
Austin (the only city on this list that I haven't visited)

[grapico]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Listed in alphabetical order:

Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Daytona Beach, Houston, Orlando, New Orleans, Richmond, Winston-Salem, Virginia Beach

Rank from most to least:

Richmond
New Orleans
Winston Salem
Daytona Beach
Virginia Beach (never been here just put it in the middle)
Atlanta
Houston
Dallas
Austin
Orlando

[waronxmas]

Rank them for what purpose? And by "southerness" what do you mean?

[WestbankNOLA]

What is the definition of southerness???

Here goes:
Geographically
Orlando
Daytona Beach
New Orleans
Houston
Austin
Dallas
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
Virgina Beach
Richmond

Stereotypically
Atlanta
Richmond
Winston-Salem
Virginia Beach
Houston
Dallas
Austin
New Orleans
Daytona Beach
Orlando

I don't even think the last 3 would fit in the stereotypical south.

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Winston-Salem, while definitely a southern city, seems very much like a Northeastern or Midwestern industrial city. New Orleans is the most southern of that list IMO, with Richmond a close second...of course, I see "southern" as a good thing - a compliment.

New Orleans
Richmond
Daytona
Orlando
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
Houston
Virginia Beach
Dallas
Austin (the only city on this list that I haven't visited)

That sounds about right. Austin is very Texan (as in cowboy hats, boots, Texas Country is big but not Pop or Southern Country) but not it's not very Southern at all.