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I think the OP was wanting a score for each state, with 1 being not very Southern and 10 being most Southern. In that framework, here are my thoughts:
Kentucky: 7 a little far north, but definitely southern. Home of bourbon and the kentucky Derby.
Virginia: 7 also a little far north, and Northern Virginia is not very southern, but the rest of the state still has strong southern ties. Richmond was the capitol of the Confederacy.
Tennessee: 8 very southern culturally. A bit of appalachian influence as well.
North Carolina: 8 mostly southern, but a fair number of transplants and some appalachian influence.
South Carolina: 10 SC really embraces its southern identity. Charleston is a great place to visit for a feel of the old south. Great low country food.
Georgia: 10. Rural Georgia is very southern and Atlanta is the most southern of the major cities, IMO.
Alabama: 10 the Heart of Dixie
Mississippi: 10 strongly southern.
Oklahoma: 4 has some southern influence, but also has southwestern influences. Kind of a border state.
Texas: 6 This one is tough b/c Texas is so big. Parts are pretty southern, but other parts have a completely different feel.
Louisiana: 9 a different vibe, but still very southern.
Florida (North of Orlando): 8 the panhandle is very southern. As the saying goes, the further south you go in florida, the more it feels like the north. South Florida does not feel southern culturally, but since the OP specified north of Orlando, I will give it a high score.
Also, I think the OP left out Arkansas, which has a fairly southern feel, although it also has competing influences. I'd give Arkansas a 7.
Are you serious? You've never been to east Texas, or southeast Texas. It is 120% southern, I live here, I know. Just as southern as Mobile, just with more of a Louisiana flair with nearby Cajun influence and similar seafood and fishing industry. The Texas gulf coast is tied in very well with the rest of the coast.
Well as long as you people deny Maryland being a Southern State then Texas along with Florida, Virginia, and Atlanta won't be Southern either......
I think the OP was wanting a score for each state, with 1 being not very Southern and 10 being most Southern. In that framework, here are my thoughts:
Kentucky: 7 a little far north, but definitely southern. Home of bourbon and the kentucky Derby.
Virginia: 7 also a little far north, and Northern Virginia is not very southern, but the rest of the state still has strong southern ties. Richmond was the capitol of the Confederacy.
Tennessee: 8 very southern culturally. A bit of appalachian influence as well.
North Carolina: 8 mostly southern, but a fair number of transplants and some appalachian influence.
South Carolina: 10 SC really embraces its southern identity. Charleston is a great place to visit for a feel of the old south. Great low country food.
Georgia: 10. Rural Georgia is very southern and Atlanta is the most southern of the major cities, IMO.
Alabama: 10 the Heart of Dixie
Mississippi: 10 strongly southern.
Oklahoma: 4 has some southern influence, but also has southwestern influences. Kind of a border state.
Texas: 6 This one is tough b/c Texas is so big. Parts are pretty southern, but other parts have a completely different feel.
Louisiana: 9 a different vibe, but still very southern.
Florida (North of Orlando): 8 the panhandle is very southern. As the saying goes, the further south you go in florida, the more it feels like the north. South Florida does not feel southern culturally, but since the OP specified north of Orlando, I will give it a high score.
Also, I think the OP left out Arkansas, which has a fairly southern feel, although it also has competing influences. I'd give Arkansas a 7.
To Intentionally leave Maryland out of the Discussion screws up the Entire Subject at hand.....
And to say that Maryland is not Southern only proves that who ever believes that crock have NEVER step foot in any parts of the state of Maryland and is only (pre)judging Maryland based on what some Maryland hater(who has only passed through Baltimore/DC) stereotyped....
Like it or not Maryland and Delaware is Southern.......
To Intentionally leave Maryland out of the Discussion screws up the Entire Subject at hand.....
And to say that Maryland is not Southern only proves that who ever believes that crock have NEVER step foot in any parts of the state of Maryland and is only (pre)judging Maryland based on what some Maryland hater(who has only passed through Baltimore/DC) stereotyped....
Like it or not Maryland and Delaware is Southern.......
I left Maryland out b/c I was using the states listed by the original poster (plus I added Arkansas).
I am originally from the deep south and I have spent a lot of time in Maryland, both Baltimore and Kent Island. I think that Maryland has some southern influences but is not predominantly southern. The weather, demographics, food, accent, religion and culture are all pretty different from the typical southern state. On the 1-10 scale I would give Maryland a 3 or 4.
Delaware I have only been to twice, but it didn't seem southern to me at all.
Well as long as you people deny Maryland being a Southern State then Texas along with Florida, Virginia, and Atlanta won't be Southern either......
You obviously don't know what southern is. Virginia is a state that I barely consider southern, more of a transition once you hit NOVA. Atlanta? You speak nonsense. Have you been to Atlanta, Texas, or north AND south Florida?
You obviously don't know what southern is. Virginia is a state that I barely consider southern, more of a transition once you hit NOVA. Atlanta? You speak nonsense. Have you been to Atlanta, Texas, or north AND south Florida?
If Virginia is a transition state than Texas definitely is.
so does an area like Richmond Virginia have less southern influence than a place like El paso, San Antonio or the Texas Valley?
Seems like the old capital of the confederacy would be more southern than the old capital of Mexican Texas
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