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Read Vewy Slowly: Despite the Washington-Baltimore-Wilmington Corridor Maryland, DC, and Delaware is part of the South.......
No, they still aren't, and whether you're from rural Maryland or rural Delaware is irrelevant. I'd love to see someone from Delaware go anywhere else in the country (especially the actual South) and tell everyone they're from the South, and then mention specifically Delaware. People would stare as if you were crazy. Delaware borders NEW JERSEY for the Lord's sake.
No, they still aren't, and whether you're from rural Maryland or rural Delaware is irrelevant. I'd love to see someone from Delaware go anywhere else in the country (especially the actual South) and tell everyone they're from the South, and then mention specifically Delaware. People would stare as if you were crazy. Delaware borders NEW JERSEY for the Lord's sake.
Does it matter which state is on the border? Kentucky borders Ohio, and it's still southern.
It's funny how people love to claim that a state "isn't southern" because it's on the edge of the South. I don't really care if Delaware is southern or not, but the arguments against it are pretty lame IMO.
I guarantee if you ask people from Vermont if Delaware is southern, they will say yes...
that map has areas of west TN (down by the mississippi) as hillbillie which have no hills. i know west TN has hills, but some parts of it are dead flat
you made a sweeping statement that west tn had no hills. you did not qualify any of your statement with the knowledge that you knew such. my point was simply that west tennessee had hills---nothing else. no need to become insolent because of your accurate information.
No, they still aren't, and whether you're from rural Maryland or rural Delaware is irrelevant. I'd love to see someone from Delaware go anywhere else in the country (especially the actual South) and tell everyone they're from the South, and then mention specifically Delaware. People would stare as if you were crazy. Delaware borders NEW JERSEY for the Lord's sake.
It doesn't matter how you state it with opinionated biasness and stereotypes but Maryland, DC, and Delaware is always part of the South......
If you refuse to accept it then that is your personal Hangup which is not my worries because I know the Facts........
you made a sweeping statement that west tn had no hills. you did not qualify any of your statement with the knowledge that you knew such. my point was simply that west tennessee had hills---nothing else. no need to become insolent because of your accurate information.
i see no way in which my post was insolent. there was nothing even vaguely insulting insulting about it. and the area that i was thinking of when i wrote that, does in fact lack hills as im referring to the mississippi embayment of TN, which is "western TN".
i didnt mean to say that all of west tennessee lacks hills, but that far west TN by the mississippi river does, an area that that map labeled as "hillbillies". and the types of hills that west TN near jackson has are not the type associated with appalachian hillfolk anyway.
Does it matter which state is on the border? Kentucky borders Ohio, and it's still southern.
Yes, however Ohio is a Midwestern border state in itself with parts of southern Ohio having a Southern feel (similar to parts of southern Indiana). There is no question about New Jersey's status as existing in the heartland of the Northeast. And to most people in the region, you know, the people who have actual experience living in NJ/PA/DE/the Mid-Atlantic, Delaware is just an extension of South Jersey and Philadelphia.
What people from Vermont think is irrelevant. New Jersey could be considered South to people in the upper reaches of Northern New England. I guarantee that if one were to ask the actual locals living in PA, NJ, NY, MD, and Delaware itself, if Delaware is a Southern state, the answer would be a resounding "NO".
in terms of 'most southern' to 'least southern?' In terms of most extreme accents, fewest transplants, most Southern culture, cuisine, landscape, etc. Rank them on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being low and 10 being high. Here are the choices
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Florida (North of Orlando)
I haven't visited all of these, and don't know a whole lot about most of them [except SC, GA, and NC really] so I'm not really qualified to answer, but was curious about this.
Have fun!!!
States with World Class Cities in them would be the LEAST Southern
1. Florida 2.Texas 3. Georgia
States with Major American Cities would follow 4.North Carolina 5.Tennessee 6.Virginia 7.Oklahoma 8.Kentucky 9.Louisana 10.South Carolina
States with World Class Cities in them would be the LEAST Southern
1. Florida 2.Texas 3. Georgia
States with Major American Cities would follow 4.North Carolina 5.Tennessee 6.Virginia 7.Oklahoma 8.Kentucky 9.Louisana 10.South Carolina
Most Southern 11. Alabama 12.Mississippi
I disagree; Georgia isn't in the same bracket with Texas and Florida. Sure they have similar history (as well as different), but at the end of it all; Texas and Florida have their own distinct cultures and have drifted away from the "stereotypical" southern views. Those two have southern influence, but also strong influences from other places. Anything east of East Texas (or east of 35) is debatable to many.
focus. again, you stated: "....there are no hills...in west tn...." your central argument is incorrect. there is no issue brought into the argument re: your justification of why you made the statement, after the fact. i understand your original statement; however, many who read forum information do not know tn geography, what constitutes southern, etc.
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