[bdpop]

Originally Posted by cpt757100

Thats the problem you yankees move down here to Florida and do not want to be called a southerner so you claim that Florida is not in the south... Well, you can always move back up north if you dont like the southern people or move down to miami either one is fine with us...... I read just yesterday that Florida will go ahead and issue the Confederate Heritage license plates in the middle of 2010. Now you tell me Florida is not a southern state....... Most Floridians love the fact that this state was part of the Confederate States of America and that the yankees never captured Tallahassee....... If you dont like it yankee go home!

The civil war ended almost 150 year ago. Let go!!!

[southgeorgia]

this is all a little surprising to me.


i've traveled all over florida, and its covered in "rednecks".

they're most apparent in north florida and the panhandle because there aren't any major cities up here for northern transplants to move into (with the exception of jacksonville, but its still pretty "southern")

the most 'southern' people i've ever met are in the south tampa area. have you ever seen a 'swamp hog' hunt?

you floridians should get out and explore your state a little more.

you are definitely "southern".

[skinny]

Thank you southgeorgia. I am 100% Floridian and 100% Southern til I die

[crystalblue]

Originally Posted by johnsonk422

Most Floridians (myself included) believe that Florida is not a part of the South. Our attitudes regarding that region range from indifference at best to embarrassment at the worst. When people from other states (typically not from the South) refer to us as "Southerners", we tend to cringe - not necessarily because we have an anti-Southern bias, but because we know that the "Southern" label doesn't in any way describe our culture, ethnic/religious backgrounds, and ways of living. Sure, northern parts of the state that border on Georgia and Alabama are certainly Southern in culture, but they're a small minority of the state in terms of population.

Since nobody has done a poll like this before on the site, I'd like to see what the general US thinks of Florida. Not in terms of geography, but in terms of culture. Do you think that Florida is a part of the cultural South, or no?

Once you hit I-4, your def not in the South anymore...

[Raivere]

Originally Posted by adam.g.harpool

People who say that Florida is "Southern" generally don't know anything about the state, and are also the types of people who would probably call Maryland Southern just because it is south of some arbitrary line. In any area you choose - accent, ethnic composition, ancestry, religion, politics, cuisine, etc. etc. - nobody with half a brain could seriously consider Florida in the same category as Georgia. I'm a Floridian, but I am certainly not a Southerner.

Like you said, people who live here know the truth, though most of us frankly could care less about how we're labeled by people in the Northeast or West Coast.

I have always wondered about that...why Florida was not part of the south. Thanks for answering that confusing question...and part of Maryland like North Carolina (not South Carolina) is part of the south.

[Raivere]

Originally Posted by bdpop

The civil war ended almost 150 year ago. Let go!!!

HA HA HA!!! You would be so surprised! Its not about coming from the north. Its about acting like your from the north.

[HopToIt]

Originally Posted by skinny

Thank you southgeorgia. I am 100% Floridian and 100% Southern til I die

Amen man! Although I doubt I will live in FL til I die. But I am 100% native Floridian!

IMO, it just depends where you are in FL, just like many areas in other Southern states feel different. Charlotte NC doesnt feel as southern as it used to, but NC is still southern, and I'd say the same for Atlanta and Georgia.

[Raivere]

Originally Posted by HopToIt

Amen man! Although I doubt I will live in FL til I die. But I am 100% native Floridian!

IMO, it just depends where you are in FL, just like many areas in other Southern states feel different. Charlotte NC doesnt feel as southern as it used to, but NC is still southern, and I'd say the same for Atlanta and Georgia.

Yea, Charlotte has had such a huge increase of people from the north in the past year! Its amazing. But I live in a small town probabaly the second "city" as they refer (more like a town) near Charlotte. Anyway my point is Charlotte has about one to two million people, though I have heard three to four million. Go outside of it, and you will see the south again but smaller populations.

[HopToIt]

I remember reading an article about CLT and how bad the traffic and such and how the drivers are getting worse. And I remember they directly talked about all the people that had recently moved there from NY, Boston, and Miami.

[Raivere]

Originally Posted by HopToIt

I remember reading an article about CLT and how bad the traffic and such and how the drivers are getting worse. And I remember they directly talked about all the people that had recently moved there from NY, Boston, and Miami.

Thats exactly CLT. We have a had so many people come here (and they cant drive!). But they only want to live in a big city or there jobs require them to. Shoot reporters noted on the news that people that have thier BD to MD are looking for jobs as low ranking as park attendants for fun parks. I just think that people dont even realize what they are getting into when they hear "great weather, friendly people, etc,etc.