Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia... What's the difference?

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

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What about the time tables we're talking about here though? 40s and 50s transplants, recently? When was the last time DC was considered southern by the locals?

That's a fair point for consideration. Here's an article that sheds some light on the subject: D.C. area and Dixie drifting farther and farther apart

"The cultural Mason-Dixon line is just moving farther and farther south as more people from other parts of the country move in," said H. Gibbs Knotts, a professor at Western Carolina University...

The trend has been decades in the making, of course. But some observers say the evolution is nearly complete, in good part because of the stepped-up migration of Northerners and immigrants into the Washington area.