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Arkansas is harder than I thought. Southern and Eastern Arkansas is Southeastern. But NW Arkansas is hardly Southeastern. It's kind of like Northern West Virginia. Lots of Midwestern influences in that part of the state. It's hard to explain Louisiana as well. That's why I struggled with these two states.
As far as MD, DC, VA, and WV. I still don't look at VA as Southeastern. But if you must classify all these places as Southern (which I do for VA and WV to an extent), than it should have it's own variation or region of the South like Texas and Oklahoma has for Western South. Maybe Upper South or something.
Ehhh, I don't know, but I should just leave it for now.
Only GA, AL, MS, SC, NC, and TN will receive no logical argument against being the southeast.
We still have yet to define what it means to be culturally southeastern. Everyone's saying why this state is or isn't, but no one's expanding on it.
Because southeastern isn't a culture [imo]; at least I never knew it was. I simply see the SE as a region or a geographical location. Louisiana and Arkansas are arguable, but I consider them southeast.
Yeah you missed the big picture. In that Southern Louisiana and Northern Louisiana are night and day in just about everything.
Exactly correct. A huge divide from French-Influenced Cajun & Creole Louisiana south of Alexandria, and English Louisiana north of Alexandria. Of course, the line isn't exact, but that's around the line of transition.
Ehhh, I don't know, but I should just leave it for now.
Only GA, AL, MS, SC, NC, and TN will receive no logical argument against being the southeast.
Many people don't think of Mississippi as southeastern. To me, it seems too far west. It's kind of a split between southeast and south-central, with more toward the south-central area of the country. Alabama is truly southeastern, as are the other states you mentioned. However, western Tennessee is definitely south-central, in my opinion, and far western Kentucky can either be classified as south-central, or could be part of the lower-midwest.
I wasn't aware the southeast was a culture, but a region/location. Texas and Oklahoma are not located in the southeast. I consider them south central.
You can't jump from Southeast to southwest. There has to be a central; Texas and OK is that. Parts of that states can be divided between the two regions. Adding VA and KY to the SE is pushing it.
To the 17 or so who pegged Louisiana as southeast, have you not looked at a globe or atlas to see where it is located? Do you also consider Minnesota in the northeast? These two states are the same longitude west for the most part. Culture smulture.
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