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Originally Posted by JustwantBluesWinCup
Agree. Except on the Missouri side about 15 to 20 miles north of highway 60 is the start of Dixie. Scott county, Benton is north of highway 60 and is southern as well as jackson, MO is pretty southern. You also have places like Cherokee pass near Frederick town that is southern as well as KSHE said.
I'll post that map I made. Just don't feel like digging it up right now.
What would be interesting is what would MO southerness look like lets say 1900? I'd say probably about 35 percent dixie. Certainly the last 60 or so years it has lost more of it. Heck in the 1950s and 60s they referred us as a border south state when talking about Missouri from the articles I've seen in stuff such as Time magazine. Then around the late 60s they started calling us almost always Midwest. I guess different generations were being taught differently in schools? Interesting.
I grew up in Maryland about 1 mile from the Delaware state line. I am not joking, I could be in PA in 20 minutes and NJ in 30 minutes. NYC is about 2.5 hours (maybe more with traffic) and Center City Philly is 45 min from my hometown in Maryland (i used to take out-of-towners to Philly for cheesesteaks because it is so close). The local tv news broadcasts were from Philly. The part of Maryland where I grew up has zero to do with the South.
Elkton-ish?
Anyone, I will be of no help to this thread, but where I've lived:
Havertown, PA (North)
New Castle, DE (North)
Sunny Isles Beach, FL (South)
Although, I will say Delaware residents consider the C&D Canal to be the divider between the northern and southern parts of the state. Although, I think the housing bubble changed the demographics quite a bit (lots of people from up north have moved down south of the canal). That said, there's definitely a different pace down in Milford.
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