Which major city in the South is the most Southern feeling (transplants, home)

[hipcat]

As in the city that has the least influences of other cultures?

[Trimac20]

I voted Birmingham. It's a sizeable city, over 1 million in it's metro, is still mostly black and white, and isn't a tourist centre with a lot of transplants attracted by the nice architecture like Charleston.

[Nairobi]

Memphis is the easy answer. It doesn't get much more southern than the Delta. Birmingham is a close second.

[Southern Soul Bro]

Birmingham and Memphis.

[KodeBlue]

Baltimore. It's not as over-run by northerners as the other.

[Spade]

Well since you have Baton Rouge on the list as a major city. I will say neither on this list beats out Jackson, Mississippi. Or even Montgomery, Alabama. Both of which should be options.

[sleepless in Bham]

Originally Posted by Spade

Well since you have Baton Rouge on the list as a major city. I will say neither on this list beats out Jackson, Mississippi. Or even Montgomery, Alabama. Both of which should be options.

Well Baton Rouge has a larger metro population than Jackson or Montgomery, and its the home of its state's flagship university.

Baton Rouge 802K
Jackson 539K
Montgomery 374K

To the OP's question both Birmingham and Memphis would be good answers.

[pantin23]

Originally Posted by KodeBlue

Baltimore. It's not as over-run by northerners as the other.

over every city in the deep south, heck Baltimore is almost over the mason Dixon line!

[Southern man]

Montgomery, Alabama

[Spade]

Originally Posted by sleepless in Bham

Well Baton Rouge has a larger metro population than Jackson or Montgomery, and its the home of its state's flagship university.

Baton Rouge 802K
Jackson 539K
Montgomery 374K

To the OP's question both Birmingham and Memphis would be good answers.

Good points. I still would put Jackson on there. It's the capital of what many feels is the most Southern in feel state in the South. But then again, so is Montgomery.