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The tobacco and slave industry was also a big part of Maryland's economy
That's historically true along with Delaware to some extent, but today it's definitely safer to group Maryland with Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey based off similarities. I'm sure Maryland has some southern aspects in the rural areas, but overall I wouldn't consider it to be southern anymore.
That's historically true along with Delaware to some extent, but today it's definitely safer to group Maryland with Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey based off similarities. I'm sure Maryland has some southern aspects in the rural areas, but overall I wouldn't consider it to be southern anymore.
Regardless of where the Mid-Atlantic ends, if you're coming up from the south, I'd say NOVA is the starting point and I'm sure plenty of others would agree.
That's actually quite accurate. Going north on I-95, I'd say you're officially out of the south and into the Mid-Atlantic when you pass Fredericksburg, VA. Apart from NOVA, I'd say Virginia is still southern overall in the Upper South way similar to North Carolina, Tennessee, and some areas of Arkansas and Kentucky. Personally, I consider Richmond to be a southern city, partly due to the fact that it was the capital of the Confederacy even if that was 150 odd years ago and the tobacco industry is pretty big around there. Columbia, SC, Raleigh, NC, and Richmond, VA are three fall line southern capitals.
Richmond has nothing in common with those cities. It's really more like Philly than it is Raleigh or Columbia.
Richmond has nothing in common with those cities. It's really more like Philly than it is Raleigh or Columbia.
Richmond does look like more like a northern city (DC, Baltimore, Philly) in terms of the architecture, but IMO it's a southern city at heart. Historically, I'd say it has more in common with Raleigh and Columbia. What would you say? Do you consider Richmond to be a southern city?
Richmond does look like more like a northern city (DC, Baltimore, Philly) in terms of the architecture, but IMO it's a southern city at heart. Historically, I'd say it has more in common with Raleigh and Columbia. What would you say? Do you consider Richmond to be a southern city?
BajanYankee knows that Richmond is a southern city. Remember that this is a guy who once questioned whether or not Baltimore is a northern city. So I'm sure he definitely considers Richmond part of the South.
I do agree that Richmond's architecture is more similar to Northern cities but is culturally southern.
BajanYankee knows that Richmond is a southern city. Remember that this is a guy who once questioned whether or not Baltimore is a northern city. So I'm sure he definitely considers Richmond part of the South.
I do agree that Richmond's architecture is more similar to Northern cities but is culturally southern.
Yeah, Baltimore is DEFINITELY not a southern city, same with DC. Those two are about as Mid-Atlantic as you can get. Maybe it's the fact that Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy or the tobacco industry, but I've always seen Richmond as a culturally southern city. Driving down Monument Avenue and seeing those huge monuments of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and JEB Stuart, it's hard for me to call Richmond anything but southern. Also, a lot of the architecture is actually pretty similar to Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA to be honest.
Richmond does look like more like a northern city (DC, Baltimore, Philly) in terms of the architecture, but IMO it's a southern city at heart. Historically, I'd say it has more in common with Raleigh and Columbia. What would you say? Do you consider Richmond to be a southern city?
Richmond is definitely a southern city... for various reasons...
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