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Hmmm...how so, outside of the fact that NoVA and Philly are major metro areas and Greensboro isn't? I can probably think of just as many differences between NoVA and Philly and NoVA and Greensboro.
Now if you really mean *suburban* Philly (e.g., King of Prussia, Cherry Hill), then I would agree.
I was referring more to the idea that both were culturally connected, as opposed to Greensboro (North Carolina/Piedmont) which would be stronger tied to what the south truly is.
I was referring more to the idea that both were culturally connected, as opposed to Greensboro (North Carolina/Piedmont) which would be stronger tied to what the south truly is.
Perhaps but I'd argue there isn't a wide chasm between NoVA and Greensboro compared to NoVA and Philly; I can think of a lot of cultural disconnects between the former pairing. As a matter of fact, I'd argue that NoVA is more like another NC metro (the Triangle) than Philly.
While Richmond is more similar to The District, I've for years on here spoken of some of the subtle similarities between Rich and Bmore. Are they that similar? I don't know, but they aren't that different, either. They are separated by fewer than 150 miles downtown-to-downtown with several common links. To call one entirely southern or northern, but not the other, is a flawed and biased perception, but one that has been perpetuated on this board for years. I know exactly what you mean about older people in both (many people here have relatives there, and vice versa). But this is a generally fruitless argument on this board, one I'm sure I haven't even brought up in at least two years...
But you aren't wrong...
Yea, I'm starting to learn the subtle(not so subtle) nuances of city-data. When you mention that two places have similarities(like verifiable, statistical similarities) people assume that you are calling the two places identical twins. Cities can have similarities without being identical. Heck, no two cities are identical...even ones only separated by a bridge. Things on here seem to be black and white with little room for gray. It is what it is, I suppose.
Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
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The South is a large region and I'm sure that you'll find rural Whites in almost every Southern state who will go mudding and whatnot. The Northeast has the perception of infinite urbanism so those who go mudding up North aren't thought of. The South still has the image of rural and poor.
Both perceptions are very poor and should be corrected. Not only it the north far more rural than people think, the south is not as rural as people think either.
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The Mason Dixon Line was certainly a divider of North and South back in slavery times. I thought it was common knowledge that a slave was safe once they hit PA.
Not entirely true. The reason the underground railroad was still kept generally secret all the way into NY was because they still weren't safe. Some northerners would capture them and sell them back to the south, and southerners were coming up to hunt them down as well.
People forget that the north/south cultural divide was not quite as black and white as history has made it seem. There were definitely ill-minded northerners who saw dollar signs over freed men.
Not entirely true. The reason the underground railroad was still kept generally secret all the way into NY was because they still weren't safe. Some northerners would capture them and sell them back to the south, and southerners were coming up to hunt them down as well.
People forget that the north/south cultural divide was not quite as black and white as history has made it seem. There were definitely ill-minded northerners who saw dollar signs over freed men.
I don't consider West Virginia southern, though. I see it in the same vein as western PA. Applachian/Interior Northeast. The South does not have the monopoly on Appalachia.
I don't consider West Virginia southern, though. I see it in the same vein as western PA. Applachian/Interior Northeast. The South does not have the monopoly on Appalachia.
West va only exists because they didn't want to be part of the confederacy
The truth is this there isn't much diff between the rust belt south and Midwest America is that swath vs the north east and west
I don't consider West Virginia southern, though. I see it in the same vein as western PA. Applachian/Interior Northeast. The South does not have the monopoly on Appalachia.
I think the exact opposite.
I don't consider West Virginia northern. I see it the same vein as western Virginia and eastern Kentucky. Appalachian/Upper South. The South does not have a monopoly on Appalachia but the heart of Appalachia was historically in the South.
https://www.arc.gov/research/MapsofA...asp?MAP_ID=116 Check out this map from the Appalachian Regional Commission and decide if West Virginia has more in common with Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee or as you say, if West Virginia has more in common with Pennsylvania and New York.
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