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I was flipped off by someone with a Georgia tag because they thought I honked at them for sitting at a green light (I didnt). But I’m sure it was really a New Yorker driving. No way would a native ever be that rude, right.
Imagine a whole bunch of natives from Chicago, Detroit and NYC converging with rural Alabama / Georgia natives to form one city. You will essentially have "Atlanta" and the Atlanta driver.
I've lived and/or worked in several Southeastern metropolitan areas. Thoughts:
Memphis - Still very Southern. You won't question it!
New Orleans - Was already a unique island in the South with different culture and a very different accent. That hasn't changed, although my friends there tell me things are very different (even with the food scene) post-Katrina as more people move in and gentrification occurs.
Birmingham - Same as Memphis. Strong Southern culture.
Atlanta - Still retains Southern characteristics, especially in the outlying areas; but VERY different feel from Birmingham or Memphis. My Mom lives in Marietta, and it fascinates me to walk into the nearby Publix and see the mixed array of employees from all over the world.
Raleigh/Durham - Similar to Atlanta... diluted Southern culture, although outlying areas are still very North Carolina. My wife and I really enjoyed the diversity of the people.
Huntsville/Decatur - Huntsville is more akin to Atlanta and Raleigh-Durham in terms of diluted Southern feel, but you don't have to venture far out of town to be back in hardcore Bama. Decatur is Old South, like a different planet from Huntsville only 20 miles down the road. Cliquish, everybody knows everyone else, Roll Tide Roll, huntin' and gunz... you know you're in the South!
Raliegh has an even more dilluted southern feel than Atlanta due to its proximity to the northeast.
I wouldn't say that at all. Miami is borderline Latin American. Raleigh is thoroughly American with a mild Southern influence.
I said that because mwalker96 stated that Raleigh has a more diluted Southern feel than Atlanta due to Raleigh's proximity to the Northeast. So using that logic, I wanted to know if Raleigh had a more diluted Southern feel than Miami also.
And how can Raleigh have a "mild Southern influence" when it is very much IN the South and surrounded by the South on all sides?
I said that because mwalker96 stated that Raleigh has a more diluted Southern feel than Atlanta due to Raleigh's proximity to the Northeast. So using that logic, I wanted to know if Raleigh had a more diluted Southern feel than Miami also.
And how can Raleigh have a "mild Southern influence" when it is very much IN the South and surrounded by the South on all sides?
Raliegh is only 4 hrs away from DC which is pretty close compared to Atlanta and from my experience, as someone who only lives 2 hrs away from Raleigh and visits there frequently, I don't hear any strong southern accents over there compared to other cites in the south. Atlanta while pretty much the poster child for the modern south still has strong southern history, being that it played a big role during the civil war and civil rights era. The natives in Atlanta still gives off the classic southern accent while Raleigh natives gives off the southern-lite accent.
I said that because mwalker96 stated that Raleigh has a more diluted Southern feel than Atlanta due to Raleigh's proximity to the Northeast. So using that logic, I wanted to know if Raleigh had a more diluted Southern feel than Miami also.
And how can Raleigh have a "mild Southern influence" when it is very much IN the South and surrounded by the South on all sides?
What is wrong with having a southern influence?
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Which I'm perfectly okay with, as I am a New Yorker. 
