Midwest? South? (Louisville, Bowling Green, Union: restaurants, store, friendly)

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by Robocops Uncle

This is a lot of dumbness..Kys a southern state...You don't gotta talk like you got a mouth full of rocks to be from the south..

LOL You mean like the dude on King of the Hill?

[joe91]

Kentucky is 50/50 (southern/northern)
Virginia is 40/60
W. Virginia is 25/75
missouri is 25/75

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by joe91

Kentucky is 50/50 (southern/northern)
Virginia is 40/60
W. Virginia is 25/75
missouri is 25/75

Really? Why is that?

[joe91]

*The percentages are just an estimate

Because Ohio is right next to Northern Kentucky, it makes that section mostly yankee. Ohio is one of the most yankee states I know and I've talked to people who've said the nothern part is mostly mid-western/nothern culture. Thats not to say there is'nt any southern culture in that section, but not as much as the deep south.

Virginia lately as been urbanized with notherners which has decreased its southern culture.

W. Virginia fought for the North and its surrounded by yankee states on both sides. But the southern part is a bit southern because of kentucky and Virginia.

The southern part of Missouri is next to Tennesse and Arkansas and the nothern part is up their with Illinois and Iowa. And southen missouri has sweet tea and waffle houses.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by joe91

*The percentages are just an estimate

Because Ohio is right next to Northern Kentucky, it makes that section mostly yankee. Ohio is one of the most yankee states I know and I've talked to people who've said the nothern part is mostly mid-western/nothern culture. Thats not to say there is'nt any southern culture in that section, but not as much as the deep south.

Virginia lately as been urbanized with notherners which has decreased its southern culture.

W. Virginia fought for the North and its surrounded by yankee states on both sides. But the southern part is a bit southern because of kentucky and Virginia.

The southern part of Missouri is next to Tennesse and Arkansas and the nothern part is up their with Illinois and Iowa. And southen missouri has sweet tea and waffle houses.

Thank you for clarifying wht you meant.

[joe91]

I have always put Kentucky,Virginia, W. Virginia, Missouri, as the border states and they each have a different degree of southern culture and northern culture. Its kind of like "dead's man zone". For the guy who thought Ohio was southern, really needs to get his head checked. I didn't even know what "pop" was until last year. Accents dont always mean southern or northern. There's a strong App. accent that runs through Ken.,GA,NC,TN,Vir.,W.Vir.,Pen., and a little bit of ohio. But the folks in Ohio, Pen., W. Vir. might say there hicks, but not southern. hicks/poor people/rednecks live in every state and even most places in the world.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by joe91

*The percentages are just an estimate

Because Ohio is right next to Northern Kentucky, it makes that section mostly yankee. Ohio is one of the most yankee states I know and I've talked to people who've said the nothern part is mostly mid-western/nothern culture. Thats not to say there is'nt any southern culture in that section, but not as much as the deep south.

Virginia lately as been urbanized with notherners which has decreased its southern culture.

W. Virginia fought for the North and its surrounded by yankee states on both sides. But the southern part is a bit southern because of kentucky and Virginia.

The southern part of Missouri is next to Tennesse and Arkansas and the nothern part is up their with Illinois and Iowa. And southen missouri has sweet tea and waffle houses.

Hon how many of these states have you actually been to just out of curiousity?

[chrispateinbr]

Originally Posted by cynthianaslim

kentucky is kentucky. We make the best whiskey, grow burley tobacco, and raise the most beautiful racehorses in the world. Saying that were "border" is kinda like saying that were not as imporatant as the other states that surround us. NOT TRUE! We have an identity and a culture that can rival any other state in the nation.
Since I think that worrying about what others think is INSANE, I really don't care which category others place Kentucky. I'm southern.

The cool thing about being from KY is the fact that I can choose based on how I was raised if I am a Northerner or Southerner. You talk about the whiskey, tobacco, and racehorses....I grew up in Brandenburg, KY where I would have fluffernutters, snow cream, and apple butter. I never came into contact with all of those "southern characteristics". A good rule of thumb is to divide KY in half. The north part of KY is apart of the "North" and the south part of KY is apart of the "South".
P.S. for the record, I hate tea.

[Bobilee]

W. Virginia fought for the North and its surrounded by yankee states on both sides.

How incorrect can you be? Both sides? There are also Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky. West Virginia did not just fight for the North, but just as many fought for the South. And once away from the counties bordering Ohio and Pennyslvania, you are officially in Dixie, since most of West Virginia is made up of counties that voted for Secession. The Univ. of Pennsylvania Telsur project places most of KY and WV within the Southern dialect. South Regional Map
And if you look back around pg. 9 or 10 of this thread you will see the US Census Ancestry map, which shows a clear division between Ohio/PA, and KY/WV. The Ohio River is still the division between North and South.
(Hey, Missymom! )

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by chrispateinbr

The cool thing about being from KY is the fact that I can choose based on how I was raised if I am a Northerner or Southerner. You talk about the whiskey, tobacco, and racehorses....I grew up in Brandenburg, KY where I would have fluffernutters, snow cream, and apple butter. I never came into contact with all of those "southern characteristics". A good rule of thumb is to divide KY in half. The north part of KY is apart of the "North" and the south part of KY is apart of the "South".
P.S. for the record, I hate tea.

My grandpa and most of his side of the family were raised in Brandenburg and he definately came in contact with Southern everything. I don't believe for a second that Kentucky is not the South. There may be areas "less Southern" but in the South none the less.