Is Missouri more similar to Iowa or Arkansas? (Kansas City, St. Louis: college, live in)

[ShadowCaver]

Originally Posted by cyrano

If you ask me, Missouri is most similar to Alsace-Lorraine. Or Applesauce-Lorraine, as Rocky and Bullwinkle used to say. But I voted for Arkansas, just to be difficult.

And if you ask me, this is a rather inane topic, one that poses a question whose answer depends on which part of the elephant one happens to have hold of at any particular time.

well said, and Missouri, bless her, has both the elephant's wrinkles in the south, and smooth skin on her north side...


[note: south here does NOT denote tail end... ]

[ajf131]

Originally Posted by northbound74

Overall, I'd say Missouri is more midwestern like Iowa. There is a strong southern influence in MO mainly south of the Missouri River. I sometimes fall into thinking that there isn't that big a difference until I go back to a small-town northern Arkansas, then I realize how stark the contrast is.

You are right. 100 percent agreement. Except for the St. Louis and Kansas City areas, I would say that below the Missouri River southern characteristics begin to appear. I for one was amazed at how much more southern Fayetteville seemed than Joplin, Monett, or Springfield, which have strong Midwestern influence in addition to Southern influence. I think when you get south of these cities it becomes truly Southern in every respect.

[Future Trooper]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

You have the Ozarks in both Missouri and Arkansas, but Missouri and Iowa are both in the Midwest.

I think the majority of Missouri is like Iowa but once you get around Nevada-Camdenton-Rolla-Park Hills that is when it resembles Arkansas more.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by gdude

I think the majority of Missouri is like Iowa but once you get around Nevada-Camdenton-Rolla-Park Hills that is when it resembles Arkansas more.

Park Hills? Really? I dont see it at all,Park Hills is basically a suburb of the Lou these days. I'm from Sainte Genevieve, its VERY midwestern there. One has to get down by Cape to see the southern flavor in the southeastern part of Mo. My mothers people are from poplar Bluff, and thats just as southern as if one were in Memphis.

[ajf131]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

Park Hills? Really? I dont see it at all,Park Hills is basically a suburb of the Lou these days. I'm from Sainte Genevieve, its VERY midwestern there. One has to get down by Cape to see the southern flavor in the southeastern part of Mo. My mothers people are from poplar Bluff, and thats just as southern as if one were in Memphis.

I agree. Even Rolla feels fairly Midwestern, as do Springfield and Joplin actually. I only notice the Southern feel in the parts you are describing. Around these areas is when I sense an atmosphere truly like that of Louisville, Richmond, Nashville, and Memphis.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by ajf131

I agree. Even Rolla feels fairly Midwestern, as do Springfield and Joplin actually. I only notice the Southern feel in the parts you are describing. Around these areas is when I sense an atmosphere truly like that of Louisville, Richmond, Nashville, and Memphis.

Exactly! There is an invisible dividing line in Mo that separates the Southern part from the rest of it. In SE Mo, driving down I-55, it occurs south of Cape when one drops down onto the Delta floor from the rolling hills. Missouri literally turns Southern right there.

[Northwoods Voyager]

Me does think that this is another of those threads intended to bring out responses that guarantee a never-ending debate. Each person has their own interpretation of what constitutes Southern, Northern, Midwest, and/or relation to another state, area or region.

Many will 'feel' and believe that their comment is the most accurate. And that is as it should be for a thread such as this. Nothing against Iowa, however, I 'feel' that Missouri is similar to Arkansas more than Iowa in many ways. And that is just the way that I 'feel' about the whole matter. Good Morning and have a Happy Friday wherever you may be.

[MimzyMusic]

Originally Posted by Northwoods Voyager

Me does think that this is another of those threads intended to bring out responses that guarantee a never-ending debate. Each person has their own interpretation of what constitutes Southern, Northern, Midwest, and/or relation to another state, area or region.

Many will 'feel' and believe that their comment is the most accurate. And that is as it should be for a thread such as this. Nothing against Iowa, however, I 'feel' that Missouri is similar to Arkansas more than Iowa in many ways. And that is just the way that I 'feel' about the whole matter. Good Morning and have a Happy Friday wherever you may be.

Maybe the best debates are the ones with no answer.

[ozarksboy]

So many non-Missourians have moved to Missouri that it has become homogenized. It's just like Arkansas. It's just like Iowa. It's just like everywhere else. That's the "wonderful" thing about the so-called diversity the newcomers bring. It's more about dilution of the culture than diversity.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

So many non-Missourians have moved to Missouri that it has become homogenized. It's just like Arkansas. It's just like Iowa. It's just like everywhere else. That's the "wonderful" thing about the so-called diversity the newcomers bring. It's more about dilution of the culture than diversity.

Perhaps in your part of my paradise that might be correct? Where I am from from its still Missouri..... perhaps I should just shut up to keep them out? But then again, you be from the "other side"