Is North Carolina still a "Southern" state? (Charlotte: houses, college)
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NC as a state is still overwhelmingly Southern. The urban areas are more 50-50, but since you asked about the state itself, of course NC is a Southern state. Many rural counties are like stepping into 1960 in many ways (good and bad). most (though of course not all) Northern transplants are happy to adjust thir ways to the environment of their new state, though in the urban areas, the atmosphere is just plain "urban" (not "Southern urban" or "Northern urban"). "Southern" culture is usually mostly associated with more rural areas anyway. However, the cities in NC generally retain their older character since the "power players" tend to be longtime residents/natives.
I am just wondering. I currently live in Virginia (I am from Alabama and plan on moving back), and every young male I meet from North Carolina who is my age (I am female in my twenties) always claims that at least half if not all of his family is from New York or Pennsylvania. Can North Carolina still be called a Southern state? Everyone I meet from there is a Northerner who has a condescending attitude of the South.
Yes, there are still true Southerners in N.C., but unfortunately, that great state is being overrun from Northeasterners (not very often the types that one would like to get from there). In the mountains, when I would visit that state when I was younger, the cleanest, prettiest, and unpolluted region I could think of east of the Rocky Mtns, and the most gracious, hospitable people lived there, then people would move to same mtns. from Northeast, who had already either had 2nd homes or winter homes in Florida, then found out they did not like the heat and humidity of Florida, wanting "four season climate, without brutal northern winter or expense of living up North," bought up entire hillsides and created worthless draconian home owner associations (HOA's) and placed condos and buildings on tops of mountains (e.g. around Grandfather Mtn) that are ugly eyesores can see for many miles, locals are priced out of business, and curt, unfriendly asses running once pristine, beautiful counties. Just my take on it.
I am just wondering. I currently live in Virginia (I am from Alabama and plan on moving back), and every young male I meet from North Carolina who is my age (I am female in my twenties) always claims that at least half if not all of his family is from New York or Pennsylvania. Can North Carolina still be called a Southern state? Everyone I meet from there is a Northerner who has a condescending attitude of the South.
Outside of the major areas the state feels very southern. Cary might as well be a part of the North East lol.
Outside of the major areas the state feels very southern. Cary might as well be a part of the North East lol.
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