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Go-Go might be popular in Black youth culture in DC, but to claim it's knowledge is limited to that, is like saying the only people that know what rap is are young blacks. Go-Go music is known in DC, period. Doesn't matter what color you are or if you listen to it at all. Also, DMV is popular term used by people in N.Va (also abbreviated NoVa, or NOVA), S. MD. and DC.
Here is the term being used by the local DC NBC affiliate, the same WRC 4 that an above poster said he watched but never heard of the term. First Read | NBC4 Washington
I will say that DMV is a relatively new term. It has literally only started being used in the last 6 years and widely used in the last two or three. Widely meaning throughout DMV. Also, Southbound says they are terms used by young people. If by young you mean populat for peopel in their 40's, early 50s, and younger, you'd be correct.
All of that said, DMV & go-go, are quintessential national capital region, not mid-atlantic
You are missing the point, go-go music, like other forms of music can be extremely regional. Sure, it's based out of DC but can be readily heard in MD, VA and parts of NC (more so NC than Philly or New York - lot of people from Baltimore, Philly and New York despise go-go music). You might hear mainstream go-go music outside of these states - doin it in the but, etc but many are unfamiliar with the hard core style of music. A lot white folk and other ethnic groups in DC, NOVA, etc have never heard of go-go music, period...I lived in NOVA for 5 years,they are clueless and could care less. May have heard it in passing but have no clue as to what it is.
That doesn't make NC is mid-atlantic but refusing to believe there isn't strong ties and bonds between NC and the defined mid-atlantic states is ridiculous.
Truthfully, DC, Baltimore, Philly and New York are different places, music, culture, working professionals etc. The common denominator is the design or architecture of the cities, some of the dialect, and urbanity with rowhouses, etc.
Not sure about DMV, I grew up NC, can't remember calling it anything else. Lol, maybe I did but don't recall.
If there ever was any doubt about NC being a Southern state, yesterday's amendment vote put the doubt to rest.
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One of the biggest reasons peopel point to NC being anything but Southern is the metro areas, but I think yesterday vote shows, that despite them being population centers, they still don't represent the majority of NC as a whole.
The counties that voted against overall can be broken down to Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill , Boone(App State), Asheville, Greensboro, Pittsboro/Chatham (Triangle Suburb),Charlotte and Boone.
...but I think yesterday vote shows, that despite them being population centers, they still don't represent the majority of NC as a whole.
I see the vote yesterday as being far more about the state of reading and comprehension skill outside of those population centers. Prideful ignorance and religious bigotry tie for a close second.
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If there ever was any doubt about NC being a Southern state, yesterday's amendment vote put the doubt to rest.
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Well. . .The next thing to watch will be in NJ. The legislature passed gay marriage & Christie is refusing to sign it until it's voted on. It will fail in South Jersey, except, probably, Camden County.
Well. . .The next thing to watch will be in NJ. The legislature passed gay marriage & Christie is refusing to sign it until it's voted on. It will fail in South Jersey, except, probably, Camden County.
sb - The political difference between South Jersey (minus the Philly suburbs) and North Jersey is probably greater than the political differences between North and South Carolina. Most people in Northern NJ regard the area east of the Phiily suburbs and west of Atlantic City as a kind of Lost World. Think of the Jersey Devil - Mrs Leed's thirteenth child! But unlike NC, Amendment One as written, would never fly in NJ and I strongly suspect that a vote on just the gay marriage issue might squeek by in NJ. North Jersey might have the same lop-sided approval rate as NC's Amendment One, whereas in South Jersey, gay marriage would be defeated. But since the population in the Northern end is almost triple what it is in South Jersey, it would most likely pass.
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sb - The political difference between South Jersey (minus the Philly suburbs) and North Jersey is probably greater than the political differences between North and South Carolina. Most people in Northern NJ regard the area east of the Phiily suburbs and west of Atlantic City as a kind of Lost World. Think of the Jersey Devil - Mrs Leed's thirteenth child! But unlike NC, Amendment One as written, would never fly in NJ and I strongly suspect that a vote on just the gay marriage issue might squeek by in NJ. North Jersey might have the same lop-sided approval rate as NC's Amendment One, whereas in South Jersey, gay marriage would be defeated. But since the population in the Northern end is almost triple what it is in South Jersey, it would most likely pass.
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LOL, Emissary, there is a certain element in North Jersey, & I know that you are not one of them, that paints all of South Jersey and Philly with one brush, giving an extra thick coating of contempt to the more rural parts of South Jersey. 15 or 20 years ago, Amendment One would have passed in South Jersey, probably including Camden County, because of Carl McIntire. Some areas would give it a decent showing today.
Thank you for confirming the difference between North Jersey & South Jersey. It's 2 states in one. From what I'm hearing, Christie is pushing the right buttons that secession is rearing its head again in the southern counties.
I know darned well that a lot of people in Kings Mountain would not have voted for Amendment One if they had read it, instead of going by the title.
If there ever was any doubt about NC being a Southern state, yesterday's amendment vote put the doubt to rest.
People said that Maryland's legalization put the North/South discussion in Maryland to rest. Yet the discussion goes on.
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But unlike NC, Amendment One as written, would never fly in NJ and I strongly suspect that a vote on just the gay marriage issue might squeek by in NJ. North Jersey might have the same lop-sided approval rate as NC's Amendment One, whereas in South Jersey, gay marriage would be defeated. But since the population in the Northern end is almost triple what it is in South Jersey, it would most likely pass.
From what I'm hearing, Christie is pushing the right buttons that secession is rearing its head again in the southern counties.
