What aboot Virginia is Northern? (Richmond, Arlington: transplants, credit, to live)

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Yes, but NOVA used to be very Southern like the rest of Virginia. Most people from other parts of Virginia just dont know much about NOVA. They think it has always been that way?

No. I know natives of Fairfax and they are very very nice. They are very Southern also.

That was funny, homeboy I lived in Fairfax at Seven Corners near the Falls Church firestation. Fairfax is not southern, yeah maybe like Clifton but you gotta be kiding me....Where I lived was like 60% hispanic, 20% Asian, and the rest white with a mix of races. NOBODY, I have ever came across in Fairfax had a accent, NOBODY...NEVER....Unless, it was one of those weird DC like accents, and most likely they would have been from DC.

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Yes, but NOVA used to be very Southern like the rest of Virginia. Most people from other parts of Virginia just dont know much about NOVA. They think it has always been that way?

No. I know natives of Fairfax and they are very very nice. They are very Southern also.

The only parts of NOVA that were really southern, your talking 10-25 years ago. until you hit Prince William County you arent really in the south, no way, too many people stuck on DC style.

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

I dont think VA Beach people have anything in common with New Yorkers. I dont think Virginia is at all culturally Mid-Atlantic. I think its Southern, but geographically located at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic.

I see Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads are more 'Southern-Lite ' areas.

You see all sorts of people in Hampton Roads leaning more towards the north, let me know how many NY caps you see on peoples heads down there, I lost count. The whole style is more new yorkish, I know people who live in NN and dont understand why Richmond folks act like there in Atlanta.

VA beach and New Yorkers. Compare the rapper's Clipse (Virginia) with (New York) Big L, Fabulous, or who-ever its comes off New Yorkish.

[PrinceTheo]

Originally Posted by 01va571

You see all sorts of people in Hampton Roads leaning more towards the north, let me know how many NY caps you see on peoples heads down there, I lost count. The whole style is more new yorkish, I know people who live in NN and dont understand why Richmond folks act like there in Atlanta.

VA beach and New Yorkers. Compare the rapper's Clipse (Virginia) with (New York) Big L, Fabulous, or who-ever its comes off New Yorkish.

Not everybody in Richmond act like they're from Atlanta, lol.

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by 01va571

That was funny, homeboy I lived in Fairfax at Seven Corners near the Falls Church firestation. Fairfax is not southern, yeah maybe like Clifton but you gotta be kiding me....Where I lived was like 60% hispanic, 20% Asian, and the rest white with a mix of races. NOBODY, I have ever came across in Fairfax had a accent, NOBODY...NEVER....Unless, it was one of those weird DC like accents, and most likely they would have been from DC.

Well, yes, I mean back in the day- NOVA was Southern.


Fairfax used to be very Southern. It was wheat and tobacco fields, and very much like NC.

I had two barbers from Fairfax county, and they had very strong drawls.

Older Natives of Farifax have Virginia accents. As well as Loudoun.

But, today they dont.

That can be said for many areas of the South today. I know a couple from Birmingham , Alabama who are natives- and they have not a single trace of Southern accent in their voice. Not one single trace. I am from Loudoun, and I even sound more Southern than they do. They even said they liked my "Southern" accent.


Today, I consider NOVA "Southern Lite". I have been to the Northeast- and believe me- its way worse up there. NOVA is not anywhere near as Southern as it used to be- and it may feel "Northern" to someone from the Deep South. But I am a native of Loudoun County, and if anyone asks, I always consider myself "Southern".

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Today, I consider NOVA "Southern Lite". I have been to the Northeast- and believe me- its way worse up there. NOVA is not anywhere near as Southern as it used to be- and it may feel "Northern" to someone from the Deep South. But I am a native of Loudoun County, and if anyone asks, I always consider myself "Southern".

(As far as of 2009) Southern Lite? Have you been to Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington recently, its very Yankeeish, everybody is in a rush to get somewhere all the time, most people are rude, its not southern. PW county and more towards front royal are southernish, same with western loudoun, eastern loudoun is NOT southern at all.

[FL Beaches]

Originally Posted by 01va571

You see all sorts of people in Hampton Roads leaning more towards the north, let me know how many NY caps you see on peoples heads down there, I lost count. The whole style is more new yorkish, I know people who live in NN and dont understand why Richmond folks act like there in Atlanta.

VA beach and New Yorkers. Compare the rapper's Clipse (Virginia) with (New York) Big L, Fabulous, or who-ever its comes off New Yorkish.

NN...what is with the people in Hampton Roads pronouncing Newport as "Newpert?" ?????????????? LOL! It's "port," people!

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by Rosinante

Y'all elected Obama didn't you?

Obama only won Virginia because of the large numbers of liberal elites and illegal immigrants in Northern Virginia. The same is true here in Maryland, its the way the voting blocs are set up. Real Marylanders (blue collar folks, assimilated and Americanized minorities, middle class folks, suburbanites, small town folks) mostly voted for McCain-Palin. We have a large population of blacks that voted for racial reasons, as well as a lot of liberal Starbucks sipping yuppies and illegal immigrants. The real America is and always will be conservative, Christian, and Republican.

North Carolina has increasing numbers of northern plants like New Yorkers and New Jersey moving down there, as well as more and more immigrants who have not had a chance to Americanize and assimilate yet. I'm Asian and most of the really "ethnic" folks are the Democrats who believe in the liberals' racially based politics but those of us who are assimialted and American mostly vote Republican.

My line is that the only people who benefit from a Democrat government are Section 8 and the liberal elite. Their policies hurt the majority of Americans, especially small town folks and blue collar folks.

[01va571]

Originally Posted by FL Beaches

NN...what is with the people in Hampton Roads pronouncing Newport as "Newpert?" ?????????????? LOL! It's "port," people!

Newpert and Naafuk

[OneStripedCat]

Did y'all know that Newport News was originally named New Port Neuse? The Neuse family settled it and slowly it became News. There is a Neuse River is North Carolina, so I guess the family must have owned a lot of land.

I was born in the Montgomery County area of Virginia and never saw a black person up close until I was 12 years old, and we moved to Franklin County VA, in the small community of TruVine. Very interesting experience.

Southern VA is very very southern and the accent is also. Sweet tea is on the menu, and grits (which I eat rarely) and the Confederate Flag s everywhere. I agree, rednecks are everywhere in every state and are usually fine people. Moonshine is also easy to find and plentiful. But, never delude yourself into thinking someone who has a southern accent is stupid. They might WANT you to think that, but watch your step. I know a lot of very smart, well educated folks who can run rings around a Yankee when it comes to smarts. And, yes Yankee is still a bad word around here.