What aboot Virginia is Northern? (Richmond, Roanoke: houses, living, plantations)

[lovethetruth]

The main reason why I think Virginia has a northern feel to it, is because of all the excessive laws they have there, once you enter into Virginia there is a barrage of signs telling you what is illegal there. Example--- "Welcome to VA, radar detectors illegal, speeding controlled by vascar, no littering, and the list goes on and on. I remember the first time I crossed into VA it almost made me paranoid with all of the laws there. So in that respect it has more in common with the northeast, than the laid back south.

[01va571]

Originally Posted by lovethetruth

The main reason why I think Virginia has a northern feel to it, is because of all the excessive laws they have there, once you enter into Virginia there is a barrage of signs telling you what is illegal there. Example--- "Welcome to VA, radar detectors illegal, speeding controlled by vascar, no littering, and the list goes on and on. I remember the first time I crossed into VA it almost made me paranoid with all of the laws there. So in that respect it has more in common with the northeast, than the laid back south.

ah never thought of it like that, good observation.

The no cursing signs in Virginia Beach are something else though.

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Where do you get this from?


Texas is the South?? According to who??

It can snow in ANY part of the South. Even the Deep South. Especially in the mountains.

It doesnt snow EVERY winter in Virginia. There have been winters even when I was in NOVA that we didnt get any snow.



I dont know any people from the Deep South who have a problem with Virginia being South . I do know some will leave out NOVA. And thats fine.

You are making sweeping generalizations.

Many young people in Virginia do not have very strong Southern accents- but thats true nearly ALL OVER THE SOUTH.



If Virginia turns Mid-Atlantic, then so will the Carolinas.

I was in Rocky Mount NC just the other night and that area is NO DIFFERENT than the Richmond-Petersburg area. A few more Bojangles, but even the accents are similar.

I find it laughable that people from the Carolinas would make those comments. They're so dang close!

LOL.
Whatever!

About Texas
Gut Rumbles: Texas is not a southern state

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by lovethetruth

The main reason why I think Virginia has a northern feel to it, is because of all the excessive laws they have there, once you enter into Virginia there is a barrage of signs telling you what is illegal there. Example--- "Welcome to VA, radar detectors illegal, speeding controlled by vascar, no littering, and the list goes on and on. I remember the first time I crossed into VA it almost made me paranoid with all of the laws there. So in that respect it has more in common with the northeast, than the laid back south.

That is the silliest thing I have ever heard. I have been up North and I dont see any correlation between that and "northern".

Try harder.

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by ToughLuv

I never lived in Richmond, I live in Newport News..So my perspective is different, thats why I didnt include richmond in alot of what I said..Because Richmond is very Southern unlike NoVa and HR..So there's no need for me to debate with you...

Your saying VA is jsut the same as as SC and NC, no RICHMOND is..get what im saying? Half the people in HR and NoVA arent even from there, ..Myself for example! I am from Baltimore..

Okay, I see. I was just getting addled aboot it.

[ScranBarre]

Well here's to one more liberal Yankee whack job invading your Southern turf in a few months when I relocate to Virginia! Unlike most in the BosWash Corridor though I was actually raised to hold doors, to use turn signals, to say "please", "thank you", and "excuse me", and to greet everyone with a friendly smile or wave. You can take the "valley boy" out of Scranton, but you can't take the Scranton out of the valley boy! LOL!

[lovethetruth]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

That is the silliest thing I have ever heard. I have been up North and I dont see any correlation between that and "northern".

Try harder.

Silly or not, that was my perception at the time and it stuck. Down south is known for being more relaxed with laws, while up north everything is regulated to the hilt. To me the south represents the total opposite of the nanny state concept.

[oneasterisk]

Originally Posted by lovethetruth

Silly or not, that was my perception at the time and it stuck. Down south is known for being more relaxed with laws, while up north everything is regulated to the hilt. To me the south represents the total opposite of the nanny state concept.

Wait till you hear about our gun laws and then it might change your mind about VA being Northern

[01va571]

Really I think it's because more people from different areas are moving in so it doesn’t seem southern really (Northern Virginia). When you look at the architecture and so forth Virginia certainly rubs off southern.

Check out these pics.

Charles City


Lynchburg



A cotton field near the Great Dismal Swamp, Suffolk VA


Fredericksburg


Roanoke city skyline



Oatland Plantation Leesburg, VA


Lynchburg


House in Roanoke



Williamsburg


Harrisonburg


Danville


Staunton

[01va571]

Now let’s do a comparison, with some other areas in the census defined south.

Lexington Kentucky


Western Kentucky


Mobile, AL


Natchez, Mississippi


Columbia SC


Charleston SC