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Which city gives off the best urban southern experience?
ATL gives off that new south feeling while DC is more historical. There
are parts of DC that used to be slave yards and some are even still inhibited
by descestors of slaves. Theres a liquor store called "Dixie" right in Georgetown that has been there
since forever, when DC has Jim Crow laws.
This isn't a "Is DC the north or south" thread and I'm not calling DC
southern based on a line that divides MD and PA. As a person whose been
here all of this life I just see the southern influences that cant be ignored.
Which city gives off the best urban southern experience?
ATL gives off that new south feeling while DC is more historical. There
are parts of DC that used to be slave yards and some are even still inhibited
by descestors of slaves. Theres a liquor store called "Dixie" right in Georgetown that has been there
since forever, when DC has Jim Crow laws.
This isn't a "Is DC the north or south" thread and I'm not calling DC
southern based on a line that divides MD and PA. As a person whose been
here all of this life I just see the southern influences that cant be ignored.
Slavery was also pervasive the North. NYC is home to massive slave burial grounds. Slavery is not exclusive to the south.
Which city gives off the best urban southern experience?
ATL gives off that new south feeling while DC is more historical. There
are parts of DC that used to be slave yards and some are even still inhibited
by descestors of slaves. Theres a liquor store called "Dixie" right in Georgetown that has been there
since forever, when DC has Jim Crow laws.
This isn't a "Is DC the north or south" thread and I'm not calling DC
southern based on a line that divides MD and PA. As a person whose been
here all of this life I just see the southern influences that cant be ignored.
DC is Mid-Atlantic. Not Southern, despite how apologists want it to be a Southern town the Mid-Atlantic is no longer Southern culturally anymore, even though geographically, it is still Southern for technical purposes.
Well Atlanta overall will offer a more urban southern experience. DC offers more of an urban cosmopolitan experience.
I agree, Atlanta has a very Southern feel to it.
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Originally Posted by goofy328
DC is Mid-Atlantic. Not Southern, despite how apologists want it to be a Southern town the Mid-Atlantic is no longer Southern culturally anymore, even though geographically, it is still Southern for technical purposes.
DC is Mid-Atlantic. Not Southern, despite how apologists want it to be a Southern town the Mid-Atlantic is no longer Southern culturally anymore, even though geographically, it is still Southern for technical purposes.
Parts of the mid-Atlantic are culturally Southern, like MD's Eastern Shore. But overall, most of the region's Southernness is based on history and not much in the way of present-day factors.
DC is in the South, but it is not culturally Southern, just like how Miami and certain places in Texas are in the South, but not culturally Southern. So I say Atlanta.
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DC is in the South, but it is not culturally Southern, just like how Miami and certain places in Texas are in the South, but not culturally Southern. So I say Atlanta.
D.C. is not in the south at all....Miami still has several traits linking it to the South. D.C. demographically, culturally, linguistically, and politically is a Northeastern city by today's standards, at the very southern tip of the Northeast. It has clear southern influences and could have been considered southern prior to the Civil War.
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