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To me, for one thing, people who are from other parts of the country who move to Houston tend to adapt to Houston and Gulf culture, whereas the people who have been moving to Dallas seem to be trying to turn Dallas into the places they moved from (especially the Californians). And like I said before, that mostly probably has to do with the fact that most Houston transplants tend to come from other parts of the South versus the droves of Californians and all of the other people from other non-Southern regions of the U.S., who are very obviously moving to and very rapidly changing the culture of Dallas.
I agree because Houston might as be Louisiana; there are so many Louisianans here.
Some folks on City-Data act like any and everyhing South of the NYC tri-state area is Southern. In real life, I never hear anybody claiming that DC is a Southern city. And as you pointed out, when you go to DC, most people there will very adamantly tell you that DC is not a Southern city. Heck, real life people who live in the South and who have been to DC will even tell you that DC is a Northern/East Coast city to them and looks and feels nothing like the South to them. People on City-Data seem to have a hard time accepting all of this for some odd reason, though.
This is true.
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Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205
To me, Atlanta is so New Yorkish, especially in the black community. LOL. Houston is just soooo country to me for a big city; it literally feels like a big small town.
Some folks on City-Data act like any and everyhing South of the NYC tri-state area is Southern. In real life, I never hear anybody claiming that DC is a Southern city. And as you pointed out, when you go to DC, most people there will very adamantly tell you that DC is not a Southern city. Heck, real life people who live in the South and who have been to DC will even tell you that DC is a Northern/East Coast city to them and looks and feels nothing like the South to them. People on City-Data seem to have a hard time accepting all of this for some odd reason, though.
The "DC is a Southern city" view is in the minority though. The polls, that have been done ad nauseum on city-data, show the opposite.
So defensive. I'm highlighting the NY migration to Atlanta.
I scratched my head on that one too. Atlanta does have quite a bit of NY migration, but like Houston, most of Atlanta's migration is still Southern, so it's culture as a Southern city is still very well set and defined to the point where people who move there adapt to Atlanta's culture and not the other way around.
Yeah, Houston is like one HUGE sprawling small country town that often feels more like it's in Louisiana than Texas, IMO.
Im not sure if thats quite fair though. Houston does feel more "big city" than Dallas on a macro level for sure. Dallas feels more "big city" on a micro level though.
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