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Houston is more southern, no matter how you look at it. There are differences between Houston and the other big metros in Texas. And that’s ok.
I fully agree that Houston is much more southern than Dallas. After living in Dallas as long as I did, I still maintain Dallas has a mix of midwestern, Great Plains, and Southern feel.
I disagree that Houston is part of the Deep South.
Houston is not in the Deep South. Too many overlapping regions (Gulf South, Western South, Texas, etc.) in that area for it to really be in the deep south, especially considering how many people debate Texas being a Southern state in the first place. I will say that Houston is the largest city in the South though.
In response to the discussion of the Deep South earlier in this thread, I'd argue that the 'Deep South' is best described as consisting of the following states or regions of states:
Eastern North Carolina
South Carolina (excluding the Upstate third)
Southern half of Georgia
Northern Florida
Southern half of Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
East Texas
Southeast Arkansas
West Tennessee
This is not to say that I consider these regions to be "the real South" any more than the non-Deep South areas of the South. The South is not one monolithic region, and you'd be hard-pressed to tell me that the "mountain South" is not Southern or "the real South." Appalachian culture, in my eyes, is largely a subset of Southern culture, much like how lowland/Deep South or Piedmont is another. I know this is hard to accept for certain "Deep South purists," but then again, these are the people who think North Carolina and Virginia are not Southern states. And as such, such opinions are largely irrelevant.
That's pretty much what my list looks like. Good job!
Atlanta isn't truly Deep South either. The true answer is probably Memphis.
Memphis is the quintessential Deep South City, even if it is in the "Mid South," and not in a Deep South State (if we want to be technical/pedantic) but it's pretty much the gateway to the Delta region, which is the deepest of the Deep South. A case could also be made for Jackson, MS, since its location is on the other side of the Delta and is in an actual Deep South state.
No, Houston isn't in the Deep South. Atlanta is known for being the capital of the region (Deep South), but Houston is the largest in the entire American South and is more diverse than ATL.
Houston ain't in the American South either. It is in Texas.
Houston is not in the Deep South. Too many overlapping regions (Gulf South, Western South, Texas, etc.) in that area for it to really be in the deep south, especially considering how many people debate Texas being a Southern state in the first place...
Memphis is the quintessential Deep South City, even if it is in the "Mid South," and not in a Deep South State (if we want to be technical/pedantic) but it's pretty much the gateway to the Delta region, which is the deepest of the Deep South. A case could also be made for Jackson, MS, since its location is on the other side of the Delta and is in an actual Deep South state.
So you only consider the areas of the south where cash crop cultivation, and therefore slavery, were prevalent?
For the most part, yes. Most definitions of the Deep South do as well. The Deep South is the geographical and cultural region of the South that was historically most dependent on slave-based agricultural systems, as opposed to the Piedmont/"mid"-South, which was based more on yeoman farmers and industries like tobacco, textile, etc. manufacturing, and Appalachia/"mountain" South, which was based more on subsistence farming, logging, and coal mining.
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