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I'd say they constitute a geographical region but not a cultural one. South Florida, Appalachia, Piedmont, Lowcountry, Deep South, possibly even the Sandhills are what I'd call cultural regions as they have similar geography, history, demography, etc.
I'm not saying there monolithic I'm saying there things the south Atlantic share with the northeast as East Coast states they don't with other parts of the south just because there East Coast. Just as there thing they share with the south they don't with any other region. Eastern Appalachia, the piedmont and colonial coast. These are also things they share with northeast counter parts.
I'm not saying there monolithic I'm saying there things the south Atlantic share with the northeast as East Coast states they don't with other parts of the south just because there East Coast. Just as there thing they share with the south they don't with any other region. Eastern Appalachia, the piedmont and colonial coast. These are also things they share with northeast counter parts.
Ok, I gotcha and I'd largely agree. In that case, South Florida is the only real outlier.
Could someone explain how the “northern” influcence has manifested itself among these three cities to produce a ranking from most to least northern influence?
Could someone explain how the “northern” influcence has manifested itself among these three cities to produce a ranking from most to least northern influence?
No they can't. The influence us largely parlayed in diversifying the local culture (eateries, shopping, blended accents, trends), but the transplants assimilate into the local culture. This has been true of everywhere I've lived, and I lived in Charlotte and Metro Atlanta and am pretty familiar with Raleigh...
Could someone explain how the “northern” influcence has manifested itself among these three cities to produce a ranking from most to least northern influence?
LOL exactly what I was thinking. Anyhow, anyone who thinks ANY of these three cities is signicantly “northern”-influenced is either completely oblivious to the southern culture that is undoubtedly present in each of these cities, ashamed to be living in the South and wanting to downplay it, or both.
No they can't. The influence us largely parlayed in diversifying the local culture (eateries, shopping, blended accents, trends), but the transplants assimilate into the local culture. This has been true of everywhere I've lived, and I lived in Charlotte and Metro Atlanta and am pretty familiar with Raleigh...
I wouldn't say that the transplants necessarily assimilate into the local culture as many of the transplants decided to settle into new subdivisions in rapidly growing suburbs and exurbs that used to be completely or semi-rural just a few short years ago. That change from rural to suburban/exurban represents a change in culture to a certain extent--but that would be a change from the rural South to general Americana suburbia as opposed to a Southern-to-Northern change.
Could someone explain how the “northern” influcence has manifested itself among these three cities to produce a ranking from most to least northern influence?
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Originally Posted by TarHeelTerritory
LOL exactly what I was thinking. Anyhow, anyone who thinks ANY of these three cities is signicantly “northern”-influenced is either completely oblivious to the southern culture that is undoubtedly present in each of these cities, ashamed to be living in the South and wanting to downplay it, or both.
I shed my opinion on this on the first page.
I agree with this very much, there is no “Northern Influence” in any of these cities.
I agree with this very much, there is no “Northern Influence” in any of these cities.
Yes there is, just like there has been Southern influence in Northern cities due to the Great Migration. What that influence entails and the extent of it is subject to debate though.
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