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Dumb question, but why are Cubans going the Mexican route? I am also wondering which cities are experiencing a major Venezuelan boom apart from Houston.
Don't forget the census is counting not just Northern VA but DC itself and MD as Southern. Depending on your prospective or even most people prospective that number is warped
So when they say born in state of residency who are they referring to bc that number is the greatest at 1.5 million.
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Don't forget the census is counting not just Northern VA but DC itself and MD as Southern. Depending on your prospective or even most people prospective that number is warped
The only warping going on are people from the DC metro being all shocked when people correctly call them Southern. While you could debate Delaware, Virginia and Maryland are most definitely Southern. Certainly like all major metropolitan areas, DC is diverse and made up of people from all over the country/world...but it's still in the South.
I mean seriously, Virginia was in the vanguard of the the Confederacy and when you study the war you'll realize that their involvement on the side of the traitors was the one thing that kept that war going as long as it did. Maryland tried to secede but the Federal government and split state leadership kept them from joining. Fast forward to the 20th century and all of those places including DC had segregation just like any other place in the south. I mean, if that doesn't make a place Southern I don't know what does.
Lastly, I always use the anecdote of one my aunts that retired to a house in Virginia after spending her entire life in NYC when I asked her how she liked living there. Her response (in a very thick Queens accent): "Oh, it's nice here and I love it more than New York...but these people here are always calling someone "country". Hello!? Do they even hear themselves speak or look around this place? It's country with a K! They don't even have edible Italian food here." The location? NoVa.
The real problem I've also anecdotally seen is that people from NoVA and DC are deftly afraid of being associated with Southern culture as it is seen as rural and backwards. It's odd because their very city is the counterpoint to that narrative (as is Atlanta or Miami or any other place that is a part of the Old South) as Southern culture is far more dynamic and rich than that. In the same breath one could criticize a Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel you could counter that with thousands of musicians, artists, writers, directors, and cities that are a counterpoint to that.
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Let's start with "The only warping going on (is) people from the DC metro being all shocked when people correctly call them Southern." That sounds like evidence on my side.
You might provide evidence for your side too. How about stuff relevant to today, not just ancient history?
Let's start with "The only warping going on (is) people from the DC metro being all shocked when people correctly call them Southern." That sounds like evidence on my side.
You might provide evidence for your side too. How about stuff relevant to today, not just ancient history?
People have given relevant examples for why their southern 1000x
I just don't understand how a state can stop being southern. Is Virginia going to stop being southern soon? How about North Carolina? Can a northern state stop being northern?
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