Which city is truly the Gateway To The South? (best, state, Atlanta)

[JimmyJohnWilson]

Originally Posted by MacGruber

* Not as southern as I thought. I was south traveling I-71, some small town south of Cleveland and east of Akron.

yea looks like thats their lone ohio location. all others lie south of the ohio river

[Bass&Catfish2008]

From the West to the South: Amarillo/Lubbock and/or Oklahoma City
From the Midwest to the South: Louisville
From the Northeast to the South: Richmond
From the Florida-cutoff to the South: Gainesville

[clean_polo]

Lol @ that last red square to the left of Orlando on the Huddle House map is where a lot of people say the south ends.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by Spade

Same here in DC. I ask the same question and they look puzzled with the question.

Ask your grandparents and see what they say.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by MacGruber

LOL I was at a Huddle House like a week ago in south ohio. Nothing like them 24 hour food joints

and i didn't realize Ohio had so many waffle houses.. i mean i go alot, but didn't know that few states had them.

I ate at one in MO, south of St Louis, last fall. Had forgotten all about them. They used to have them in Balto.

[AlGreen]

Originally Posted by K.O.N.Y

Riding on amtrak you feel like you've reached the north when you arrive in DC. On a trip downsouth you feel like you've reached the south when u get to southern VA

lol, i thought new yorkers viewed everything south of lower manhattan as "the south"

[imperialmog]

I was thinking an odd candidate but would more likely be a case of where you can tell you are getting close is from I-57 South from Chicago is when you see the giant cross on the highway in Effingham. Another interesting line is South from St. Louis on I-55 where a sharp line is when you hit flatlands and river bottom lands, there you hit several lines and see landscape and agriculture that is more along the lines of the Mississippi Delta region.

[$mk8795]

Originally Posted by MrRedd

I still think its Fredericksburg,VA. Alexandria, from 495 looks kinda like NJ or NY to me. Even tho Fairfax, Tyson's corner, and the 267 corridor look like Atlanta, it doesnt feel southern. From Fredericksburg south, It feels like the south.

When you get outside of Baltimore it the True Maryland Southern Culture is felt especially going into the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland.......

[$mk8795]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Baltimore doesn't feel Southern to me at all, and any Southernness that Washington DC had is gone as well. Louisville has some Southern feel to it, but still feels mainly Midwestern to me. My vote goes to Richmond. It feels the most Southern of all the cities listed.

Maryland Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland, and Western Maryland Definitely have the Southern Feel.......

[$mk8795]

Originally Posted by MrRedd

Thats the point I've tried to make in other threats. Baltimore just doesnt feel southern. DC doesnt either. Richmond and Hampton Roads do tho.

Thats not a good statement because Baltimore, Richmond, and Norfolk carries a good resemblance.......

And saying Hun' is Most Definitely not a Northern Term as people from Baltimore always uses the Word Hun' like "Welcome to Baltimore Hun'........