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Maybe the census should just get rid of the Northeast region all together and just have New England and a huge Mid-Atlantic region spanning from New York to North Carolina as some of those states would no longer be considered part of the South anymore.
I don't see that happening...anyway, NC will remain as part of the South, whether it's designated as such or not. Same for New York as part of the Northeast.
I don't see that happening...anyway, NC will remain as part of the South, whether it's designated as such or not. Same for New York as part of the Northeast.
Yeah, NC and NY are still solidly NE or SE whether or not they may also fit somewhat into 'mid-atlantic'.
In the future a Mid-Atlantic identity completely separate from the current 'North' and 'South' could arise though.
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Mid-Atlantic Today:
North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New jersey, and New York(only because New York is not part of the New England States if thats correct)..........
Sorry, but North Carolina and Virginia are not culturally the same as the rest of the areas you mention.
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Maybe the census should just get rid of the Northeast region all together and just have New England and a huge Mid-Atlantic region spanning from New York to North Carolina as some of those states would no longer be considered part of the South anymore.
I personally think Virginia and North Carolina both are still very much a part of the south.
I personally think Virginia and North Carolina both are still very much a part of the south.
They are...Historically NC and VA are INTEGRAL parts of the south. These two states have had two of the largest cultural contributions. The Appalachian bluegrass prevalent in NC and VA is very much a part of the southern musical history. Both NC and VA were on the forefront of the moonshine industry which laid the framework for nascar. Both NC and VA fought for the south in the war and both states still have a majority "southern" population despite our growing transient population. Regardless of demographic or linguisitic trends Virginia and North Carolina have been and will continue to be large parts of the historical, geograpic, and cultural south.
Good luck finding much that is southern culturally in northern Virginia.
Like Civil War battlefields and memorials? Waffle House? Kudzu?
All very common in NOVA.
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