Upper South or Deep South...Which kicks more ass? (oceanfront, condos)

[MrJester]

Deep South is the Real South.

You can't kick more ass than the Gulf Coast, with its hurricanes and bayous, and killer humidity.

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by MrJester

Of course most define the Deep South as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Arguably East Texas and Northern Florida could be thrown in as well.

But there's also an alternative definition that actually gerrymanders the entire Mississippi embayment (all the way to Southern Illinois) as part of the Delta and therefore part of the Deep South, while Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama are the Upper South due to them being close to the Appalachians.

Is there anyone who thinks Cairo, Illinois, or Paducah, Kentucky are more southern than Huntsville or Birmingham?

I think some would actually claim that the delta is the deepest part of the deep south. If for no other than it's history, cotton and the racial demographics even to the present.

[Heel82]

I'll be honest, I don't remember learning about the Deep South in elementary school geography. To the extent I did think of it, I associated it with Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. I don't think its a historical term however, and therefore I think it's actual definition is basically whatever one wants it to be.

[TarHeelTerritory]

Originally Posted by MrJester

Deep South is the Real South.

You can't kick more ass than the Gulf Coast, with its hurricanes and bayous, and killer humidity.

No. If anything, Virginia is the "real" South, the original South.

[Pincho-toot]

Upper South. More like the Midwest.

[mwalker96]

Florida is an oddball because it's as south as it gets but yet it's southern-ness gets overlooked by Miami and Orlando

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by TarHeelTerritory

No. If anything, Virginia is the "real" South, the original South.

Maybe, but NOVA has been absorbed into the Northeast these days. Can anyone say Hampton Roads exudes the same ambiance as Biloxi or Mobile?

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by MrJester

Maybe, but NOVA has been absorbed into the Northeast these days. Can anyone say Hampton Roads exudes the same ambiance as Biloxi or Mobile?

Well Myrtle Beach doesn't either, so there's that.

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Well Myrtle Beach doesn't either, so there's that.

Myrtle Beach does have the same atmosphere as Gulf Shores or Orange Beach, which are close to Mobile.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by MrJester

Myrtle Beach does have the same atmosphere as Gulf Shores or Orange Beach, which are close to Mobile.

How exactly are you defining "atmosphere" here?????