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Well Kemba, it would be wise to take what "most people" on CD say and think with a grain of salt. Like everything else, some consider TX the South (in general) and yet many consider it the Southwest or its own place. Also I see you left out MD and DE...outside of CD many people still consider that the beginning of the South and aren't used to using the term Mid Atlantic, FOR ANY state or region. The census calls all three the South, why they do so is something they'll have to explain...as well as why is the Midwest still called the "Midwest". As someone mentioned before, most people live in the East and historically North and South was spoken from the point of view of people of the East...when we say we're goin "up top" that doesn't mean Minnesota. We do not reference them like we reference Northeasterners...especially Blackfolks. Everything isn't spoken of in some sense of Civil War jargin or outlook. West of Pitt, those are Midwesterners...from the Midwest/Great Lakes...they are not looked at or mentioned with the likes of Boston, Philly, NYC, Newark...maybe its just some East Coast ish.
I would imagine that the South is larger because of the luck of the draw and the shape of the country and development patterns. Why is TX and Cali as massive as they are and poor little DE and RI are how they are (shrugs)? Now while you said "many Southerners have a semi dislike for people from the Northeast...etc." I will attempt to give you an answer but know that each state has their OWN identity, especially in this day and time, and no so-called "Southerner" speaks for "Southerners." From my experience in other southern East Coast states and everywhere else (Ive been) really..."certain" people from the NYC tri-state area had ventured out making a bad name for the place since the "Urban Contemporary" cultural explosion in the past 40 some odd yrs. Arrogant loudmouth folks ruined certain cities' reps. Where Im from, NY is alright...they must show respect though...Philly is cooler...a lot of us are family...Boston/NE folks are a fairly new anomaly but between some of them and Jersey, they've had tendency to be what you would expect of reckless talking New Yorkers. Basically, in modern times if you go to someone elses home and run your mouth or/and whine whine whine, you leave a bad impression...regular citizens are turned off and street folks will/might "teach you a lesson" about "disrespekkin". DC cats used to HATE NY cats for a lot of the same reasons...loudmouth disrespect and arrogance...little to none/less problems outta folks from Philly though. Outside of that, some folks (I am Black btw) in the "South" have their own historical hang ups about folks up north I guess...I never heard anyone referred to as a yankee or yank unless it was someone from the islands or England referencing Americans in jest or the Bronx Bombers... but judging from this forum I see there are some "Southerners" from some Southern states who are into that type of thing. I don't personally feel any kinship with Midwesterners, I have family in Philly, some moved to S.Jerz then ended up in Charlotte or around here. My other family in Maryland is the same, family in Philly a small band in the Bronx with folks venturing out to ATL and SC. Im sure folks from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas,Georgia and so forth will probably have a different take on it but as far as in my area most Midwesterners don't come here talkin ISH and many generally like it and are shocked about the "culture"...a lot of folks out that way can seem kinda "country" to us for lack of a better word...I wouldn't want to call them bammas but being on the East Coast can expose you to a lot more a lot faster than being in a "BIG CITY" that is NOT on the East Coast if youknowwhatImean. They are generally good people though and seem to look to want to learn their way and blend in, so maybe that is why.
Well yeah. Conservative politics is just a way of life down here. To the Republican-majority down here, Obama represents "big government". Southerners are extremely proud of being independent, and the less federal government interference, the better.
The South seems to have no problem taking federal money at a greater rate than it contributes. Not sure I would call that independent.
Good to see there are many people who apparently don't practice what they preach in the way of tolerance.
A religious or anti-Obama billboard may not be everyones cup of tea, but it's great that people feel they have the freedom to put them up.
Good to see there are many people who apparently don't practice what they preach in the way of tolerance.
A religious or anti-Obama billboard may not be everyones cup of tea, but it's great that people feel they have the freedom to put them up.
It's not that I don't have tolerance for it, but it's telling of what many of the people may believe or think. Like most people, it's preferable to associate with people of similar views on the world.
Basically, any state in which most people use the word "y'all" instead of "you guys" is not a place I would want to live.
Sounds like you got your problems solved.
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. DC cats used to HATE NY cats for a lot of the same reasons...loudmouth disrespect and arrogance...little to none/less problems outta folks from Philly though. Outside of that, some folks (I am Black btw) in the "South" have their own historical hang ups about folks up north I guess...I never heard anyone referred to as a yankee or yank unless it was someone from the islands or England referencing Americans in jest or the Bronx Bombers... but judging from this forum I see there are some "Southerners" from some Southern states who are into that type of thing. I don't personally feel any kinship with Midwesterners, I have family in Philly, some moved to S.Jerz then ended up in Charlotte or around here. My other family in Maryland is the same, family in Philly a small band in the Bronx with folks venturing out to ATL and SC. Im sure folks from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas,Georgia and so forth will probably have a different take on it but as far as in my area most Midwesterners don't come here talkin ISH and many generally like it and are shocked about the "culture"...a lot of folks out that way can seem kinda "country" to us for lack of a better word...I wouldn't want to call them bammas 
but being on the East Coast can expose you to a lot more a lot faster than being in a "BIG CITY" that is NOT on the East Coast if youknowwhatImean. They are generally good people though and seem to look to want to learn their way and blend in, so maybe that is why.
North vs South
