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Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
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Originally Posted by Bass&Catfish2008
Old Line Florida absolutely. I dated a girl from Plant City and she was sugary sweet Southern.
Florida's problem is that it is such an awesome place that all the folks from the Midwest and the Northeast want to live there. They change the culture and do not see themselves as Southern.
I think Florida and Virginia are both more southern than Oklahoma. I feel like it's definitely a CD thing to include Oklahoma in the South, most people at least here in NC wouldn't even place Arkansas in the South. Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri are seen as "Ozark states" in North Carolina. However, I've been to Tulsa a few times and it did strike me as a little southern. Certainly not Deep South, though (not even close).
I think Florida and Virginia are both more southern than Oklahoma. I feel like it's definitely a CD thing to include Oklahoma in the South, most people at least here in NC wouldn't even place Arkansas in the South. Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri are seen as "Ozark states" in North Carolina. However, I've been to Tulsa a few times and it did strike me as a little southern. Certainly not Deep South, though (not even close).
Arkansas is definitely a southern state. Especially south eastern Arkansas along the Mississippi Delta, you can't get much more backwoodsy than that.
Oklahoma is probably the least southern state of all the southern states, IMO, but still pretty darn country. I bought one of my cars from a dealership in Tulsa, salesman had a pretty thick twang.
I'm a little late in this thread but have only read the 1st page, and have plenty of personal experience with most southern states so here is my top 10, from most to least southern:
1. Mississippi
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. South Carolina
5. Arkansas
6. Tennessee
7. North Carolina
8. Louisiana
9. Texas
10. Virginia
11. Kentucky
12. West Virginia
13. Florida
I think Florida and Virginia are both more southern than Oklahoma. I feel like it's definitely a CD thing to include Oklahoma in the South, most people at least here in NC wouldn't even place Arkansas in the South. Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri are seen as "Ozark states" in North Carolina. However, I've been to Tulsa a few times and it did strike me as a little southern. Certainly not Deep South, though (not even close).
No, you are wrong. Everyone I know here in NC would place both Oklahoma and Arkansas in the south, and that's because they are the south. I've never even heard anyone here in NC say the word "Ozarks" and I've lived here since 2012 (coming from Arkansas). Arkansas is equally, if not more, culturally southern than North Carolina. Arkansas south of Little Rock is most definitely the Deep South.
No, you are wrong. Everyone I know here in NC would place both Oklahoma and Arkansas in the south, and that's because they are the south. I've never even heard anyone here in NC say the word "Ozarks" and I've lived here since 2012 (coming from Arkansas). Arkansas is equally, if not more, culturally southern than North Carolina. Arkansas south of Little Rock is most definitely the Deep South.
Very true. ^
If you think Arkansas isn't southern then you clearly haven't been there.
No, you are wrong. Everyone I know here in NC would place both Oklahoma and Arkansas in the south, and that's because they are the south. I've never even heard anyone here in NC say the word "Ozarks" and I've lived here since 2012 (coming from Arkansas). Arkansas is equally, if not more, culturally southern than North Carolina. Arkansas south of Little Rock is most definitely the Deep South.
Oklahoma isn't as southern as either Virginia (sans the DC area) and north Florida. Oklahoma is for the most part southern if it has to have an identity but it is a very watered down southern.
For instance, Oklahoma took the confederate flag down off of it's flag plaza 15 or 20 years ago and it caused only a minor protest when it happened.
I'm a little late in this thread but have only read the 1st page, and have plenty of personal experience with most southern states so here is my top 10, from most to least southern:
1. Mississippi
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. South Carolina
5. Arkansas
6. Tennessee
7. North Carolina
8. Louisiana
9. Texas
10. Virginia
11. Kentucky
12. West Virginia
13. Florida
Oklahoma isn't as southern as either Virginia (sans the DC area) and north Florida. Oklahoma is for the most part southern if it has to have an identity but it is a very watered down southern.
For instance, Oklahoma took the confederate flag down off of it's flag plaza 15 or 20 years ago and it caused only a minor protest when it happened.
Oklahoma flew Confederate flags? LOL. WHY?!?! Oklahoma wasn't even a state during the Civil War! I've heard some southerners migrated into Oklahoma after the war, but still.
Virginia is more southern than Oklahoma. In fact, I'd go as far to say Northern Virginia is more southern than Oklahoma City. I'm sorry, but I don't see how Oklahoma is that southern outside areas like Tulsa and a few pockets close to Arkansas. When I visited Oklahoma City, "southern" didn't come to mind at all. It might as well have been any city you'd find in Kansas or Nebraska, honestly.
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