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In my opinion, there are pockets of the South that are the least southern, such as Nashville, TN; Southern Louisiana due to Catholic roots and Creole/French/Cajun influences; Fayetteville/Northwest Arkansas; Atlanta; NOVA in Virginia; and most of Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. Even Oklahoma feels more Southwestern except for the extreme eastern part of the state.
Some of the areas listed are booming with explosive growth dubbing the New South.
In the Triangle, I’ve gone to a bluegrass and gospel banjo thing that takes place twice a month at a country store 15 minutes from anything approximating a chain store. And that’s in “urban” part of the state. North Carolina is southern without any qualifications.
Delaware and Maryland may be southern regionally but I don't consider them southern culturally.
Some people said the same about West Virginia and other mountainous areas of the South, such as the Ozarks and the Appalachians. Mountain country is unique and slightly different from the South like Knoxville, TN where I used to live for two years.
In my opinion, there are pockets of the South that are the least southern, such as Nashville, TN; Southern Louisiana due to Catholic roots and Creole/French/Cajun influences; Fayetteville/Northwest Arkansas; Atlanta; NOVA in Virginia; and most of Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. Even Oklahoma feels more Southwestern except for the extreme eastern part of the state.
Some of the areas listed are booming with explosive growth dubbing the New South.
So, apparently cities make a place less southern? And if you say transplants make a place less Southern, does that mean Chicago is less Midwestern or Seattle less Pacific Northwest. Only in this forum will you find people who think a place becomes less Southern as it experiences growth, but this logic is never applied to any other region and it’s baffling.
So, apparently cities make a place less southern? And if you say transplants make a place less Southern, does that mean Chicago is less Midwestern or Seattle less Pacific Northwest. Only in this forum will you find people who think a place becomes less Southern as it experiences growth, but this logic is never applied to any other region and it’s baffling.
That's because most of what characterizes the South is rural/agrarian in nature. There's a long history behind this.
Delaware and Maryland may be southern regionally but I don't consider them southern culturally.
Some people said the same about West Virginia and other mountainous areas of the South, such as the Ozarks and the Appalachians. Mountain country is unique and slightly different from the South like Knoxville, TN where I used to live for two years.
Well then those places certainly wouldn't win the poll. But they are still southern lol.
And btw, have you even been to WV? It's pretty damn southern to me!
That's because most of what characterizes the South is rural/agrarian in nature. There's a long history behind this.
Yes it's kind of strange in that urbanization is completely unattached to "southern" culture despite the fact that it is inevitable. No other so called "cultural" area gets penalized by growing and getting more modern.
That's because most of what characterizes the South is rural/agrarian in nature. There's a long history behind this.
I think this also characterizes the Midwest, and during the 20th Century, the West. I think the bigger reason that people on this forum claim that fast growing places are losing their “southerness” is due to stereotypes.
I don’t buy the notion that growth and progress change a places culture.
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