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If the presence of African Americans make a place more southern, then is Washington, D.C. more southern than NOVA? Is Maryland more southern than Virginia?
Maryland Eastern Shore is more Southern than Northern Virginia...
I dont understsand why some people seem to think that DC and Baltimore are part of "the south" when in reality they are considered part of the north.. I grew up in the South and whenver DC or Baltimore came up in a conversation it was always referred to as "the north" and "Northeast" cities.. I currently live in DC and I assure you there is NOTHING "southern" about DC.. The people, attitudes, cultures, infrastructure, etc. are all characteristic of a northeastern city..
Well you are admitting that people in the deep south are not intelligent and/or too proud to be ignorant of their little discriminating opinions similar to the Jim Crow mind set.
And you wonder why most people who are not from the deep south have little to no respect for dem deep southern good ol' boys...
Some people try to base their argument on historical purposes which is debatable but a lot of the arguments for DC and Baltimore being part of the South are largely based on delusion.
Only Ignorant narrow minded people from the deep south(including carpet baggers) would pass that above opinion as facts but that is one of the tools that lead to most people who are not from the south to view most deep southerners as socially ignorant.
DC because of it's proximity to southern places (the rest of Virginia). Baltimore is a blue collar northern city like Philly.
For someone who more than likely never been to Maryland(save the location bs because I can put China as my location but that does not mean I have traveled to Asia) can not pass the above discriminating opinion as facts.
Maryland and Delaware are Southern States. Sorry but that is the truth and if you are too narrow minded to accept it then that's your handicap.
If Maryland, Delaware and parts of West Virginia are southern states, then so is parts of Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New Jersey south of the Mason Dixon Line. But that would exclude the northern panhandle of West Virginia as well as a small part of Delaware north of the Mason Dixon Line if extended east.
If Maryland, Delaware and parts of West Virginia are southern states, then so is parts of Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New Jersey south of the Mason Dixon Line. But that would exclude the northern panhandle of West Virginia as well as a small part of Delaware north of the Mason Dixon Line if extended east.
And if thats your argument to dispute the fact that Maryland and Delaware are Southern states then Virginia and North Carolina are Northeastern Sates along with Kentucky being part of the Great Lakes Mid-West, Florida being the Northern end of the Caribbean, Oklahoma/Texas being part of the Southwest/Northern Mexico extension.
How about we have Illinois, Indiana and Ohio give away their southern portions to Kentucky and have Delaware take over parts of New Jersey south of the Mason Dixon Line. The people who live in the southern portions of each northern state have more in common with its southern neighbors. Makes more fair like that, $mk8795. Marion, Evansville, Cincinnati and Atlantic City would become southern cities overnight. From Atlantic City, DE to Key West, FL to Brownsville, TX to Cincinnati, KY.
DC is more cosmo and sophisticated. Baltimore is definitely more southern. Ask someone to say the word dog. That will tell you a lot.
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DC=South
