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Deep south seems to have to do with the section rather than the state as a whole. Living in NC I was always taught anything south of us (excluding FL) was the deep south of course. The Northeast seems to just focus purely on state lines. Buffalo and Philly, for example, are both regarded as northeastern despite being on different sections of their individual state. The South as a whole is more focus on arbitrary culture than geography. If a state or a reigon doesn't follow a set of rules than it's not southern in the North it's all about statelines.
Not at all. North Georgia feels a world apart from south Georgia in several ways. Both are obviously Southern, but one is Upland South and the other Deep Southern.
You mean a world apart from any other place in the Deep South in regards to levels of racial hostility. As recently as 1990, and despite the close proximity to Atlanta, the adjacent counties of Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, and Pickens combined, had a total white population of 154,000, and a total black population of only 1,900. Makes you wonder why the only one among them that was seen as a " Sundown Town " was Forsyth County.
You mean a world apart from any other place in the Deep South in regards to levels of racial hostility. As recently as 1990, and despite the close proximity to Atlanta, the adjacent counties of Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, and Pickens combined, had a total white population of 154,000, and a total black population of only 1,900. Makes you wonder why the only one among them that was seen as a " Sundown Town " was Forsyth County.
Don't you ever talk about anything else? For the love of God, please find a new schtick.
North Georgia and Chattanooga are not Deep South. North Georgia is the Appalachian region of Georgia. In addition, Huntsville, AL and surrounding areas is not Deep South either. North Georgia, North Alabama, Middle and East Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky along with Western North Carolina, SW Virginia and NW corner of South Carolina are Upland South and/or Appalachian, at least in my mind from my multiple travels through this region and things I have read.
North Georgia and Chattanooga are not Deep South. North Georgia is the Appalachian region of Georgia. In addition, Huntsville, AL and surrounding areas is not Deep South either. North Georgia, North Alabama, Middle and East Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky along with Western North Carolina, SW Virginia and NW corner of South Carolina are Upland South and/or Appalachian, at least in my mind from my multiple travels through this region and things I have read.
Thank you. This is a perfect description of what I'd consider Upland/Appalachian Southern.
North Georgia and Chattanooga are not Deep South. North Georgia is the Appalachian region of Georgia. In addition, Huntsville, AL and surrounding areas is not Deep South either. North Georgia, North Alabama, Middle and East Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky along with Western North Carolina, SW Virginia and NW corner of South Carolina are Upland South and/or Appalachian, at least in my mind from my multiple travels through this region and things I have read.
If we're just focusing on state lines GA is definitely deep south. TN, NC and AR is what I consider mid-south, not deep south which means still very much apart of the south and follow all southern traditions but those states have very influenced by other regions of the US and have aren't too far from the North aka Midwest\Northeast.
We must think of regional and cultural that geographic state lines.
The Deep South is CLEARLY southern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and northwestern Louisiana. Thank you and God Bless.
I would definitely add SC to this list. I was reading an issue of the Saturday Evening Post from 1957 yesterday, and focused on SC, GA, AL, and MS as an article defending those states stubborn policies for desegregation after the rest of the region had enforced integration. Piedmont GA is also quite deep south, though of course with an urban anomaly (Atlanta).
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"Deep South" is a region, not states
