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Have to disagree. I’ve spent a lot of time in Texas. Just spent a week in Dallas. Yes, it’s very southern. Every state in the South has a different southerness to it.
Even in Austin the natives say "y'all".
The white Southerner way that you only hear in the South
I feel more comfortable including Southern Indiana in Dixie than having bread basket extend that far south and west in Texas and NM. Was the author from California?
Why is that? Have you been to eastern New Mexico or the Texas pan handle? Those are very great plains-ian to me. They are extremely flat, semi-arid, with agriculture dominated economies. When you get into the mountainous areas where El Paso and Albuquerque are you get to the southwestern culture.
What would this area of the country be if not breadbasket? Does this look like the south or the southwest to you?
The idea Dixie swings all the way up to Indianapolis is a stretch, and I suspect it doesn't include enough of Texas but I'll let Texans chime in on that issue.
I also think southern Appalachia is a separate and distinct culture from "Dixie," maybe one could argue in the alternative it's just a sub-set of Dixie. For instance I'm not sure I'd include any part of WV to be "Dixie" considering WV essentially seceded from Virginia to avoid being part of the Confederacy.
The idea Dixie swings all the way up to Indianapolis is a stretch, and I suspect it doesn't include enough of Texas but I'll let Texans chime in on that issue.
I also think southern Appalachia is a separate and distinct culture from "Dixie," maybe one could argue in the alternative it's just a sub-set of Dixie. For instance I'm not sure I'd include any part of WV to be "Dixie" considering WV essentially seceded from Virginia to avoid being part of the Confederacy.
WV fits in pretty well with the modern idea of the South
I would say a lot has changed in the last 40 years and that map is outdated.
I would say "Dixie" would be SC, GA (outside of the ATL Metroplex), AL, MS and maybe northern FL. Sure there are pockets of "Dixie" in TN, NC and Virginia (mostly the southern part), but over the last 40 years, there have been so many transplants that have moved to the South from the Northeast and the Midwest, if definitely has changed the South.
More than half of NC is probably made up of transplants (and their offspring) that have moved there over the last 20-30 years!
I disagree, it’s still pretty southern and that is not particularly unique to that state in the south.
I will say I think the term “Dixie” throws this off a little bit. Dixie makes it seem like all of these places are still flying confederate flags and talking about the good ole days. That may be true in rural areas and deep southern cities overall, but much of the major cities aren’t really like that. It’s a much more ‘lite’ southernness.
The idea Dixie swings all the way up to Indianapolis is a stretch, and I suspect it doesn't include enough of Texas but I'll let Texans chime in on that issue.
I also think southern Appalachia is a separate and distinct culture from "Dixie," maybe one could argue in the alternative it's just a sub-set of Dixie. For instance I'm not sure I'd include any part of WV to be "Dixie" considering WV essentially seceded from Virginia to avoid being part of the Confederacy.
I like the placement of the border in Texas. I kinda feel like Ft Worth is the first city of the West and Dallas the last city of the South.
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