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I've always thought of Memphis and Little Rock as deep south geographically. Perhaps on the northern border of it, but still...
Paducah's a good one.
Maybe bootheel towns like Kennett and Sikeston in Missouri, but they also start to look a little different possibly due to Missouri's overall influence. Culturally, they'll seem deep south to outsiders.
Memphis is confusing because it is also in the "mid south"...but the "mid south" is basically the Mississippi Delta up to about Cairo, Ill. And the Mississippi Delta area is the very definition of "deep" south.
The American South
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Louisiana
Arkansas (including Missouri south of U.S. Route 60)
Kentucky (minus Cincinnati suburbs, but including Missouri Bootheel))
North Florida (north of Orlando)
South Virginia (from just north of Charlottesville on southward, including most of Shenandoah Valley and the part of West Virginia south of Charleston)
Probably Memphis and Little Rock although many folks do include Memphis in their definition in the Deep South because the Mississippi Embayment region of West TN/East ARK has a lot in common with MS.
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Originally Posted by TarHeelNick
Eastern NC between Raleigh and the Coast. Raleigh/Triangle not deep southern, coastal NC not deep southern...but most of what is in between; yes.
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I've always thought of Memphis and Little Rock as deep south geographically. Perhaps on the northern border of it, but still...
Paducah's a good one.
Maybe bootheel towns like Kennett and Sikeston in Missouri, but they also start to look a little different possibly due to Missouri's overall influence. Culturally, they'll seem deep south to outsiders.
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Originally Posted by eddie gein
Memphis is confusing because it is also in the "mid south"...but the "mid south" is basically the Mississippi Delta up to about Cairo, Ill. And the Mississippi Delta area is the very definition of "deep" south.
The Memphis Area and Southeastern North Carolina are in the Deep South.
Eastern NC between Raleigh and the Coast. Raleigh/Triangle not deep southern, coastal NC not deep southern...but most of what is in between; yes.
Agreed. One could make a good argument that Eastern NC is where the Deep South "begins." It is practically indistinguishable in geography, culture, and demographics from most places for which the "Deep South" moniker is traditionally or typically reserved, i.e. the majority of states such as Alabama or South Carolina.
The Deep South follows the rivers north into, say, Cairo, Illinois
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