Is North Carolina in the South or Mid Atlantic? (transplants, moving to)
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North Carolina may be where Maryland was at in the 70's or 80's as far as percentage of out of state migrants which may effect its regional classification.
To some of you this may seem like a ridiculous question.
North Carolina may be where Maryland was at in the 70's or 80's as far as percentage of out of state migrants which may effect its regional classification.
To some of you this may seem like a ridiculous question.
The South.
Out of state migrants? Who cares? Even if space aliens move into North Carolina, it doesn't make North Carolina part of another planet.
I have never heard the Mid-Atlantic as being defined by out-of-state migrants, and most people moving to NC aren’t from the mid-Atlantic region at any rate. But regardless, NC is Southern.
Going by these silly definitions, pretty soon all that will be left of the south will be Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Georgia, Florida and Texas have all been receiving lots of out of state transplants.
I'm going to ask what I always ask in these threads, why is it that transplants only affect the south? East
Why did the midwest remain the midwest when lots of southern moved to the midwest? When Midwesterns pushed into the Western states why didn't the west turn middle east?
Places evolve, let's not over analyze every change. The Wild Wild West days are gone, the burning of women because of paranoia in the Northeast are gone. But those places were never bastions of sameness to begin with.
Stop trying to pigeon-hole regions into uniform blocks. They never were.
The south is a region that shared variations of similar history and is sharing variations of similar present times.
If North Carolina isn't southern, then the term has become obsolete
It’s hard to say it’s not the South when it’s surrounded by southern states. However, culturally it may be less southern and there’s actually a long history of that. My understanding is they only barely voted to leave the Union during the Civil War.
It’s hard to say it’s not the South when it’s surrounded by southern states. However, culturally it may be less southern and there’s actually a long history of that. My understanding is they only barely voted to leave the Union during the Civil War.
For what it’s worth, NC was the last to leave, about a month after Lincoln called for volunteers. But unlike Virginia, Arkansas Tennessee (the others who left in this period after Ft. Sumter), NC voted unanimously to leave. They also supplied one of the largest contingents of soldiers.
NC is Southern. Sweet tea, fried chicken, barbecue, nascar, Bible Belt, cotton belt, most things associated with Southern. Aunt Bee would be turning over to see this thread.
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