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Respectfully, this is just another tiresome (ongoing) attempt to erase the South.
First the long established Mason-Dixon was tossed out, so Maryland (supposedly) became Northern.. then the goal posts are moved so only parts of Virginia remain within the South.. now the suggestion comes that North Carolina is the new dividing line.. and may only be marginally Southern.
Eventually we'll be down to a carpetbaggers' map where the South is only (select parts) of Mississippi.
Maryland is Mid-Atlantic and part of Northeast Corridor.
I have heard a couple times that if your zipcode starts with a 0 or 1 you are in the Northeast; 2 or 3 you are in the southeast. This mostly seems to check out. You could argue part of that 2s section is "mid-Atlantic" I suppose....but not NC.
Personally, I don’t really get the whole “mid-Atlantic” thing. The Northeast ends at DC, from there south is the South/southeast.
Historically, and technically presently, the mid-Atlantic designated the southern tier, or non-New England states, of the Northeast (NY, NJ, PA). These days the designation has more of a literal geographic meaning as well as a sociocultural one, namely where the North(east) meets the South(east).
It would seem as though you're differentiating the Northeast from what lies to its south based on Union/Confederate identities. Am I at least warm?
I actually hadn’t thought about that, but it does ring true now that you mention it. I wouldn’t say it’s exactly the Mason-Dixon Line but it’s a decent approximation.
Also being a west coaster, I’m probably just more ignorant of what the mid-Atlantic is and means than anything. I don’t believe it’s a term I heard or was tuned in to until I was probably 30 or so.
Here in the Triangle, Atlanta Braves or any of Atlanta professional teams were never strongly supported. I've lived in this area over 50 years and when the Braves won the World Series it was just another day. You didn't see Braves jerseys on people or flags on cars in any significant numbers. This area is college basketball, Durham Bulls and professional football which I would say there is almost just as many Cowboy fans as Panthers fan. I know some people want to make this somehow deep connection between Georgia and North Carolina, which really doesn't exist. You know there is the whole state of South Carolina that exist between these two states, that some people from Georgia act like doesn't exist. I think Georgia has more connection to Alabama than North Carolina. They share an extensive border, similar shape and both are Deep South states. And I guarantee you will find many more Falcons and Braves fan in Alabama than North Carolina.
Here is a map of the MLB baseball fan base in NC. Western half is mostly Braves, Central & Eastern half where the population is much higher are mostly Yankees https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/f...15-mlb-fan-map
Last edited by Mackro70; 07-02-2023 at 09:11 PM..
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