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Location: Jefferson City 4 days a week, St. Louis 3 days a week
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Originally Posted by MOBaptist
Im a native to this great state, and am JUST as southern as somone from Alabama. I would call Missouri the deep south. But certainly "The South".
I am from a town SE of Kansas City, and I can tell you Kansas City is southern. Now, corn does grow there and Dixie starts to fade but Kansas City (In my opinion) is the Barbeque capital and Sweet Tea IS very avaliable. Go about 10 miles into Iowa and its full on Midwestern. I hate when I hear Missouri called Midwestern, It just aint so ! The Ozarks is full on southern, nothing Midwestern about it. Ive lived there. Ive also lived in a small town outside Birmingham Alabama. That is the heart of Dixie, and the accent is different, but hey, One of my favorite things about the south is that we have such unique accents in all the different states. I would never want to leave the south, and don't plan to !
Nope, nope, and nope. Nothing magic happens when you cross into Iowa. And for such unique accents, Missouri's sure doesn't have much in common with the South. Kansas City is not southern. It doesn't talk southern, its economy isn't southern. Omaha is the most similar city to it. Barbecue was brought there from Memphis during the Great Migration. Sweet tea is getting available in many places outside of the south, KC and STL included. As of a couple years ago, you had to go to Sikeston to find it in restaurants other than Cracker Barrel or Waffle House.
Nope, nope, and nope. Nothing magic happens when you cross into Iowa. And for such unique accents, Missouri's sure doesn't have much in common with the South. Kansas City is not southern. It doesn't talk southern, its economy isn't southern. Omaha is the most similar city to it. Barbecue was brought there from Memphis during the Great Migration. Sweet tea is getting available in many places outside of the south, KC and STL included. As of a couple years ago, you had to go to Sikeston to find it in restaurants other than Cracker Barrel or Waffle House.
Sweet Tea has been available everywhere in Cape for my entire life and my parents lives. Go right up the road to Perryville and it's a completely different story.
The south in Missouri doesn't start until one reaches the latitude of Cape Girardeau. Period end of discussion. I've lived near Cape my whole life and the transition is 100% completely obvious.
Ya ever been to Chillecothe ? North central Missouri. Go 2 miles outside town and theres the Biggest confederate flag you will ever see. In the Platte couty state fair, its all about southern pride. I dont know where your wacko ideas come from, but your dead wrong bud.
Location: Jefferson City 4 days a week, St. Louis 3 days a week
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St. Louis is NOT southern. But the majority of the state is.
AGAIN, based on what? The Southern dialect doesn't cover most of the state. Economically, the state's economy overall resembles that of the Midwest. The only parts of Missouri that are conservative are the smaller cities and rural parts, which is fairly typical of any state. Being baptist means little either. If you'd do a check (catholic population by county) you'd notice that rural Missouri does have an exceptionally high number of Catholics for a "southern" state. there are more baptists, but Missouri isn't the only state outside of the south in the bible belt...it covers a good portion of Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana. The Northern half of Missouri is not southern at all. It reminds me very much of Iowa and Illinois. 25% of Southern Missouri still retains influences from St. Louis and Kansas City, both of which are considered Midwestern and are in every shape and form. The lower 25% gets its influences from Cape and Springfield. I'm not interested in having this discussion any longer, as you clearly seem to have it all figured out already.
Ya ever been to Chillecothe ? North central Missouri. Go 2 miles outside town and theres the Biggest confederate flag you will ever see. In the Platte couty state fair, its all about southern pride. I dont know where your wacko ideas come from, but your dead wrong bud.
One flag makes a place southern? Sorry you need more than that. The accents are flat as a pancake and the largest ethnicity of the population of Missouri is of GERMAN descent, which is a characteristic of Midwestern states. You can't find sweet tea everywhere in this state...hell it isn't even 100% available as far south as ROLLA for crying out loud, and as it was mentioned here sweet tea has expanded well beyond the south. Never heard of a restaraunt north of Sikeston serving grits other than a Cracker Barrel, which is a chain anyway so it doesn't really count.
One flag makes a place southern? Sorry you need more than that. The accents are flat as a pancake and the largest ethnicity of the population of Missouri is of GERMAN descent, which is a characteristic of Midwestern states. You can't find sweet tea everywhere in this state...hell it isn't even 100% available as far south as ROLLA for crying out loud, and as it was mentioned here sweet tea has expanded well beyond the south.
Wow.. I cant help but to laugh at your bogus claims.
Missouri always has and is a southern state. End of discussion.
Wow.. I cant help but to laugh at your bogus claims.
Missouri always has and is a southern state. End of discussion.
What's bogus about it? Prove me wrong. You won't be able to. I guarantee you everything said there is 100% accurate because I don't discuss areas I know nothing about.
Nope, nope, and nope. Nothing magic happens when you cross into Iowa. And for such unique accents, Missouri's sure doesn't have much in common with the South. Kansas City is not southern. It doesn't talk southern, its economy isn't southern. Omaha is the most similar city to it. Barbecue was brought there from Memphis during the Great Migration. Sweet tea is getting available in many places outside of the south, KC and STL included. As of a couple years ago, you had to go to Sikeston to find it in restaurants other than Cracker Barrel or Waffle House.
It does have changed when you cross over from Iowa. You can cut it with a knife almost the religions are heavily protestant when you cross right over into MO. My teacher is from Iowa, and he said you could see changes when he crossed the border especially concerning the bible belt feel that Iowa doesn't have. He did say people from Missouri talk slower than Iowa also.
Wow.. I cant help but to laugh at your bogus claims.
Missouri always has and is a southern state. End of discussion.
It's not 1850.
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