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I view Kentucky as being very similar to Missouri, Virginia, and West Virginia as far as the whole Mason Dixon line thing goes.
The counties across from Cincinnati are ZERO percent Southern. No different than the suburban Ohio counties outside Cincy. By contrasts the counties on the TN border are 100% Southern. Areas in btw are a mixture
I view Kentucky as being very similar to Missouri, Virginia, and West Virginia as far as the whole Mason Dixon line thing goes.
The counties across from Cincinnati are ZERO percent Southern. No different than the suburban Ohio counties outside Cincy. By contrasts the counties on the TN border are 100% Southern. Areas in btw are a mixture
I'm not really sure the OP knows exactly where Kentucky is.
I think people consider a yankee, someone from any state that actually touches a dirty northern state. Northern state being any state above the original mason dixon line. So WV, VA although having strong Appalachia/southern roots could be easily lumped with yanks, because after all VA rubs on Washington(ickkky)....
Using this logic than KY would be in that same category since it also borders Ohio, and Indiana and shares metro's with these states in some areas.
I'm not really sure the OP knows exactly where Kentucky is.
I asked the question primarily for the location reason alone. I was in another KY thread and I noticed a lot of people were referring to people in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois as Yankee's (although there are parts of these states that actually are geographically south of parts of KY), so I was curious about the perception of people from border states/areas who live in Kentucky. Obviously in Mississippi/Louisiana the upper south might all be considered Yankees to some people (Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, etc).
I view Kentucky as being very similar to Missouri, Virginia, and West Virginia as far as the whole Mason Dixon line thing goes.
The counties across from Cincinnati are ZERO percent Southern. No different than the suburban Ohio counties outside Cincy. By contrasts the counties on the TN border are 100% Southern. Areas in btw are a mixture
Your second paragraph is how I would also describe Virginia culturally. The NOVA area is a DC suburb and is no longer southern, although I have been told that the area felt southern 30 years ago. Most of southern Virginia feels almost identical to the Carolinas. Southwest VA feels identical to Tennessee.
I can see the "Northern" argument applying to much of Missouri, but there are parts of Missouri that are more southern than KY, geographically & culturally (Bootheel). One could also argue similarities between the Ozarks and rural KY, but that would be a bit of a stretch in my opinion until you drop below US 60.
I live in far Northern Kentucky, I moved here from South Carolina soooooo, Mizzo most def not a Yankee, West Virginia may get called hicks here, and Northern VA of all the things you named is close, but no where near being called a Yankee.
I worked at the Levee and this is just what I have noticed over the past few years.
I live in far Northern Kentucky, I moved here from South Carolina soooooo, Mizzo most def not a Yankee, West Virginia may get called hicks here, and Northern VA of all the things you named is close, but no where near being called a Yankee.
I worked at the Levee and this is just what I have noticed over the past few years.
btw when looking at a map KY looks to be more on the northern part of the US...the central part of the state is 300 miles from the great lakes and Canada, thats hardly southern.
Yes? I left out the U and meant Mizzou, have you have seen this? Quite common.
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Does that mean Missouri, I hope?
