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View Poll Results: Is Miami a Southern City?
Yes 142 39.55%
No 217 60.45%
Voters: 359. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-05-2011, 05:28 AM
 
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Simple question
Southern? no.

southern? yes.
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Old 07-05-2011, 03:39 PM
 
Location: Ohio, USA
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Yes

The official US Census Bureau definition of the South
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Old 07-05-2011, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Alabama
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Yes geographically.However there are still some traditional southern families in central and south florida.
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Old 07-05-2011, 06:48 PM
 
Location: A Yankee in northeast TN
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If the question were simply is Miami geographically located in the south I don't think there would be pages and pages of response.

Does the fact that Miami is located in the south make it southern culturally by default? A lot of people here seem to think so.

If we take some of you nice people from NYC, DC or Chicago and stick you in Alabama for a year are you now southerners because of your physical location? Are the other people in Alabama going to accept you as one of their own if you never accept their culture, but keep to your old traditions and customs instead?

Or is there more to identifying as a southerner than just your location?
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Old 07-05-2011, 08:26 PM
 
Location: Louisiana
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Geographically yes, culturally no. I was there not too long ago and I would have to say miami is closer to an east coast city than it is a southern city.
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Old 07-05-2011, 09:33 PM
 
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No. It is part of Latin America.
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Old 07-06-2011, 01:41 AM
 
Location: classified
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It's southern geographically.

Culturally?

Who cares. Even "southern" cities such as Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, etc have seen their share of transplants from the Northeast, Midwest, and abroad. Miami and the rest of Florida are no different in this regard.
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Old 09-08-2011, 06:47 PM
 
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Miami is not southern culturally at all geographically it is.

When people refer to Southern they mean it in the culture way, as in the deep south.

Miami is no where near "southern culturally". on the map it is though located in the south.
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Old 09-09-2011, 01:36 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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I wonder if this same thread was made for cities like Houston, New Orleans, and San Antonio, what would the answer be? Would is be similar to the answers we get for Miami.
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Old 09-09-2011, 01:54 PM
 
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I wonder if this same thread was made for cities like Houston, New Orleans, and San Antonio, what would the answer be? Would is be similar to the answers we get for Miami.
Miami seems so disposable. Southern only when it is called upon, than tossed away and labeled a 3rd world Latin-American city when it isn't needed. San Antonio seems to have the same issue. Honestly SA never felt "stereotypically Southern" to me, until TexasReb explained everything. Houston and NO always felt "Southern" to me, then I moved to NC, and Houston felt more "Western".
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