Cultural Regions of the United States
Cultural Regions of the United States
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As someone who has spent many years in both South-Central and West-Central Indiana... What? We're the South in all but name.
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You may be rural and conservative but Indiana is in no way "Southern".
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As as Southerner, this
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Have you been to this part of Indiana? Because you walk into an Indiana diner and you'll see a lot of familiar stuff on the menu that belongs in the South. You'll also hear accents that sound like they belong in the South.
It's really silly to think that Southern culture just stops at the Kentucky border line.
Also, I'm talking about the southern half of Indiana. Not all of Indiana.
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Kentucky ain't Southern either. I can get a Burrito in DC, that doesn't mean they're part of SoCal or the South West. Tennessee is the farthest north I would say the word Southern applies. And half of both those states is actually Appalachia. The Western side of Kentucky is very much Mid-West.
And yes I've visited and lived in the area, and in the South.
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Kentucky is literally part of the South. This is a weird purity test.
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No it really isn't. It's half Appalachian for starters.
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Wait, so now if the Appalachians are in your state, you aren't in The South?
Because, uh... https://www.arc.gov/appalachian-states/
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Yes I'm aware of how far the Appalachians officially extend. You forgot Scotland. No the mere presence of them does not indicate Appalachian culture. Yes the area from North Georgia to West Virginia and mid Maryland to Mid Kentucky is a distinct culture.
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Being a rural hick doesn't make you southern. It's only been the last 20-30 years that Midwest small towns have been trying to preteend that they are southern rednecks.
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I'm 47. No it hasn't.
Not only am I 47, I'm 47 and married to someone who's family goes back to Indiana from the mid-1800s, mostly the Owen County area.
It's the South. It is. You go to Kentucky or Tennessee, it's basically the same culture except they get to call themselves Southern. Even most of the traditional food is much more southern. Grits, okra, cornbread, you name it.
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If you went to Tennessee and thought it was the same culture as Southern Indiana you didn't do anything but drive though and stop for food a couple times.
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If you went to Tennesse and you thought it was the same culture as Florida or Louisiana, that's also true. What's your point?
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Florida is East Coast/Caribbean except for the panhandle. Louisiana is in many ways the most southern state. Of course it's not 1:1 but Western Tennessee does have a culture distinct from Western Kentucky. There's a very distinct historical reason for that.
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Okay, then if there is not one monolithic Southern culture, I'm not sure what your point is.
Amongst multiple other Southern cities, I've been to Knoxville. I've been to New Orleans. I've been to Birmingham, I've been to Atlanta and I've been to Jacksonville. If you think any of those cities are remotely the same culturally, you were the one who drove through without stopping. And if any of those cities fail your "The South" purity test, well I doubt most of the people there would agree.
Incidentally, calling Jacksonville either "East Coast" or "Caribbean" is fucking hilarious.
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I never said NO, Birmingham, or Atlanta weren't Southern. Jacksonville is absolutely East Coast. Yes the area to it's west is Southern. But the coastal cities have a shared culture right up through Baltimore. After which it's pretty much North East culture. Sometimes it's referred to as South East but that belies the culture between the coastal cities and the Appalachians.
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I think you need to draw a map of what you consider to be the South, because it doesn't agree with literally any definition I have ever heard or any map I have ever seen.
I have never, ever heard anyone say Florida, which was literally in the Confederacy is not part of the South.
And now you're actually trying to claim that parts of Georgia aren't in the south. You are sounding nuts. I hope you realize that.
Seriously. One map. I can find plenty that say you're 100% wrong.
I admit I can find maps that don't include Kentucky. I have yet to see one that doesn't include the parts of the Appalachians that are in Georgia.
Even the U.S. government doesn't agree with you.
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