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Defining the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States
Posted on 2/5/15 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 2/5/15 at 5:57 pm
This guy did some interesting online geographic surveys of how people define their own regions. Midwesterners were asked to identify fellow Midwestern states and Southerners were asked to identify fellow Southern states.
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South Survey
Not much to my surprise, neither region really seems to claim Missouri. We are truly no-man's land, as the author points out. Although from what I can tell it looks like Oklahoma and West Virginia are even less claimed than Missouri.
I figured rantards who hate Mizzou would like his quote
Midwest Survey
South Survey
Not much to my surprise, neither region really seems to claim Missouri. We are truly no-man's land, as the author points out. Although from what I can tell it looks like Oklahoma and West Virginia are even less claimed than Missouri.
I figured rantards who hate Mizzou would like his quote
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Also, does anyone know what’s going on with Missouri? Mostly excluded from the South and Midwest, it appears to be the geographic equivalent of the last kid picked during dodgeball.
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Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:02 pm to KCM0Tiger
Texas should be split 3 ways. From Houston and just a bit west of I-45 all the way east is the Southern. Around Dallas and up into pand handle is Midwest. From San Antonio west and south of are all part of the West. Austin is a part of the Pacific Northwest.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:05 pm to KCM0Tiger
What does the other 11% think Georgia is if it's not Southern?
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:07 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
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Austin is a part of the Pacific Northwest
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:12 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Yeah similarly Missouri ideally would be split 2 ways. Below the red line is more Southern, above it is more Midwestern. I've been to a lot of the southern states, and one of the thickest Southern drawls I've ever heard came from a girl I took on a date from the Missouri bootheel.
It would be interesting if someone would do a breakdown by counties so we could see the divisions in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
It would be interesting if someone would do a breakdown by counties so we could see the divisions in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:14 pm to UMTigerRebel
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What does the other 11% think Georgia is if it's not Southern?
No idea. None of the states received 100% in either survey. In fact the highest percent "midwest" was Illinois with only 80%.
I think the highest "South" percentages were 90ish for Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:15 pm to UMTigerRebel
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What does the other 11% think Georgia is if it's not Southern?
Those 11% probably couldn't point out Georgia on a map.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:17 pm to KCM0Tiger
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Yeah similarly Missouri ideally would be split 2 ways.
We'll take Branson and the ozarks... the yanks can have the rest.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:19 pm to Yellerhammer5
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Those 11% probably couldn't point out Georgia on a map.
Agree.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:04 pm to KCM0Tiger
These are fun.
El Paso Texas is southern. As is Amarillo, right? And the Oklahoma panhandle where you're a few miles from Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico....southern, right? Does it have more in common with Chicago or Atlanta?
I think its safe to say that Western Arkansas is more culturally affiliated with North Texas than it is anything in Mississippi or Alabama. But Eastern Arkansas is Deep South as it gets, IMO.
State borders are dumb.
El Paso Texas is southern. As is Amarillo, right? And the Oklahoma panhandle where you're a few miles from Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico....southern, right? Does it have more in common with Chicago or Atlanta?
I think its safe to say that Western Arkansas is more culturally affiliated with North Texas than it is anything in Mississippi or Alabama. But Eastern Arkansas is Deep South as it gets, IMO.
State borders are dumb.
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Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:36 pm to wmr
Texas is Texas.
Missouri is Missouri.
Missouri is Missouri.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:21 pm to Yellerhammer5
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Those 11% probably couldn't point out Georgia on a map.
If this was a random sample of Americans, my guess is that less than 1/3 could accurately identify all the States highlighted.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:26 pm to Aux Arc
Even though it's only 10% of people surveyed that think Ohio is southern..... I can't quite get past it.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:29 pm to BuckeyeFan87
Yeah...I'm not putting too much stock into that survey.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:06 pm to UMTigerRebel
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What does the other 11% think Georgia is if it's not Southern?
East coast?
Posted on 2/6/15 at 6:27 pm to KCM0Tiger
1% considered Colorado as part of the South????
Posted on 2/6/15 at 10:41 pm to Carolina_Girl
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1% considered Colorado as part of the South????
Tennessee has mountains. Colorado has mountains. Colorado=South.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:59 pm to UMTigerRebel
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What does the other 11% think Georgia is if it's not Southern?
Atlanta
Posted on 2/7/15 at 1:18 am to KCM0Tiger
Much like Kansas, Missouri is geographically and everything else average at best.
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