re: Ranking the SEC states in terms of "Southernness"

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Ha, ne arky is more southern than west Tennessee/ Memphis? You can't be serious.

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Yes...Very serious. Like I said, I work for the City of Memphis and live in Jonesboro...I know what I'm talking about. Don't get me wrong, Downtown and Midtown Memphis is Southern as anything but once you get out of those parts you have Jewish East Memphis, Cordova, and the rest of Memphis is a Hood.(Memphis proper).... The Memphis suburbs of W. Memphis, Marion, Germantown, Millington, Bartlett, Collierville, and of course Olive Branch and Southaven have a Southern feel also. But, I am basically saying that Northeast Arkansas is more Southern than most of Tennessee's most southern city/region. NE Arkansas grows a lot of RICE and COTTON...Many "salt of the earth" folks live in NE Arkansas.... Tennessee feels less "Southern" as you travel East.