re: More Violence in the South: Explains Our Intense Fandom?

It has much to do with which groups of immigrants settled each region of the country. Much of "the north" was settled by the English and German farmers, where as much of the south was settled by Scotch and Irish, who were traditionally herding cultures. Herders typically have very strict honor codes and clan mentalities. It can be seen throughout the holy land as well. Believe it or not, but Southern Hospitality is actually very similar to guest rights among Arabs from the Bedouin tribesmen to the wealthy sheiks.

In the North, the vast majority of property crimes and murders are committed by unrelated parties, the perpetrator and victem don't know each other, where in the South, murders and property crimes are committed by related parties, the perpetrator and victim know each other and/or are family. Crimes in the North are more often crimes of opportunity (i.e. killed a guy who witnessed a theft because someone needed the money) as apposed to in the South, they are generally more often crimes of passion (guy is killed for cheating on my sister and I stole his TV to pay her back for that time she payed to fix his truck).

The north and south have completely different cultures, traditions, and origins that foster these kinds of behaviors.