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re: Ranking the SEC states in terms of "Southernness"
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:44 am to Mootsman
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:44 am to Mootsman
quote:live in virginia where i go to school there is about 20 kids every year that go to south carolina. Every single one of them is a yankee.
No. There are more yankees in Atlanta than in the entire state of South Carolina.
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Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:44 am to JimMorrison
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Chucktown becomes the most southern city in Ohio
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You're confusing Charleston with the dirty Myrtle
Sadly, there has been quite an Ohio and Pennsylvania influx in recent years. College of Charleston attracts some Northern students whose parents fall in love with town. I mean, who wouldn't? Also, the surronding areas of Charleston (Johns Island, Kiawah, Seabrook) have a noticeable Yankee crowd.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:46 am to KCM0Tiger
Big 1
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:46 am to JayDeerTay84
We need a definition of "southern" before we make a list.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:50 am to LSUbase13
Well yeah, there's always Yankees coming to our schools. No surprise because our state is beautiful.
Eta: I don't think Yankee students or tourists should affect the "Southerness" of a state.
Eta: I don't think Yankee students or tourists should affect the "Southerness" of a state.
This post was edited on 4/4/14 at 8:52 am
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:52 am to Greenfloridan
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. I love Charleston..way better than Savannah IMO
They are both very similar, but still different. I feel like no one can deny with a straight face that Charleston has more to offer than Savannah. That being said, Savannah is a little dirtier and grittier. Savannah is definitely more "artsy" than Charleston. I also love their great parks and public squares.
To make it an illustration, you can lump Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans as the Big 3 "similar" tourist towns of the South. Similar foods, architecture, etc.
To the far left would be New Orleans.
To the far right would be Charleston.
Savannah would be appropriately put in the middle.
New Orleans is definitely the dirtiest, most artistic, "anything goes" between the three. Charleston is substantially cleaner, friendlier, reserved and more well-kept and maintained. Savannah is a little something in between the two.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:54 am to JimMorrison
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Eta: I don't think Yankee students or tourists should affect the "Southerness" of a state.
I don't either. But you cannot deny that there have been some snowbirds here and there. I met a girl recently (from Philadelphia) whose parents just purchased a home in the South of Broad area (must be loaded). They are few and far in between, but they can be found.
ETA: If Charleston isn't defined as "Southern", then I don't know what is. I'd argue that Charleston is, hands down, the most quintessential "Southern" city.
This post was edited on 4/4/14 at 8:55 am
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:57 am to KCM0Tiger
From my experience living in Florida for 15 years south Florida is New York south. On the west coast of Florida where I live is where all the Midwesterners from Iowa Michigan Ohio etc came down and are taking over. Florida is not southern it definitely should rank last
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:59 am to CockInYourEar
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6. Bojangles > Chic Fil A
Posted on 4/4/14 at 8:59 am to LSUbase13
Mississippi definitely #1
Alabama close #2
Georgia/South Carolina #3 tie
Northern Louisiana #4
Tennessee #5
Arkansas #6
Eastern Texas #7
Kentucky #8
Florida panhandle #9 slowly changing from southern
Southeastern Louisiana #10 Primarily because of N.O.
Alabama close #2
Georgia/South Carolina #3 tie
Northern Louisiana #4
Tennessee #5
Arkansas #6
Eastern Texas #7
Kentucky #8
Florida panhandle #9 slowly changing from southern
Southeastern Louisiana #10 Primarily because of N.O.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:03 am to nb200016
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Florida is definitely not more southern than Texas or Kentucky.
Draw a horizontal line just South of Ocala and that is whre Florida become less Southern; But all of that North and North West area beat both Texas and Mizz. as for being more Southern.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:06 am to PanhandleDawg
You are right on a out drawing the line below Ocala. Jacksonville, the panhandle, and north central Florida are still southern
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:07 am to LSUbase13
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But you cannot deny that there have been some snowbirds here and there.
I don't deny that.
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I'd argue that Charleston is, hands down, the most quintessential "Southern" city.
I would, too. We've got it all.
I don't understand how ANYONE is ranking Mississippi first, though. Everyone laughs at that state. It's terrible. The fattest and dumbest state in the nation is not #1
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:10 am to NorthGwinnett LSU
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Fl is about as Southern as New York with all those Yankees down there
^^^^^this^^^^
fl isnt really a southern state anymore
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:10 am to PanhandleDawg
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Eta: I don't think Yankee students or tourists should affect the "Southerness" of a state.
Maybe not of a whole state, but consider all of the students at Kentucky that come down to UK so they can go to school in the south. You pick them out pretty quickly... Mostly because of their Ohio State Hoodies. It certainly mutes or causes a shift in student population.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:15 am to JimMorrison
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JimMorrison
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Fat/Dumb/Buried in Paris, France. Not Southern.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:15 am to DisplacedKentuckian
The white tennis shoes help pick them out, too. Maybe that's gone out of fashion but in the early to mid 2000s everyone of them wore white tennis shoes (think k-swiss or adidas cap toes).
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:19 am to JimMorrison
Those things may be statistically true, but it's not because of rednecks, I can assure you. At any rate, MS is more southern than SC, and I would know, I've lived In MS and NC, and spent a good bit of time in SC.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:22 am to PanhandleDawg
Lol wut?
Jim wasn't fat or dumb.
Y u rustled?
Oh you're a Miss St fan
Jim wasn't fat or dumb.
Y u rustled?
Oh you're a Miss St fan
This post was edited on 4/4/14 at 9:24 am
Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:23 am to Reservoir dawg
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Mississippi definitely #1 Alabama close #2
Mississippi is in it's own stratosphere. Alabama is closer to California than it is Mississippi.
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