re: SEC cultural differences

There more differences than people know. Probably rivals the PAC 12 in differences.

MS, AL, TN, GA are pretty much the same. Same food, religion, ways of life, how the landscape looks. Maybe a little different here or there but you really dont notice a diference going from one to the other.

Florida- A state in the south, not a southeastern state.
A lot of folks in the state speaks Spanish which is not a southern trait. You would see that in California and parts of Texas but not AL, Georgia, etc except for migrant workers who stay for a bit and leave. These are full-time residents that live in Florida.

Louisiana- Very unique place. Definately not the south as the south is categorized. Huge catholic population, food quite different, french ancestry vs English and Irish. There are folks in New Orleans that have a Brooklyn accent not to mention the cajun accent which you find nowhere else. Wouldn't call it southwest either. Very unique place to the United States in general.

Mizzou- What?...uh no.

Arkansas- similar to the southeast in terms of people and culture but sits in a remote area from the southeast but would still go southern somewhat due to accent, religion, customs and bloodlines of people who settled it.

South Carolina- definately a southern state in all aspects.

North Carolina- Mix of southerners and folks from Delaware and PA who move down. Southern yes but not considered deep south.

Kentucky- Customs and ways of life fit the southern mold but are southern in more of the south Indiana way. Accent, customs, yes. Geographically no.

Haven't spent much time in Kentucky or North Carolina have you

That is true. Ethnic-oriented foods tend to be pretty good, but when you get to general "local cuisine", it gets weird fast

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SEC cultural differences by Roses of Crimson
Louisiana- Very unique place. Definately not the south as the south is categorized. Huge catholic population, food quite different, french ancestry vs English and Irish. There are folks in New Orleans that have a Brooklyn accent not to mention the cajun accent which you find nowhere else. Wouldn't call it southwest either. Very unique place to the United States in general.

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I've read one explanation for the Brooklyn/Bronx accent is that in the late 1800s/early 1900s, thousands of NYC area dock and port workers came down during the expansion of the Port of New Orleans, and many stayed. Subsequent generations in SE La still have a semblance of that Brooklyn-ese dialect (with some NOLA twinges "Yeah dawlin', where y'at, how's ya mom n' nem?')

As for French Acadian (devolved into 'Cajun'), there are some in the NOLA area, but mainly in Acadiana (south-central Louisina / Lafayette area.) Interestingly, less than 10% of Louisiana's 4.5 million population is of French-Acadian heritage.
When the British destroyed the communities established by the French 'Acadians', German, and other settlers in Nova Scotia and New England, they scattered all over the young country, but many found their way to southern Louisiana because of a promise of new opportunity (The Louisiana Purchase, etc.) to rebuild the towns and communities destroyed by the Redcoats.

Did they explain how "Greater Appalachia" extends into New Mexico?