re: What are your geographic boundaries for the South?

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. I don't think of DC as being Southern in any realistic sense

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Back in the day DC was super Southern. When the federal government expanded like a weed in the 60s that changed almost over night. You had a ton of people from outside the area move in and the culture went through a sea change.

You are very much right about Virginia being a split state. The interior of Virginia is very Southern but NOVA is part of that DC culture.