re: What are your geographic boundaries for the South?

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Do some Missourians call themselves Southerners?

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Yes. Basically draw a line around the Missouri delta, which includes all of the Bootheel, and the population considers themselves Southerners. People outside of that area, such as in St. Louis, make fun of the way they talk.

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but how about towns like Branson and Cape Girardeau?

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The above-mentioned line does not include Cape Girardeau, which is a hill town. Branson is probably Midwestern based on not only the fact that it is western MO, but also the snowbirds from the north that have flocked there.