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How Accurate?: Map of the South
Posted on 4/21/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 4/21/21 at 6:21 pm
Curious how well y’all think this guy got it right.
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 6:40 pm to OldTimer
I think it's safe to say that all of Kentucky and West Virginia would be considered "upper south".
You don't hit yankees till north of Cincinnati
You don't hit yankees till north of Cincinnati
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:20 pm to OldTimer
Some of the counties in central and south Florida are dead wrong. You can almost judge who is what by population.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:29 pm to OldTimer
“Yankeedom” needs to dip down into DC and NOVA
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:53 pm to OldTimer
Nothing due-west of Little Rock qualifies as "deep south". Fort Smith is historically and culturally southwestern.
Curve that line towards Texarkana when it gets to LR.
The "upper South" goes way to far north into Missouri. Maybe 2 rows of counties, and that's it.
Curve that line towards Texarkana when it gets to LR.
The "upper South" goes way to far north into Missouri. Maybe 2 rows of counties, and that's it.
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 11:55 pm
Posted on 4/22/21 at 5:27 am to OldTimer
IMO its pretty accurate
Posted on 4/22/21 at 11:46 am to OldTimer
I would add East Texas and SE Oklahoma.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:06 pm to OldTimer
The "deep south" divide in Arkansas is much more East/West than North/South. Seems like they picked an arbitrary line. Memphis is more deep south than Little Rock
Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:09 pm to OldTimer
The Yankee line should be north of I-10
Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:26 pm to OldTimer
I don’t know what Georgia is after this last election. Maybe Atlanta metro area could be carved out as something not “Deep South”.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 3:22 pm to OldTimer
Looks pretty accurate, especially compared to most of these types of maps we usually see. South Louisiana needs its own label though.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 6:43 pm to OldTimer
Bring in Texas and Oklahoma, shite can anything near Baltimore and add a little of Kentuckiana
Posted on 4/24/21 at 7:07 am to OldTimer
I’ve always thought of Kentucky as Upper South, so the map is accurate for the Commonwealth. I would limit the Transition Zone to the metropolises of Cincy and Louisville, however. All rural counties are heavily southern.
Posted on 4/24/21 at 7:40 pm to OldTimer
Would say the Delta is the only part of Arkansas that is Deep South.
This post was edited on 4/24/21 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 4/25/21 at 2:50 am to OldTimer
Any non-coastal Florida county could be Deep South. It's redneck as hell.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 12:28 pm to OldTimer
Another comment- "Deep South" should satisfy these stipulations:
1. Predominantly Black and White Americans
2. Low lying elevation
3. Low income and mostly rural
So I would define it as these areas
- SE Arkansas
- All of Mississippi
- SW Tennessee, including Memphis
- The MS Delta region of Louisiana (including New Orleans). Anything west of that has more in common with Texas and is not culturally Deep South
- Central and South Alabama
- South of I-20 in Georgia (excluding Atlanta metro area)
- North Florida
- All of SC except for the far NW part of the state
- Far SE North Carolina
Deep South cities would be Memphis, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Wilmington, Jackson MS and Montgomery. I do not consider Birmingham Deep South because it is in the App foothills.
1. Predominantly Black and White Americans
2. Low lying elevation
3. Low income and mostly rural
So I would define it as these areas
- SE Arkansas
- All of Mississippi
- SW Tennessee, including Memphis
- The MS Delta region of Louisiana (including New Orleans). Anything west of that has more in common with Texas and is not culturally Deep South
- Central and South Alabama
- South of I-20 in Georgia (excluding Atlanta metro area)
- North Florida
- All of SC except for the far NW part of the state
- Far SE North Carolina
Deep South cities would be Memphis, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Wilmington, Jackson MS and Montgomery. I do not consider Birmingham Deep South because it is in the App foothills.
This post was edited on 4/25/21 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 5/4/21 at 4:09 pm to OldTimer
I am curious as to whether folks would consider NW Arkansas Southwest (Fort Smith is Southwest and it is just down the road) or Midwest. Particularly in the last 25 years or so it has developed more of a Midwest feel to it than Southern or Southwestern.
It is a weird little area culturally speaking with so many out of state residents mixing with the mountain folk population.
It is a weird little area culturally speaking with so many out of state residents mixing with the mountain folk population.
Posted on 5/5/21 at 7:35 am to OldTimer
Move the transition zone up to middle center of PA. The middle of the state is just like the south, just with a different accent. There are a surprising number of confederate flags. It’s certainly Trump country.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 2:39 pm to OldTimer
it's spot on
Posted on 5/15/21 at 6:08 pm to OldTimer
Not a damn thing southern in Southern Illinois. I grew up on the KY side of the Ohio River and the culture changes when you cross it.
It is not a east coast yankee culture. It is a Midwest farm culture... oh golly jeeees!
It is not a east coast yankee culture. It is a Midwest farm culture... oh golly jeeees!
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