# Does the south have any redeeming qualities?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 24, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-south-have-any-redeeming-qualities/953115 "2021-10-24T20:13:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-south-have-any-redeeming-qualities/953115/42 "2021-10-25T00:15:04Z")

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You didn’t get enough discussion on this in your previous threads on the subject under your old account?

> [@Should we kick out the south?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124):
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> Can we agree that the country would be better if the south seceded again? Imagine what we could do with all the money we’d save from not giving them money, and how much we’d improve in education and healthcare.

> [@Should the south secede?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-south-secede/802815):
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> From what people have said in previous threads, the south seems to bring this country nothing but problems. Should it secede? Would the US be better for it?

> [@Why don't people like the south?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-like-the-south/802010):
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> You don’t hear southerners talking about how much they dislike northerners.

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