# Dopers currently living in "The South" (USA) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245 "2014-09-22T14:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/41 "2014-09-23T01:33:06Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > This. And I’m not sure where you put Austin and the Metroplex. Austin will become part of Houston. It’s just a matter of time. The 290 corridor will merge them and in another 40 years you won’t be able to tell where Houston stops and Austin starts (just like today, where you can’t tell where Galveston stops and Houston starts. The Metroplex wants to be considered a Eastern Seaboard city. Just like Atlanta. Nothing particularly Southern in either one, now days. ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/42 "2014-09-23T01:49:07Z")
Long time Oklahoma resident here, though I was born and spent most of my childhood in the upper Midwest. Oklahoma is an interesting case, having been settled mostly after the Civil War, with different settlement patterns for different parts of the state. As a result, one can generally say that roughly the northern third of the state is culturally part of the Midwest, the southwest quadrant is part of the West, and the southeast (called “little Dixie”) part of the South. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/43 "2014-09-23T12:37:26Z")
A courtesy bump with a summary. Still no WV “southerners”? Will **Texas** be the first to hit 20? ```auto View Poll Results: Which Southern USA state do you currently call home? This poll will close on 09-22-2015 at 09:28 AM Texas 14 19.44% Georgia 10 13.89% North Carolina 10 13.89% Florida 8 11.11% Virginia 7 9.72% Tennessee 6 8.33% Missouri 3 4.17% Oklahoma 3 4.17% South Carolina 3 4.17% Louisiana 2 2.78% Maryland 2 2.78% Alabama 1 1.39% Arkansas 1 1.39% Kentucky 1 1.39% Mississippi 1 1.39% West Virginia 0 0% Other (please specify) 0 0% Voters: 72 ``` ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/44 "2014-09-23T14:13:40Z")
Memphian here. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/45 "2014-09-23T14:23:38Z")
I don’t think WVians consider themselves part of The South. Maybe because of why the state was formed? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/46 "2014-09-23T14:26:09Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I don’t think WVians consider themselves part of The South. > > Maybe because of why the state was formed? Probably a factor at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/47 "2014-09-23T14:28:01Z")
I am currently in OK and I don’t really think it qualifies as Southern. Even one of the TV stations here used t have an ad blurb saying “The HEART of the HEART-land!” Yeah, everyone I know here thinks Dallas Cowboys are their home NFL team, and it does sometimes seem like Dallas Way North in certain ways, but that’s really mostly business interests. This place is not Southern. At least, not without an asterisk. Southern\* \*not really, but sometimes. Mostly MidWestern with a few Southernties thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/48 "2014-09-23T14:32:39Z")
Parts of California (and all of Wyoming) feel more cowboy-ish (like I knew in rural parts of Texas) than here. But Cowboys are more Western than Southern. And as said by others, Texas is always Texan first, then Southern. “We play both kinds of music here. Country AND Western!” Even when my parents lived in Atlanta, that didn’t feel Southern. Now, small towns? Oh hell yeah! Small town MS, FL, AL, GA (ime) are all still VERY Southern. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/49 "2014-09-23T14:36:33Z")
Say, **AncientHumanoid** , what place that you’ve been, or read about, or seen in movies or TV, qualifies as the quintessential _Southern town or city_? I’d be tempted to say New Orleans, Memphis, Savannah or Charleston SC. Nashville has its Southern flavor, but it’s not even in the Top 50 quintessential ones. Nor is Birmingham. Maybe Mobile? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/50 "2014-09-23T14:50:35Z")
First thing that pops up in my head is Meridian, MS For a larger city, Montgomery, AL ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/51 "2014-09-23T14:57:39Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > First thing that pops up in my head is Meridian, MS… Nice choice. I thought of Natchez after I had posted. The Old South especially. Side topic: I’m a little surprised at the small showing for Arkansas. Is there an Oklahoma thing going on there as well, you reckon? All I know for sure is that Billy Bob Thornton is from there and if there is a quintessential Southerner working in movies and TV these days it’s Billy Bob. I love what he had to say about American Music! ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/52 "2014-09-23T15:14:35Z")
Although I currently live in Kansas, I lived in Missouri until I was nearly 40 and my father’s side of the family is from The Ozarks. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/53 "2014-09-23T15:29:45Z")
AR has the Ozarks, which to me is a part of Southern Heritage. That is MUCH different than plantation heritage, or Gulf Coast heritage, mind you. But, all part of the larger picture of The South. Lots of regional differences. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/54 "2014-09-23T15:51:54Z")
Texas, not native, but retired here. Previously lived in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida. Father’s side of family is from Missouri. Grew up in Wisconsin, spent summers in Missouri, went to college in Louisiana, so I think I have the bi-cultural advantage of both a midwestern and a southern upbringing. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/55 "2014-09-23T15:58:52Z")
Orlando (technically Oviedo), Florida. The South is to the north of us. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/56 "2014-09-23T16:07:32Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m in Charlotte, and I can not for the life of me understand why people think North Carolina is south. > > To me, NC is east-coast, and “the south” starts in SOUTH Carolina. Probably because it’s southern as hell. I grew up there, and it’s as southern as grits. If you don’t think so, you don’t know the south. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/57 "2014-09-23T16:15:32Z")
OTOH, I’m in Maryland, and while there are bits of Maryland that have a southern flavor, the state as a whole is unquestionably a Northeastern state. Yes, I know where the Mason-Dixon line is. I don’t think that means anything, really. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/58 "2014-09-23T17:02:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yes, I know where the Mason-Dixon line is. I don’t think that means anything, really. Well, not any more. imho, ymmv Tho, to some individuals it still may. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/59 "2014-09-23T17:10:20Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > OTOH, I’m in Maryland, and while there are bits of Maryland that have a southern flavor, the state as a whole is unquestionably a Northeastern state. I just drove from Baltimore to Ocean City. I don’t know if that route is representative of the state as a whole but there was no southern vibe at all. Even the farmland looked and felt more Midwestern (or even British) than Southern. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245/60 "2014-09-23T17:56:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I just drove from Baltimore to Ocean City. I don’t know if that route is representative of the state as a whole but there was no southern vibe at all. Even the farmland looked and felt more Midwestern (or even British) than Southern. I believe the “Southern” part of Maryland is the part south of about Waldorf. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245.md?page=4)