# Should the south secede?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-south-secede/802815>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-south-secede/802815 "2017-11-26T23:22:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-south-secede/802815/1 "2017-11-26T23:22:45Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-south-secede/802815/2 "2017-11-26T23:28:22Z")

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It didn’t work out well the last time. What’s changed?

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-south-secede/802815/3 "2017-11-26T23:31:50Z")

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You’ve got plenty of threads on the South already. Don’t start any more of them.

This thread is closed.