Good to hear. Thanks.
I should report that you’ve brought the total for Texas up to 36. (I had found another one in some thread searches since posting the summary.) That makes Texas the leader among Southern states at this point.
Come on, Tennesseans! We’re stuck at 34.
That is cool. I used to grow up in Montgomery (and Prattville).
Since when is Maryland considered to be a southern state? It was not a member of the Confederacy. Having been reared in Baltimore, I never considered myself a southerner. Nor do I now, even after living in Florida for nearly 20 years.
Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things.
A legitimate question. In the OP I tried to explain that I was leaving it to individual Dopers as to whether they thought of themselves and/or their state as being Southern. I also mentioned a book (there’s a link to the book back on page 1 or 2) I read some of at the dentist’s office recently where the authors labored over which states to include in their treatment of The South. They showed several variations from The Confederacy states to the broader group they eventually chose. That’s the list I posted.
I also mentioned my own views on the states that qualify as The South, but chose not to stress my views.
I hereby offer to remove from the summary file any Doper’s name who would rather not be there. After I had gone with the big list, I started looking through threads where the Location field looks legitimate and copying/pasting that data into the summary file to supplement the ones who had posted here. That’s how some of the names made the list. I can easily remove them if it’s an issue for you or anyone else.
My main objective has been to get a feel for where The South fits in the overall Doper community. I had a similar thread going for non-USA Dopers that has been going well, so the notion of Southern USA Dopers came from that. See the OP for more details, along with other posts in the thread I have made.
Hope this clarifies for you.
I do not live in the South. I grew up in Ohio (and spent three years in England). I lived in Austin, Texas and Sarasota, Florida for three years each, but those places are only borderline South. Check out this theory of what the South is (although Garreau decided to call it “Dixie” in his book):
Except for maybe a little piece of southern Maryland, Maryland is not in the South. Northern Virginia (i.e., anything within about fifty miles of Washington, D.C) is not in the South. The boundaries of the South are not consistent with state boundaries.
That’s for darn sure. Miami is more like NYC mixed with Cuba, the Texas Rio Grande Valley is more like Mexico, Houston is a phenomenon all of its own, etc …
Does it count that my official state of residence is Mississippi (i.e., I vote there, etc.) although I live in Australia, which is surely bout as southern as you can get without starting back up the planet?
Rereading the OP, nevermind…51% of my time, no. It is my “official” US residence, though, and I was born & raised to young adulthood there. I own property, have a bank account, all that. (Its just easier that way, since I need to be able to quicky get home to take care of my Grandaddy if I have to.)
Carry on, nothing to see here. (Though I really resent not being classed as Southern, since I am. Bah.)
Cheers,
G
I prefer not to be listed. I have never posted my state here, and don’t intend to do so. Thanks.
Houston here.
Another Florida doper here… been in Florida most of my life, and in Tallahassee for the past decade or so.
Quite right. I’ll never forget living in Baltimore, and people cheerfully telling me, “Oh, you’re still in the South!” Um, no. I don’t care how far below the Mason-Dixon line it is, or how Confederate or not it was, or if Poe croaked in the street somewhere, Baltimore is not Dixie. I don’t really get a Southern feeling until I hit the North Carolina state line.
Born in Ohio, moved to TN in 1987 at the age of 18, and now trying to escape.
If you’d care to step over here, Gleena, you’ll find a DoperList that will be delighted to count you as a member, namely the non-US-based Dopers. That thread was also started by Zeldar, but he handed the reins over to me a few days ago.
I have removed your name and data from the summary file.
As you wish: I’ve removed your entry there.
Does this mean you wish not to be counted among the Tennessee folks?
Gotcha ya. Thanks.
Added you. Thanks. Already had monstro from some thread searching but couldn’t be sure if the Vegetative state was anywhere special. 
Absolutely, Gleena, that’s the place to be, I think. Antonius Block has done amazing work with that thread and its contents. Too bad you can’t be two places at once, though. Thanks for the comments.
South Texas.