# "Welcome to the Dirty South" says Whole Foods. I don't know what they mean. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651 "2015-06-04T18:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/21 "2015-06-05T15:31:32Z")
Dirty Vegas is in the West, too: [Dirty Vegas - Days Go By - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j4JHwMVf2E) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/22 "2015-06-05T16:10:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I would assume that ‘riding dirty’ involves not using a condom. And involving “santorum”. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/23 "2015-06-05T16:44:14Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Dirty and food are not a good association in my mind, though this would be an appropriate campaign for Winn Dixie since they are dirty and in the south. 😃 Also for Publix… I’ve seen those signs that the OP describes (at that same Whole Foods!), and I have no idea what they’re trying to sell. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/24 "2015-06-06T05:13:54Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > No, “Dirty South” is not known as the name of a DJ.[It’s a genre of rap.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hip_hop) Seriously…Outkast, Ludacris. You’ve heard of them right? You kids today, with your hippity hoppity music! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/25 "2015-06-06T11:48:43Z")
And my first thought was a play on dirty rice. Shows how unhip I am. > **[Lake Charles Dirty Rice](https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lake-charles-dirty-rice-363345)** > > This recipe appears at just about every occasion in Cajun Country. Whether it's a holiday, funeral, family reunion, or potluck dinner, you can bet there will be at least one form of dirty rice or rice dressing. At the Link family reunion in Robert's... ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/26 "2015-06-07T00:59:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Texas east of 45 is part of the South. Texas west of 45 is part of the West. In my experience much of central Texas is more akin to the South than the West, though it has things in common with both. ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/27 "2015-06-07T02:06:06Z")
I’m familiar with the term “Dirty South”, but no self-respecting Atlanta native calls it “The ATL”. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/28 "2015-06-07T22:49:13Z")
I saw the signs in person yesterday; one has a picture of some pigs, which are definitely dirty (though I would think that Whole Foods doesn’t purchase meat from the nastiest of the hog farms in the state). ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651/29 "2015-06-08T14:38:47Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > In my experience much of central Texas is more akin to the South than the West, though it has things in common with both. Totally disagree. Southeast Texas is definitely the South. Highway 45 is a pretty good dividing line. Central Texas is more culturally the West; okay maybe not College Station, but they’re a culture of their own kind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-dirty-south-says-whole-foods-i-dont-know-what-they-mean/721651.md?page=1)