The difference between upper midwest and lower midwest

[KY_Transplant]

Originally Posted by MOforthewin

I consider Louisville southern, but fringe southern. You can take that line all the way to Missouri around Cape Girardeau over to Springfield and Joplin. Right below that line is Dixie. Above that line in Missouri for example is a transition zone, a mix of southern and midwestern culture blended in that runs up to central Missouri.

Louisville has some midwestern influences but overall is more southern.

Louisville is not as southern as Nashville or Memphis though.

I can agree with Louisville being fringe Southern. To me it is Southern, but I can see some Midwestern influences. The thing that makes Louisville seem more Midwestern is the fact that many in the city don’t like to be associated with Kentucky. Go east a little to Lexington and you know you are definitely in the South. Lexington is a much more Southern city than Louisville.

The Ohio River is a transition zone about 20 miles North or South if it.

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by KY_Transplant

I can agree with Louisville being fringe Southern. To me it is Southern, but I can see some Midwestern influences. The thing that makes Louisville seem more Midwestern is the fact that many in the city don’t like to be associated with Kentucky. Go east a little to Lexington and you know you are definitely in the South. Lexington is a much more Southern city than Louisville.

The Ohio River is a transition zone about 20 miles North or South if it.

Yea and you can run that thru Missouri too. Except about 15 miles north of highway 60 that transition zone begins and runs up to central MO. When you get about 15 miles north of highway 60 on south it's dixie in MO.

In most areas of MO the transition zone is much over 20 miles though and not as sharp as it is in the Ohio Valley.

[PinkRabbit]

I think even Ohio is too far east to be called midwest.