Is Miami a Southern city? (Palm Beach: live in, horse, rating)

[john_starks]

yeah, sure its southern. its south of the n. american continent

[DANNYY]

Yes, it's in the south.

It's culture is something else, but it's southern.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by InsaneTraveler

Dallas and Houston do indeed offer more than Southern culture, but the point is that they do have Southern culture. Miami has NO southern culture. Outside of the Florida Heartland, there is not much southern culture south of Orlando.

That's very incorrect. Its areas in the Miami metropolitan area that are as southern as areas in Houston and Dallas.

[Metro Matt]

Southern in the sense of what? Culture? Geographic location? Please try to be more specific next time.

Capeesh?

[john_starks]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

That's very incorrect. Its areas in the Miami metropolitan area that are as southern as areas in Houston and Dallas.

i agree, its a bizarre mix. i remember us going into miami city to shop and we were starving. the closest restaurant was "bubba gumps"? we had no idea wtf that was. i knew it was a reference to forrest gump but....when i was in there i felt like i was in alabama.

[Colts]

Of course Miami is southern. Why wouldn't it be?

Honestly, I think a lot of people are ashamed of the South, and that fuels a lot of these threads.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Colts

Of course Miami is southern. Why wouldn't it be?

Honestly, I think a lot of people are ashamed of the South, and that fuels a lot of these threads.

Agreed. People act like it's the worst thing ever to be considered southern.

[theATLien]

Yeah, I always wondered that what is southern culture?

Their is a southern accent, but it varies from the gullah language of South Carolina/ Savannah, New Orleans/Lousiana creole, appalachian mountain, accent to the Texas accent, etc

The food is varied from the cajun, low country boil, soul food, bbq, tex-mex, and texas steak

Also architecture varies...

What determines southern culture?

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

SIGHS....simple answer NO!

[BergenCountyJohnny]

Originally Posted by theATLien

Yeah, I always wondered that what is southern culture?

Their is a southern accent, but it varies from the gullah language of South Carolina/ Savannah, New Orleans/Lousiana creole, appalachian mountain, accent to the Texas accent, etc

The food is varied from the cajun, low country boil, soul food, bbq, tex-mex, and texas steak

Also architecture varies...

What determines southern culture?

Culture of the Southern United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That should help you to understand it better. Also, note the following passage in that wiki entry:

Florida is a unique situation. There is a popular saying in Florida that "The North is in the South, and the South is in the North." This refers to the vast cultural difference between peoples of North and South Florida. Despite being the most geographically southeastern state, it has experienced such rapid population growth from regions outside of the traditional South that it is sometimes no longer considered to be "culturally Southern" in some areas (especially true of South Florida). However, this depends on the area of the state. For example, while the culturally-Southern Florida Panhandle counts for only 7% of the state's population, largely non-Southern South Florida accounts for a full third of the state's population, with Miami-Dade County (where a majority of residents were born outside of the United States) alone having approximately twice as many residents as the entire Panhandle.