More Southern State: Texas or Florida (living, largest, compare, America)

[Spade]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

You really don't read too well, do you?

Here's 1987. TX and FL are both within the boundary.

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atla...ap/NatMap2.GIF

Here's 2006. South Florida is no longer within the boundary.

http://laits.utexas.edu/texas_english/LAB2006map.jpg

Apparently you don't and I see you choose to ignore other people's findings very well. Par for the course of arrogant individuals.

Edit* And both of those maps are from different peoples. The differences prove nothing.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

And yep, don't forget that its (our) schools are affiliated with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

But that doesn't matter. No facts matter.

Fewer Floridians identify as southerners.

Spade's Response: So what? It's still more southern. Besides, I don't trust polls. I trust my gut. Like my good friend Dubya.

Florida is more ideologically similar to Pennsylvania. Texas is most similar to South Carolina.

Spade's Response: F*ck polls. Since when did conservatism define the Deep South?

Texas has way more Evangelicals than Florida.

Spade's Response: And? We have a ton of Mexicans. They're Catholics. Besides, since when has conservatism been a feature of the Deep South?

Texas produces more cotton than many southern states combined.

Spade's Response: When has the Deep South ever been associated with cotton?

The vast majority of Texas falls within the southern dialect boundary according to the world's most extensive linguistics study.

Spade's Response: So what? I found some maps on blogs that say different. I don't put any stock into what these clowns say anyway.

That's the gist of it.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by Spade

Apparently you don't and I see you choose to ignore other people's findings very well. Par for the course of arrogant individuals.

Edit* And both of those maps are from different peoples. The differences prove nothing.

So I have a question for you. You live in Washington, DC, right? Is that more or less southern than Texas? They are both in the South.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

So I have a question for you. You live in Washington, DC, right? Is that more or less southern than Texas? They are both in the South.

Less and always believed that but let's not bring up other places in this thread.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

But that doesn't matter. No facts matter.

Fewer Floridians identify as southerners.

Spade's Response: So what? It's still more southern. Besides, I don't trust polls. I trust my gut. Like my good friend Dubya.

Florida is more ideologically similar to Pennsylvania. Texas is most similar to South Carolina.

Spade's Response: F*ck polls. Since when did conservatism define the Deep South?

Texas has way more Evangelicals than Florida.

Spade's Response: And? We have a ton of Mexicans. They're Catholics. Besides, since when has conservatism been a feature of the Deep South?

Texas produces more cotton than many southern states combined.

Spade's Response: When has the Deep South ever been associated with cotton?

The vast majority of Texas falls within the southern dialect boundary according to the world's most extensive linguistics study.

Spade's Response: So what? I found some maps on blogs that say different. I don't put any stock into what these clowns say anyway.

That's the gist of it.

So you're resorting to become a lame now? Never made any sort of point in bold.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by Spade

Less and always believed that but let's not bring up other places in this thread.

But why? It's in the South. What makes it less southern than Texas (in a cultural sense)?

[sweat209]

Originally Posted by sweat209

Better thread different reply What is More Southern State: Texas country and town vs Florida country and town.

Than what is More Southern State: Texas cities vs Florida cities.

different reply to the thread different answers

Originally Posted by Spade

We took care of that earlier in the thread.

Well I will have other members say more about this is but from what I understand and see being there.


What is More Southern State: Texas country and town vs Florida country and town.

The same.

what is More Southern State: Texas cities vs Florida cities.

Texas cities way over Florida cities.

Not only do I hear more southern accents in Texas cities but even how the city looks. Like Fort Worth ,Dallas and Houston.

The southern accents is more a taboo in Florida where in Texas they like this is the way we do it here.

I hear more southern accents in Fort Worth ,Dallas and Houston than any city in Florida.There southern accents is even stronger.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

No, it's not like New Mexico because New Mexico doesn't have a non-Hispanic White population that's majority Southern Baptist.

What you're doing is cherrypicking a small part of the state that's similar to another state and then making the argument that the states as a whole are similar. That's like plucking out Austin and then saying that Texas has a whole lot in common with Washington as a whole. Or plucking out Atlanta proper and saying that Georgia has a whole lot in common with Maryland as a whole.

isn't that essentially what happens when you compare urban areas of Florida to northern states?

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by polo89

Yeah, this might make more sense. Even polls TexasReb posted, seem to point to the fact that most Texans don't consider where they live to be the South, than most other Southern states, save for Florida.

How in the world do you come by that, Polo?

[Spade]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

But why? It's in the South. What makes it less southern than Texas (in a cultural sense)?

Research for yourself. Won't discuss it in this thread.