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I think of the Houston Rodeo as being a bigger country music event than anything in Austin, but I agree, I don't associate any of the major cities with country.
"Texas country" is a thing and it has fans across the state, but even there it is an indie scene, not anything mainstream. It's also openly hostile towards and fairly distinct from "Nashville" country, so I'm not sure how much of a proof of southerness that is.
Football, yes, but I don't think native Austinites speak with a twang at all. We do say ya'll, but that's about it. College football is also huge in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, etc... The most similar school to UT from a football fan culture perspective is probably Michigan.
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Maybe an easy way to determine what genres are most popular would be to look at the most popular radio stations in each:
Top 5 FM radio stations in each market as follows:
Dallas/Fort Worth:
KHKS - Top 40
KLTY - Adult Contemporary
KPLX - Country
KZPS - Classic Rock
KLUV - Classic Hits (Album Music)
New Orleans:
WQUE - Urban
WYLD - Urban Adult Contemporary
WNOE - Country
WEZB - Top 40
WRNO - Conservative News/Talk
Based on that sampling, any trends?
I did notice Houston is the only top 30 market in the US with an Active Rock format in the top 5 stations. Interesting...
That's certainly a way to do it, but we also have to account for the # of stations right? Any chance Houston or Nashville have more country stations than New Orleans?
The "conservative talk radio station" is the station that carries UNC sports, so there's that. It's kind of ironic since the "liberal talk radio station" on the list is hosted by UNC.
Baltimore, no contest. It's basically a Northeastern city that happens to be below the Mason-Dixon line, though with some more southern undertones than in a real NE city like Philadelphia or Boston. It's not even in the Bible Belt FCOL. It has the built-up form of a rust belt city that focuses on density and not leapfrogging sprawl. Norfolk's southerness is diluted by its military industrial complex and is closer to most Northeastern states than it is to many deep south states. Raleigh is closer to Austin's level of southerness, but of course has tons of non-southern transplants as well and never had a big tobacco/textile industry like Greensboro/Winston-Salem did, and there's even an NHL team there as well. Baton Rouge is probably the closest to Austin's level, but its recently been invaded by New Orleans refugees post-Katrina, a city that has demographics that are quite different from most of the south. You'll see that larger cities land lower on the list since they tend to be more connected with the happenings of the rest of the country then a lot of the smaller cities do.
That said Austin still has a considerable amount of country music fans, which is obviously southern in origin. It doesn't have any major pro sports, and it is literally is located in the "south" of the U.S., so that has to count for something. It's just far enough east to have most of the flora of the southeast growable, unlike west TX. And ACL is unsuitably a music show associated with the south. It's just liberal for the south like New Orleans and Atlanta.
Baton Rogue is closer to Austin in what way? Lol Baton Rogue is miles ahead of Austin in the southern department. Their not even in the same tier. And while there’s no place like New Orleans in the South, New Orleans culturally is much more connected to the south than Austin so the influx of New Orleans people in Baton Rogue wouldn’t dilute its southerness.
Baton Rogue is closer to Austin in what way? Lol Baton Rogue is miles ahead of Austin in the southern department. Their not even in the same tier. And while there’s no place like New Orleans in the South, New Orleans culturally is much more connected to the south than Austin so the influx of New Orleans people in Baton Rogue wouldn’t dilute its southerness.
I think Houston is a resemblance of a few southern subcultures, states, and cities. The southeast side and Galveston County are very reminiscent of Orlando; Baybrook Mall looks like The Florida Mall. The east side looks like Lake Charles. The northeast and north sides remind me of Hammond/Slidell area, Mobile, and Tallahassee. The Woodlands and Montgomery County remind me a lot of the Piedmont region. The city center is a mix of Metairie, Tampa, and Atlanta. Pearland and Sugar Land remind me of the South Florida suburbs. The Katy Prairie and Richmond reminds me of the northern Dallas suburbs with a hint of Acadiana. Of course, the hoods feel like typical hoods in the south; Fourth Ward feels just like a New Orleans ward.
It’s crazy how each side of the area feels very different from each other.
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