Upper South vs Deep South.... (economy, food, accent, state)

[ajf131]

Originally Posted by holloway1010

Well people say Texas is not the deep south, and Louisiana is much more like Texas than Mississippi and Alabama. Louisiana and Texas are South Central. Why are you attacking me saying Louisiana is not the deep South. There are people on here saying that Florida is not even part of the South, and it's deeper than Louisiana. I've lived in Louisiana nearly all of my life, I would know. As far as what it does not have to be considered part of the deep South. Well first of all it is predominantly Catholic, while the rest of the "deep South" is predominantly Protestant. Second, Louisiana is of predominantly French and Creole Heritage, something than is also not so in the "deep South" states.

I guess you do have a point, given it does border TExas. I guess yea Louisiana is a bit different from Mississippi. But it is certainly more Southern than Texas, IMO and i would always include Louisiana in the South.

[mpope409]

Would this thread just so happen to be another way to argue about which states are southern and which ones aren't?

[Leana76]

I'm from the Piney Woods and Gulf Coast area of southeast Texas, just 23 miles from Louisiana. It's deeeeeeep south there (crawfish, gators, shrimp, lots of lakes, rivers, and the ocean of the Gulf of Mexico).

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by Leana76

I'm from the Piney Woods and Gulf Coast area of southeast Texas, just 23 miles from Louisiana. It's deeeeeeep south there (crawfish, gators, shrimp, lots of lakes, rivers, and the ocean of the Gulf of Mexico).

Tell that to Vasinger.

[vasinger]

Originally Posted by mpope409

Tell that to Vasinger.

Oh, Mpope. If you say you're from the South, then I believe you. At least you were born in the South.

[vasinger]

Originally Posted by M TYPE X

The DC and Hampton Roads areas are Maryland/New Jersey placed farther south. Inland Virginia would fit the Southern bill, i.e. Charlottesville or Roanoke.

DC area, I would agree.

Not so much Hampton Roads. Its basically just military there. And its way too much like the Carolina coast in terms of heat and humidity. You'll find palm trees even in VA Beach.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by vasinger

At least you were born in the South.

Who told you that?

[Leana76]

Originally Posted by vasinger

I'm a Virginian and I have been to the Deeper South- Georgia and South Carolina- and I felt right at home.


I didn't really notice any big change at all. Their voices, mannerisms, and way of doing things all felt familiar to my native Virginia.

In fact, I probably would be more at home there than I ever would in Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, which are actually slightly closer to where I live.

Go to where I'm originally from. That's Deeeeeeep South, more deeper than Virginia. Read mine...

[Nunyabiz86]

Excluding the actual beach areas, the Florida panhandle is most definitely part of the "deep South". Plenty of spanish moss and southern culture.

[green_mariner]

To me there are three Souths: Deep South, Upper South, and New South.
Deep South:Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans(the Old South)
Upper South: Kentucky, Tennessee, anywhere in Appalachia.
New South: Atlanta metro, The North Carolina Triangle, Northern VA, Florida(technically, by location).