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This is why I don't buy the Mason Dixon analogy! Southern culture exists in small towns in Delaware and Pennsylvania which are north of the Mason Dixon line.
OnE can argue about historically, and maybe even geographically. But, for all intensive purposes DC is Northeastern city. If DC were to be magically lifted up and thrown down somewhere it would fit in far better culturally in MA or NJ than in GA or TN.
Its a pretty gray area on how far one must go North before getting North. But most places I know of including my last job had regional recruiters and DC office covered the entire Northeastern United States. Only for that reason did I vote yes. Historically it is South but I think these days most places have their HQ in either Miami or Atlanta on the Southeast and then Washington D.C., Boston, Philly, or NYC for the Northeast.
OnE can argue about historically, and maybe even geographically. But, for all intensive purposes DC is Northeastern city. If DC were to be magically lifted up and thrown down somewhere it would fit in far better culturally in MA or NJ than in GA or TN.
HELLO!!! I totally agree.. The way of life in DC is definitely Northeastern....
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DC was established by George Washington to be a buffer city between the North and the South, it was traditionally southern, but at the time there were only 13 states, reaching only as far south as Georgia. In present day, that is no longer the case, the south goes further down.
Another thing was that, at the time it was established the only other city the south had was New Orleans, and even then it wasn't apart of the USA, it was a territory in the Louisiana purchase later on, so DC was considered southern, to keep southerners from revolting that the nations capital is in the north. (Philadelphia) That's what led to the establishment of DC, at the time Mary Land and Virgina were both considered southern states, Virginia was the most influential and largest southern state at the time, which made it a prime location for DC to be near.
However, if one were to look at DC today, they would say it's a Northeastern city, as it is apart of the BosWash corridor, and doesn't extend that far down into the south, and doesn't culturally appeal to the south as much as it once had in the past.
It's highly debatable, and to answer your question;
Yes, culturally it is a northeastern city more or less.
No, geographically it was established to be a southern "buffer" city.
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It seems funny to call MD southern when Half of the state is further north then Cape May, NJ
It was prior to the Civil War, it was most certainly a southern state. In fact it was the northernmost southern state.
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