Define the Deep South... (1 Viewer)

[fantasycurse42]

I'm not looking for a Wiki answer here, more so what comes to mind when you think of the deep south, and which states would you associate with this?

 

[Parrothead]

SEC

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Alabama, Mississippi, Southern half of Georgia, Northern Florida and panhandle, and Louisiana.

 

[NREC34]

Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia SC and Florida

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

Columbia

 

[eoMMan]

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[TenTimes]

Does the deep south penetrate Texas?

 

[Bucky86]

#######s

 

[jb1020]

Louisiana is debatable...New Orleans is 2.5 hours away from me and that's a different world.

 

[sbonomo]

red neck, bible belt, government assistance....oh, were you looking for states or attributes?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Everything west and south of Philly.

 

[wikkidpissah]

xenophobia

 

[Mr. Ected]

Good Food.

 

[Rick James]

Georgia

Alabama

South Carolina

Tennessee

North Carolina

Mississippi

Southern Kentucky

Northern Florida

Louisiana

 

[Scoresman]

72 Camaro parked on the lawn.

 

[Scoresman]

Third world country if the rest of the US wasn't carrying it.

 

[AAABatteries]

Most of the State - Alabama, Mississippi

Good portion of the State - Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana

Some of the State - Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina

 

[joffer]

not Oklahoma

 

[beer 30]

Chester, SC

 

[Fennis]

If your house has wheels but your car doesn't, you might be in the Deep South

If you think "loading the dishwasher" means getting your wife drunk you might be in the Deep South.

If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a six pack you might be in the Deep South.

 

[Fennis]

Snuffy Smith is your neighbor

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Alabama, Mississippi, Southern half of Georgia, Northern Florida and panhandle, and Louisiana.

I would mostly agree with this, though I am not sure about Louisiana.

The key is the word "deep".

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

How about any state where at least 30% of the people claim that flying the "Confederate" flag (in any form) is about "heritage".

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Georgia

Alabama

South Carolina

Tennessee

North Carolina

Mississippi

Southern Kentucky

Northern Florida

Louisiana

That's just the South.

 

[Jayrod]

Dirty

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Does the deep south penetrate Texas?

East Texas is definitely The South, but not the Deep South.

 

[GregR]

Anything east of Louisiana and south of Tennessee.

On the fence about North Carolina.

Edit: Also, agree that not all of Florida applies.

 

[Scoresman]

any state where the average number of teeth per mouth is roughly equal to the number of children per household.

 

[FUBAR]

King, Atchafalaya, Ozark, Mammoth, Columbia, Blue Ridge, Eastern Big Thicket.

 

[Gawain]

Staten island

 

[MC Gas Money]

Every dish has pork in it

Teeth are formal wear

 

[Tennessee_ATO]

Florida north of Orlando; all of: Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas; Louisiana north of the delta; the southeast corner of Missouri; Tennessee from the northern flow of the Tennessee River west. East Texas probably has some areas, but I don't know that area well enough.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Georgia, SC, NC, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana for sure. I think Virginia south of Fredericksburg is and Tennessee and probably Kentucky qualifies too. I don't consider Florida the deep south. That's half New York located in the south.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Does the deep south penetrate Texas?

Texas is opposed to same state penetration.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Does the deep south penetrate Texas?

Texas is opposed to same state penetration.

You are a resident of the deepest deep South. Please educate us.

 

[Christo]

not Oklahoma

/thread

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

Is the Deep South the same as the Dirty South?

 

[NREC34]

Kentucky wouldn't be in what I would consider the Deep South. Blizzards don't happen in the Deep South. Maybe culturally them and NC might kind of fit but there is more to it than that (to me).

 

[FUBAR]

Kentucky wouldn't be in what I would consider the Deep South. Blizzards don't happen in the Deep South. Maybe culturally them and NC might kind of fit but there is more to it than that (to me).

Deep south, red neck and Nascar are a venn diagram

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I'm not looking for a Wiki answer here, more so what comes to mind when you think of the deep south, and which states would you associate with this?

Basically the Gulf States, plus Georgia and South Carolina. I think maybe they were the original Confederacy?

 

[rustycolts]

New Orleans is 2 feet below sea level that's pretty deep.

 

[PIK95]

Hee haw!

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I think another question is what is the "Mid South"?

 

[MC Gas Money]

I think another question is what is the "Mid South"?

A wrestling promotion

 

[Leviathan]

I've only been to Houston and thought it was awesome.

Not sure if that qualifies as the "Deep South", though.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Anything east of Louisiana and south of Tennessee.

On the fence about North Carolina.

Edit: Also, agree that not all of Florida applies.

Yeah, the deep south stops around Ocala.

 

[The Ref]

We have an expression in Palm Beach County Florida. "You have to go north to go south".

 

[Christo]

I've only been to Houston and thought it was awesome.

Not sure if that qualifies as the "Deep South", though.

I don't see how a place that's 43% Hispanic/Latino could be considered the Deep South.

 

[Mister CIA]

My

Mississippi/Alabama is the dirty south, which I believe is the core of the deep south.

Extending outward, the deep south includes sections of Louisiana along the MS border, as well as an enlarged southeastern Tennessee quadrant (to include Nashville and Knoxville), Georgia, South Carolina and the Florida panhandle.

North Carolina is a mixed bagged. Lots of historical links to the deep south, but really I think they are better identified as the southern portion of the mid-Atlantic region. I'm guessing Jesse Helms could not win an election today.

East Texas - Once upon a time I would have lumped them in with the south, but I think they are more culturally aligned with Arkansas, Missouri, Memphis, northern LA, southern MO. "Southern compatible."

South Louisiana - a world unto itself with southern sympathies.

Texas - a state of many personalities - Links to south Louisiana, the Midwestern bilge, Mexico, the American southwest and the great plains; and that whole deep in the heart of Texas vibe.

Oklahoma - Where the Midwest turns into the west.

 

[Leviathan]

I've only been to Houston and thought it was awesome.

Not sure if that qualifies as the "Deep South", though.

I don't see how a place that's 43% Hispanic/Latino could be considered the Deep South.

That's why I included "not sure". That being said, it is further south than Montgomery, Alabama....so there!