"My first time north of the Mason-Dixon Line..."

[sojourner]

Having visited most of the states (excepting a few of those big square ones towards the upper middle) and coming from Florida, I'll add a couple observations I have made.

West Virgina is the most northern state that feels like a southern state. Some real good ole boys up in them hills.

Florida is the most northern feeling state in the south. Given a chance, most people here wouldn't realize Florida was ever part of the confederacy.

The slow service thing is not so much tied to the states as it seems tied to the latittude. If you think service is slow in the southern states, go to the Caribbean or central america. Wow, talk about slow!

 

[B.J.]

^I've heard that people in the Caribbean refer to their pace as "island time". They're not slow, they just don't understand what all the rush is about.

And I agree with you about Florida. It's like a part of New England that broke off, floated down and reattached itself!

 

[mimic]

I have no problem with the south with one exception. It contains the most annoying conference in football - the SEC. If I hear one more 'expert' talk about 'SEC speed' I will probably throw my remote at my television and break it, which would be a great shame. Although lately the experts have more of a hard-on for UF than anything else...

It is amusing though that the usual stereotype is that south = slow paced and north = fast paced, but the opposite is true for football.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I have no problem with the south with one exception. It contains the most annoying conference in football - the SEC. If I hear one more 'expert' talk about 'SEC speed' I will probably throw my remote at my television and break it, which would be a great shame. Although lately the experts have more of a hard-on for UF than anything else...

It is amusing though that the usual stereotype is that south = slow paced and north = fast paced, but the opposite is true for football.

Sorry about that...guess you guys will just have to learn to keep up.

 

[FrontLine]

Florida is the most northern feeling state in the south. Given a chance, most people here wouldn't realize Florida was ever part of the confederacy.

That depends on what part of the State you are in. In Southern FL, but especially SE FL your observation is true. North Florida and thats very much considered to be part of 'The South". Central Florida serves as a cultural bridge between the two blending all facets.

I have no problem with the south with one exception. It contains the most annoying conference in football - the SEC. If I hear one more 'expert' talk about 'SEC speed' I will probably throw my remote at my television and break it, which would be a great shame. Although lately the experts have more of a hard-on for UF than anything else...

It is amusing though that the usual stereotype is that south = slow paced and north = fast paced, but the opposite is true for football.

Misc Mods, why is this blasphemer not yet banned from the board?

 

[nevermore]

My buddy lives in a town out in "DelMarVa" ( I get that right?)

Well, technically, it's "on" the Delmarva (Peninsula).

Holy shit some of those people think they're in the deep south and that I'm from outer fucking space when I tell them I'm from NYC.

him:"Shit son, yous done come a long ways"

me: "Not really, it's only a few hundred miles away"

him: "I can tell you ain't from here"

me: "No, I'm not, but it's nice to meet you"

him: "Well, I don't know bout you city folk, I'm suspicious, Anyway, what you want?"

me: "Bro, can I get 2 cases of the .45 cal ammo and a case of budweiser?"

him: "Shit, you alright in my book"

me: "Thank you sir"

The northeast, mid-atlantic, southeast divide is honestly the best one, but, if you drive through northern Maryland, there are places where you're convinced the mason-dixon line is still the correct north-south divide (then you get to Baltimore or DC and you realize that it's not really much different than New York or Philadelphia). Delaware has its own arbitrary line where people above it can look snobbishly towards people below it.

There's no doubt that wherever these lines are, they're generally just stereotypes and, either way, are gradually moving south.

My buddy lives in a town out in "DelMarVa" ( I get that right?) Holy shit some of those people think they're in the deep south and that I'm from outer fucking space when I tell them I'm from NYC.

him:"Shit son, yous done come a long ways"

me: "Not really, it's only a few hundred miles away"

him: "I can tell you ain't from here"

me: "No, I'm not, but it's nice to meet you"

him: "Well, I don't know bout you city folk, I'm suspicious, Anyway, what you want?"

me: "Bro, can I get 2 cases of the .45 cal ammo and a case of budweiser?"

him: "Shit, you alright in my book"

me: "Thank you sir"

Crisfield?

Yeah, Delmarva is about as slower-lower as you can get and still be in Delaware. I'm just playing into stereotypes, but I honestly think there are pockets of Maryland, Delaware, and, to be honest, central PA, that have more in common with West Virginia than they do with Washington DC.

Ayup. Charles, Northern Carroll and Fredrick counties in MD and pretty much all of the Eastern Shore between the foot of a the Bay Bridge and Ocean City. When I was doing community organizing, I canvassed houses actually flying the Confederate flag in Fredneck. Well, I didn't actually bother canvassing them, but I saw them.

Eastern Shore people are mostly pretty cool, but it's really a different world. I mean, they were pretty much cut off from the rest of the state until the Bay Bridge was built in the 50's. It's changing rapidly though. Lots of city slickers moving out there for the relatively cheap waterfront....

 

[nevermore]

My buddy lives in a town out in "DelMarVa" ( I get that right?)

Well, technically, it's "on" the Delmarva (Peninsula).

Holy shit some of those people think they're in the deep south and that I'm from outer fucking space when I tell them I'm from NYC.

him:"Shit son, yous done come a long ways"

me: "Not really, it's only a few hundred miles away"

him: "I can tell you ain't from here"

me: "No, I'm not, but it's nice to meet you"

him: "Well, I don't know bout you city folk, I'm suspicious, Anyway, what you want?"

me: "Bro, can I get 2 cases of the .45 cal ammo and a case of budweiser?"

him: "Shit, you alright in my book"

me: "Thank you sir"

Crisfield?

Yeah, Delmarva is about as slower-lower as you can get and still be in Delaware. I'm just playing into stereotypes, but I honestly think there are pockets of Maryland, Delaware, and, to be honest, central PA, that have more in common with West Virginia than they do with Washington DC.

Ayup. Charles, Northern Carroll and Frederick counties in MD and pretty much all of the Eastern Shore between the foot of a the Bay Bridge and Ocean City. When I was doing community organizing, I canvassed houses actually flying the Confederate flag in Fredneck. Well, I didn't actually bother canvassing them, but I saw them.

Eastern Shore people are mostly pretty cool, but it's really a different world. I mean, they were pretty much cut off from the rest of the state until the Bay Bridge was built in the 50's. It's changing rapidly though. Lots of city slickers moving out there for the relatively cheap waterfront....