Where does Virginia begin to feel ‘Southern’?

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Anonymous wrote:Every time I see people saying the south is so much more racist than the north, I think of that Nice White Parents podcast where they talk about the fact that people in NYC always say the south is so racist and they're so much more progressive yet their schools are more segregated than anywhere else in the entire country.

because it's about $$ not about skin color. I'm a nonwhite person who lived in a very white, rich area. I noticed how non diverse that area was given that I grew up in an area where white people were the minority.

Wealthy areas that have very little diversity are that way due to wealth and SES, not because of racism.

Ummm...and why do the white people in those areas have wealth and a higher SES that allows them to segregate themselves?

Thank you!

P PP, you identify yourself as a nonwhite person. I’m sure you are aware that not all “nonwhite” people have similar histories or similar experiences. I’ll stop there and let you pondering that a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prince William county. The confederate flags start showing up on trucks around Woodbridge.

Prince William County is not at all southern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ditto PW county answer.

You people are delusional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

People with a thick accent - of any variety - are perceived as less educated.

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Anonymous wrote:Anywhere except the NOVA area except for pockets like university towns.

What exactly is NOVA? Prince William is most definitely southern and so is like the southern half of Fairfax County. So if you’re only counting Arlington, Alexandria, and like Mclean and Falls Church as NOVA, then fine.

I’m convinced that people are just talking out of there asses here and are going on way outdated stereotypes. I live and work in PWC, it’s not at all southern. I’ve never seen a confederate flag around here. Every once in a blue moon, I see a blue lives matter bumper sticker on the back of a truck, but that’s about it.

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Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

People with a thick accent - of any variety - are perceived as less educated.

So sad that you view those who don't speak like you in that way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every time I see people saying the south is so much more racist than the north, I think of that Nice White Parents podcast where they talk about the fact that people in NYC always say the south is so racist and they're so much more progressive yet their schools are more segregated than anywhere else in the entire country.

because it's about $$ not about skin color. I'm a nonwhite person who lived in a very white, rich area. I noticed how non diverse that area was given that I grew up in an area where white people were the minority.

Wealthy areas that have very little diversity are that way due to wealth and SES, not because of racism.

Ummm...and why do the white people in those areas have wealth and a higher SES that allows them to segregate themselves?

Thank you!

P PP, you identify yourself as a nonwhite person. I’m sure you are aware that not all “nonwhite” people have similar histories or similar experiences. I’ll stop there and let you pondering that a bit.

um yea, but you realize that *today* they are not segregating themselves because of race but because of SES.

Also, I grew up lower income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

People with a thick accent - of any variety - are perceived as less educated.

So sad that you view those who don't speak like you in that way.

Dp.. there are definitely accents that come across as uneducated. This applies to every country.

My spouse is from the UK. Certain accents in the UK do have a stereotype of being uneducated. Those accents tend to be quite strong.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

People with a thick accent - of any variety - are perceived as less educated.

So sad that you view those who don't speak like you in that way.

I didn’t say that. I just said that is the perception.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

dp.. I hate DT, but I don't notice a strong NY accent from him. He was educated in a private school; his father was wealthy. They don't generally have a strong NY accent.

[Anonymous]

Anything more than 45 min S or SW of DC

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People with southern accents are so stupid.

Donald Trump sounds so intelligent with his New York accent.

dp.. I hate DT, but I don't notice a strong NY accent from him. He was educated in a private school; his father was wealthy. They don't generally have a strong NY accent.

He grew up in Queens. Yuge accent.

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Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a lot of confusion here between what is rural and what is Southern.

Rural Virginia= Southern , if it’s rural, that means it retained its original settlers without much influence from transplants or urbanization. All of Virginia is historically southern, unless there has been mass urbanization or migrants flocking there. I graduated from Loudoun County High School in Leesburg, and some of the kids and teachers there had southern accents. When I went to DC’s teacher parent meeting, the teacher there had a southern accent, as did the parents. In Leesburg (northern towards Lucketts), right next to the Potomax River, where it is still relatively rural and untouched.

There’s really not difference between rural Virginia and rural Pennsylvania.

The people who settled there are different. The people who live in rural Pennsylvania are desecendents of Quakers, whereas the people who live in rural Virginia settled for the fertile land. The people who live in rural Virtinia were likely slave owners centuries ago who came from the English Isles, where as Pennsylvania rurals have roots from all over Europe.

You have little understanding of how this country was settled or the waves of immigration. I suggest you stop by the Frontier Museum in Staunton to help you better understand.

As a Hoosier from southern Indiana, I can attest that were I grew up, clearly not the geographical south, is much more southern in culture than Northern Virginia. The southern part of Indiana was settled primarily by people from KY and TN. The culture and accent in northern Indiana is very different from southern Indiana and reflects the people from the upper midwest/Great Lakes who settled it. "Southern" is not just a geographic location.

https://www.frontiermuseum.org/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a lot of confusion here between what is rural and what is Southern.

Rural Virginia= Southern , if it’s rural, that means it retained its original settlers without much influence from transplants or urbanization. All of Virginia is historically southern, unless there has been mass urbanization or migrants flocking there. I graduated from Loudoun County High School in Leesburg, and some of the kids and teachers there had southern accents. When I went to DC’s teacher parent meeting, the teacher there had a southern accent, as did the parents. In Leesburg (northern towards Lucketts), right next to the Potomax River, where it is still relatively rural and untouched.

There’s really not difference between rural Virginia and rural Pennsylvania.

The people who settled there are different. The people who live in rural Pennsylvania are desecendents of Quakers, whereas the people who live in rural Virginia settled for the fertile land. The people who live in rural Virtinia were likely slave owners centuries ago who came from the English Isles, where as Pennsylvania rurals have roots from all over Europe.

You have little understanding of how this country was settled or the waves of immigration. I suggest you stop by the Frontier Museum in Staunton to help you better understand.

As a Hoosier from southern Indiana, I can attest that were I grew up, clearly not the geographical south, is much more southern in culture than Northern Virginia. The southern part of Indiana was settled primarily by people from KY and TN. The culture and accent in northern Indiana is very different from southern Indiana and reflects the people from the upper midwest/Great Lakes who settled it. "Southern" is not just a geographic location.

https://www.frontiermuseum.org/

PP was making accurate statements about settlers in PA. Nothing about IN.