s/o Why do people from the north think DC is the south?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:geographically it is in the south, but not culturally.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:geographically it is in the south, but not culturally.

This.

Wanna bet?

[Anonymous]

To go beyond JFK, DC has old timey Southern slowness and inefficiency yet no Southern manners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, because it is I know it's offensive to DCUMers, but you can't argue geography and history.

"Don't go mess in' yer pretty 'lil mind up wit' those pesky *FACTS* now, ya hear?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, because it is I know it's offensive to DCUMers, but you can't argue geography and history.

+1
Also, if you were not born and raised here, then your perspective as an outsider is going to be different. You can consider DC whatever you want, but most people who are native to this area will say they're from the south; not Deep South, but southern.

Count me in the number of people born and raised here who was never call it the South. I'd say mid-Atlantic. When you've actually been to the South, I don't see how you can say DC has the same vibe, even the DC of the 80's and 90's.

Because "the South" includes different regions with their own characteristics, maybe? It's still the South.

Y'all sound like it's the worst thing in the world to be from the South Tolerance, people, remember those pesky progressive values? Tolerance and acceptance

[Anonymous]

I'm from Ga and I don't consider DC or Nova to be the south. The culture definitely isn't southern either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cape May NJ is also south of the Mason-Dixon Line, for what it's worth.

The Mason-Dixon line was not a straightline drawn longitudinally. It was drawn along state lines. Delaware sits in between MD and NJ putting New Jersey comfortably above the Mason Dixon line.

[Anonymous]

DC and its surrounding suburbs have more of a northern feel to them in my opinion (I'm from New Jersey originally). Once you get into the outlying suburbs, including in Maryland, you start to see more of a southern vibe.

Therefore, I'd say if you're lumping DC, Maryland and Virginia together the best way to describe them would be Mid-Atlantic since they have been influenced and share traits with both the North and South.

I've been to the Deep South. Very different than DC. I've also been to New England, which is quite different. It sits in the middle. It's both.

[Anonymous]

Op------ Is there something bad about the south that you don't like and therefore don't want DC associated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC and its surrounding suburbs have more of a northern feel to them in my opinion (I'm from New Jersey originally). Once you get into the outlying suburbs, including in Maryland, you start to see more of a southern vibe.

Therefore, I'd say if you're lumping DC, Maryland and Virginia together the best way to describe them would be Mid-Atlantic since they have been influenced and share traits with both the North and South.

I've been to the Deep South. Very different than DC. I've also been to New England, which is quite different. It sits in the middle. It's both.

New Jersey is also considered Mid-Atlantic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Ga and I don't consider DC or Nova to be the south. The culture definitely isn't southern either.

+1. Though, NOVA was very southern back in the day, even Arlington. Probably started to change in the 70's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Ga and I don't consider DC or Nova to be the south. The culture definitely isn't southern either.

+1. Though, NOVA was very southern back in the day, even Arlington. Probably started to change in the 70's.

Ask anyone from here. If they are truthful, they will admit it.

PP, "southern" is considered backward and rude, since you asked. Especially the women, I don't know why. Maybe they are insecure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, because it is I know it's offensive to DCUMers, but you can't argue geography and history.

+1
Also, if you were not born and raised here, then your perspective as an outsider is going to be different. You can consider DC whatever you want, but most people who are native to this area will say they're from the south; not Deep South, but southern.

Count me in the number of people born and raised here who was never call it the South. I'd say mid-Atlantic. When you've actually been to the South, I don't see how you can say DC has the same vibe, even the DC of the 80's and 90's.

Because "the South" includes different regions with their own characteristics, maybe? It's still the South.

Y'all sound like it's the worst thing in the world to be from the South Tolerance, people, remember those pesky progressive values? Tolerance and acceptance

I feel like Southerners ask for this all the time on these threads. Ironic, really, since these are not generally attributes ascribed to the South, deep or not.

It certainly isn't the Deep South, but DC is still southern. You can't claim otherwise just because it doesn't feel as southern as Mississippi or Louisiana, or, god forbid, northern Florida.

[Anonymous]

The Mason Dixon line designation was made in the mid 18th Century. It is not relevant now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, because it is I know it's offensive to DCUMers, but you can't argue geography and history.

+1
Also, if you were not born and raised here, then your perspective as an outsider is going to be different. You can consider DC whatever you want, but most people who are native to this area will say they're from the south; not Deep South, but southern.

Count me in the number of people born and raised here who was never call it the South. I'd say mid-Atlantic. When you've actually been to the South, I don't see how you can say DC has the same vibe, even the DC of the 80's and 90's.

Because "the South" includes different regions with their own characteristics, maybe? It's still the South.

Y'all sound like it's the worst thing in the world to be from the South Tolerance, people, remember those pesky progressive values? Tolerance and acceptance

I feel like Southerners ask for this all the time on these threads. Ironic, really, since these are not generally attributes ascribed to the South, deep or not.

It certainly isn't the Deep South, but DC is still southern. You can't claim otherwise just because it doesn't feel as southern as Mississippi or Louisiana, or, god forbid, northern Florida.

Ever considered those who ask for it may practice what they preach? Ever considered setting a good example?