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

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from upstate NY, and when I moved to DC twenty years ago I never thought I was moving to the "south." The south to me is Dixie... the Carolinas, Georgia, etc. DC to me (even before I moved here) was always the Mid-Atlantic and kind of set apart. But I always see people on DCUM stating that DC is the south. It's not the south, geographically or culturally. And remember, DC was the capital of the Union during the civil war.

Why do you think it's the south, northerners?

I'm a Native Washingtonian and if you don't recognize this for the small southern town it is, you don't know where you are.

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Anonymous wrote:One inch of snow and there's a two hour school delay (surprisingly not closed for the day). No self-respecting northern city would delay school because of a mere dusting like this.

No northern city would fail to plow like this whole area seems to have, either.

Actually, IME a one inch snow event does not trigger an all-plow alert. You just drive in it. Now I think we have more than one inch here- it was pushing 3 inches in northern Silver Spring- but even during bigger events in the snow belt roads are still messy. The plows can't always keep up with it. People just learn to drive in it. I am a transplant who is NOT a good winter driver- far from it- and was glad I could walk to the metro this morning. I just dispute the notion that because northern cities have more plows, their roads are pristine all winter long. Not true.

Not pristine, no - but they get out there and CLEAR it when conditions so warrant.

Here, they just watch it and warn people about poor driving conditions. Then eventually, after it stops snowing, they plow.

No wonder everything shuts down.

+1000

Bunch of idiots.

Southern idiots.

I don't think this part of the thread has been settled.

I think this morning's (non-)response to snow settles it.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from LA, DC is not the South. No "actual" Southerner would ever call it that. Most would look at you weirdly for even suggesting it!

This.

Ha! I had to read this through about five times before I realized that this wasn't actually someone from Los Angeles claiming an informed opinion on what is and is not the South.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One inch of snow and there's a two hour school delay (surprisingly not closed for the day). No self-respecting northern city would delay school because of a mere dusting like this.

DC Public Schools are open today. No delay. So does that settle the debate? Northern? Perhaps North surrounded by South since VA and MD all closed or had delays?