Current Events > I find "Florida isn't really the South" to be odd.

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than again people seem to only think economically depressed rural areas of the South that are comically right wing are the only "true" representative examples of the South allowed, and of course the region's culture hasn't evolved at all post civil rights era.
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Florida definitely is the South both geographically and culturally.

From strictly a cultural standpoint however I would say we're less southern than places like Georgia and Alabama
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I think it's just an acknowledgment of the ways in which south Florida in particular is wildly different from the more stereotypical south; it's populated by old northerners and Caribbean immigrants.
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*looks at map*

Well, I'd say it's situated more SE than S.
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Florida is so bad that the South doesn't want nothing to do with them.
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Antifar posted...

I think it's just an acknowledgment of the ways in which south Florida in particular is wildly different from the more stereotypical south; it's populated by old northerners and Caribbean immigrants.

to be fair megapolises tend to be way different culturally relative to the rest of it's state, be it NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, etc, they tend to have more left leaning pockets , have much higher recent immigrant populations, and trend towards more transient populations from the region/migrants from other subsections of the country.
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Hmmm, I mean its politics aren't the same as other southern states so I get that claim. I dunno that I care what you want to call it, though
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Isn't mostly the panhandle and Northern Florida that's redneck
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I feel like south Florida is more of an extension of the Caribbean, than it is part of of the south
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Not sure if I've ever heard someone say Florida wasn't part of the south.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Not sure if I've ever heard someone say Florida wasn't part of the south.

it's definitely a thing that people say sometimes
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Not sure if I've ever heard someone say Florida wasn't part of the south.

I definitely have, but people are weird about their regionalism. When I lived in D.C., I met a lot of people (from the Upper South, like Virginia and North Carolina) who didn't consider me a southerner even though I'm from Arkansas.
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The Panhandle is definitely the south
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it's mostly just South Florida

the panhandle and northern Florida are definitely still "the south"
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The old line is "Florida, where the more north you go, the further south you get."
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Balrog0 posted...

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Not sure if I've ever heard someone say Florida wasn't part of the south.

I definitely have, but people are weird about their regionalism. When I lived in D.C., I met a lot of people (from the Upper South, like Virginia and North Carolina) who didn't consider me a southerner even though I'm from Arkansas.

lol this made me laugh because a lot of folk from the Lower South consider VA and NC to be Southern lite, go figure.
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I think a big part of it is that when most of the rest of the nation thinks of the Florida they think of the super-touristy parts like Orlando (which from a tourist perspective is mostly just theme parks), Miami, or the tropical resort areas. Those areas definitely aren't culturally "southern", as most people think of them. Also Florida's huge population of transplants dulls out any sort of accent and dilutes a lot of the culture from the native Floridians.
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Even central Florida is pretty south. When I lived there I saw a lot of confederate flags and casual racism
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Florida is like the most southern state of all in every regard.
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Villain posted...

Even central Florida is pretty south. When I lived there I saw a lot of confederate flags and casual racism

You one of those people that think the south is 100% racist white people? Hilarious.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Villain posted...

Even central Florida is pretty south. When I lived there I saw a lot of confederate flags and casual racism

You one of those people that think the south is 100% racist white people? Hilarious.

Wow did you drop out of high school or something?
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Yeah but the midwest really isn't the midwest, is it?
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Antifar posted...

The old line is "Florida, where the more north you go, the further south you get."

This, pretty much.

coolboy11 posted...

lol this made me laugh because a lot of folk from the Lower South consider VA and NC to be Southern lite, go figure.

oh yeah, the feeling was entirely mutual I assure you

not really, we playfully gave each other shit though
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"South end" usually refers to one's asshole, but Florida is actually America's wang, so...
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Florida is a turd you gotta shake to get it to fall
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The panhandle might as well be south Alabama. When you cross the state border there is no difference. Even in the southern part there are rednecks and/or typical southen culture. I never got why people say that.
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