dchistory101 Wrote:
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> today's south Wrote:
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> > It is becoming fairly widely accepted that the
> > south starts at the Rappahanock River, at
> > Fredericksburg.
> >
> > If you've ever been in the south, you might
> agree
> > that DC has more in common with northern cities
> > like Philly and even new York, than it does
> with
> > southern cities, when it comes to attitudes and
> > types of people.
> >
> > The fact that DC might lie below the Mason
> Dixon
> > line has little relevance today. If in fact the
> > Mason Dixon line is the arbiter of where the
> south
> > starts, then the line needs to be "updated" and
> > moved south. Otherwise it is an antiquated,
> > irrelevant remnant of the past.
>
> No, technically the South is still the Mason Dixon
> line. However, I think that Baltimore is the end
> of the NE cities. DC is the start of the South.
> Northern Virginia is the South, whether people
> here want to admit it or not. I mean, c'mon Robert
> E. Lee high school. And Alexandria back in the day
> was very much a southern city. DC is in Maryland
> across the river. Maryland unlike Virginia, is not
> distinctly Southern. It has a more Mid Atlantic
> feel to it.
>
> But on the other hand, DC is NOTHING like NYC. In
> fact the DC area to me is almost identical to
> Atlanta. I have lived in both places.
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