North or South

[Cal Price]

Just to help a foreigner facinated by US politics etc, I hear a lot about Northerners and people coming from "The South" but somehow california seems to gravitate depending upon circumstance.

So, US citizens & residents which are you, does it make any difference and where, in your oppinion is the dividing line. Is it that line drawn by my compatriots Charlie Mason and Jerimiah Dixon?

[frankieG]

having lived much of my adult life in california we/they consider it "the west" then you have the North West, Mid West , south(banjos playing) and north and North East Washington up i guess.

[darb85]

doesnt get much more north than me(it does, but not much)

[natedawg120]

south here.

[Wrecent_Wryder]

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[bettingpython]

Wrecent think of it like this, you were born in a confederate state. So you are in fact American by birth and by the grace of god a Southerner.

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[Dan02GS]

I live and surf in California, where I live we consider anything east of the 101 Freeway is "Out East" and dont spend much time over in that direction. Californians are really divided though, we have Northern Californians and Southern Californias. Those up in the North we consider "pot growing dread lock wearing liberals",  while those in the southern part we think of as "mad dashing hollywood chase their tail types". It is so bad we even drive differently. Our freeways are hell out in southern California. California is like a magnet, I joined the Marines to see the world and ended up getting stationed 65 miles from my home town. Someday I hope to free myself, but for now I am stuck chasing my tail on a southern california freeways.

[Stephen072774]

I'm so far south that Kentucky is way North

[bettingpython]

Not as far south as Houma La. I had a couple a friend from there. The response would have been, "politics whats that?", Gorum was one of the nicest people I had ever met but you couldn't undestand a damn thing he said, especially not after a couple of beers.

[ben2go]

I was born in South Carolina,USA.I have lived in North Carolina.North Carolina is just above South Carolina.We are in the south east US.I'm a southern belle. 

[brett]

Out here in California and in most other states west of the Missippi, nobody really thinks about the Northerner/Southerner difference because we were all either very young states or territories during the Civil War.  When you hear Californians argue about Norcal vs Socal, this has a very different context.

[Jake D]

Well, I live in Missouri, which was a slave state.  But the only one north of the Mason Dixon (as party of the Missouri Compromise).  But most people from northern Missouri (north of Interstate 70, St. Louis, and Kansas City) consider themselves Northerners.  Those from the south are more Southerners. 

Kansas Citians would be offended if someone considered them a southerner.  People from St. Louis think they are actually from Boston.  They even mimick the Bostonian accents for some reason. 

[RVertigo]

It's a little more complicated than North/South...

The areas are:
West Coast (Also known as "The Best Coast")
East Coast (Also known as "New York and some other people")
South (Also known as "If you weren't born there, you won't like going there")
The Great Lakes Region (Also known as, "Colder than hell in the winter" or "You can shower with air in the summer")

... and what I call "The Middle States" or "The states that nobody likes" or "The states that nobody cares about" also known as "The Bible Belt" and "The part of the country where the average weight is over 200 lbs" and "The Heartland" or "Not very smart land."



Even within those areas, there is a political division. 

If it's on the West Coast or the East Coast, it's a high population city where the average income is higher than the national average, they will probably vote Left Wing.  Usually Liberal, Democrat, ghey, Pot Smokers.   

The Great Lakes area is usually divided (known as swing states) and tend to vote with the guy that spent the most time up there during the summer (it's a respect thing... If you can make it up there in the summer, you're bad-ass).

Now...  The rest of the country will probably vote Right Wing.   Usually Republican, Racist, ghey-Bashing, Cross Worshiping, Sexist, Undereducated, sheep.   HA HA HA HA


So, the areas that pay the most taxes and provide support to the rest of the country are usually the ones not getting their way.  If you run down the list of the biggest, richest (meaning high average income, highest level of middle to upper-middle class, and highest federal taxes paid) cities in the US....................  You'll find a trend.   

[Jake D]

The Mid-west is also known as "a great place for a kitty cat from Seattle to get is ass beat by some kid who spent his developmental years bucking hay bales." 

[RVertigo]

Good thing I'm from the Bay Area huh?  Fists may hurt, but my shank will leave a mark.   


Besides... If that guy is my age, he's already 300 lbs and too busy  burning down gynecological clinics and trying to stop gheys from marrying to notice me.

[Jake D]

There is no limit to the misconceptions a person from the west coast has about the mid-west.  And if you're from the bay area, you'll be too busy smelling up all your own farts (so as not to damage the environment with the hydrogen sulfide from your arse) to notice a strapping lad like me. 

[Wrecent_Wryder]

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[Jake D]

My favorite place in the U.S. in the south (Memphis).