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0 pointsamazingman7y ago0 comments

Contrary to what seems to be popular perception, Texas is not “the South”. The South is the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and _maybe_ the Virginias and Kentucky.

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DoreenMichele7y ago

The best history book I ever read on The South indicated that extensive research found that some definitions included Texas, some didn't. Some included Florida, and some didn't. Etc.

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and a few others were consistently included in all definitions of The South. "Edge" states for the region varied tremendously.

Godel_unicode7y ago

That would be the deep south.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_South

heartbreak7y ago

The capital of the Confederacy was in Virginia, but you’ve decided that it’s not in the South.

Let’s try Wikipedia instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States

gergi7y ago

Geographically, sure. However, "the South" can mean a lot of different things. e.g. "the South" culturally does not apply to much of Virginia, Texas, or Florida.

heartbreak7y ago

As clearly stated in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article I linked, you’re confusing the “Deep South” and the “South.”

NotSammyHagar7y ago

The south is the states that lost the civil war. It goes past Mississippi.

gergi7y ago

That's only one way of defining it. Without context, it can mean many different things.

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DoreenMichele7y ago

The best history book I ever read on The South indicated that extensive research found that some definitions included Texas, some didn't. Some included Florida, and some didn't. Etc.

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and a few others were consistently included in all definitions of The South. "Edge" states for the region varied tremendously.

Godel_unicode7y ago

That would be the deep south.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_South

heartbreak7y ago

The capital of the Confederacy was in Virginia, but you’ve decided that it’s not in the South.

Let’s try Wikipedia instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States

gergi7y ago

Geographically, sure. However, "the South" can mean a lot of different things. e.g. "the South" culturally does not apply to much of Virginia, Texas, or Florida.

heartbreak7y ago

As clearly stated in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article I linked, you’re confusing the “Deep South” and the “South.”

NotSammyHagar7y ago

The south is the states that lost the civil war. It goes past Mississippi.

gergi7y ago

That's only one way of defining it. Without context, it can mean many different things.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse