Cities that are near each other but have different accents

[Shoog Shatmi]

The racial differences in NYC accents are crazy.

I think Baltimore is like that too. Well, everywhere in the country I guess.

New Orleans is like that too. The traditional white NOLA accent sounds like a New York accent, whereas the black accents sound way different, more southern and French.

 

[How Sway?]

All east coast accents sound similar to me

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Philly and Chester PA don’t even sound the same

That’s weird. Wilmington and Philly sound the same right?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

New Orleans is like that too. The traditional white NOLA accent sounds like a New York accent, whereas the black accents sound way different, more southern and French.

I saw a video on YouTube describing 6 different accents for NOLA.

And one of those accents was similar to a NYC/Long Island accent.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

All east coast accents sound similar to me

Probably because you are living in the south and from the Midwest and not paying attention.

Don’t worry I’m the same way with the South Eastern accents except the West Indian sounding geechie talk.

 

[Cave Savage]

Probably because you are living in the south and from the Midwest and not paying attention.

Don’t worry I’m the same way with the South Eastern accents except the West Indian sounding geechie talk.

I don't think young white people from anywhere between Maine and North Virginia sound a whole lot different.

 

[Yaboysix]

Accents are interesting..me and my fam were born and raised in Florida.raised under the same roof..

My sister talks like kodak black..while i don't

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I don't think young white people from anywhere between Maine and North Virginia sound a whole lot different.

Yea a lot of white folks don’t have accents theses days mainly the young ones.

Upper West Side whites sound like homegrown hipsters

 

[Cave Savage]

Yea a lot of white folks don’t have accents theses days mainly the young ones.

Upper West Side whites sound like homegrown hipsters

You have young white people in Alabama these days who sound like they're from California. I think it's the internet that does this.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

You have young white people in Alabama these days who sound like they're from California. I think it's the internet that does this.

Yea I’ve met these types when working at NYU.

 

[Child_Of_God]

DC-Bmore

Philly-New Jersey

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Detroit - Toledo/Cleveland
New Orleans - Houston/The rest of the south

 

[UpAndComing]

You sure about that? I find that the only differences in the area are along racial lines.

Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens all have similar accent. Unless you're from NYC and you can tell the actual slight difference. Even Long Island people's accent isn't that different from the rest, even though you can tell they sound unique


But Staten Island people got their own thing, it literally feels like you're not even in NYC sometimes. Staten Island almost being a New Jersey territory back in the 1700s actually makes sense now

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens all have similar accent. Unless you're from NYC and you can tell the actual slight difference. Even Long Island people's accent isn't that different from the rest, even though you can tell they sound unique


But Staten Island people got their own thing, it literally feels like you're not even in NYC sometimes. Staten Island almost being a New Jersey territory back in the 1700s actually makes sense now

If NYC and Jersey had split The Hudson in the middle Staten would technically be on their side.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

windsor and detroit