Is Baltimore and DC culturally part the South or Northeast?

[KodeBlue]

I done met brehs with grills, and women with single gold teeth in the front in bmore. That shyt is country. Even their accents are country in their own right

I thought you were gonna say that you saw people riding around in tractors or something. What you might be referring to is "southern," not country.

Anyway, that would make NYC southern as well since gold teeth are/were big in Brooklyn as well. As far as the accent, name another southern city, or any city for that matter, with an accent similar to the Baltimore accent. I don't think the north dictates what's country and what isn't anymore since the south basically runs shyt.

Come to think of it, if the south runs the show now, and the Northeast is stuck in their little bubble, that kinda makes the Northeast "country" and outdated.

 

[KodeBlue]

Ive heard that from people from up north too

People up north don't dictate what's what anymore.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

People up north don't dictate what's what anymore.

They never did

But someone sounding country is relative tho. just becuz we don't think we sound that way doesn't mean we don't sound that way to them

 

[newworldafro]

Once you get south of Fredericksburg, you know you're in the South. DC/Bmore is the transition point of entering the South and Northeast. But the cities themselves tend to lean Northeast.

I would argue between Fredericksburg and Richmond is transition point.

Bmore/DC are southern/Mid-Atlantic version of the Northeast. Just like Philly is a true Mid-Atlantic version of the Northeast....and Boston is a New England version of the Northeast.

 

[IVS]

I thought you were gonna say that you saw people riding around in tractors or something. What you might be referring to is "southern," not country.

Anyway, that would make NYC southern as well since gold teeth are/were big in Brooklyn as well. As far as the accent, name another southern city, or any city for that matter, with an accent similar to the Baltimore accent. I don't think the north dictates what's country and what isn't anymore since the south basically runs shyt.

Come to think of it, if the south runs the show now, and the Northeast is stuck in their little bubble, that kinda makes the Northeast "country" and outdated.

LMFAO! Damn breh...you acting real sensAtive! (sp on purpose). Yeezus. Not going back and forth wit ya. Baltimore got some country ass people like I said.

 

[How Sway?]

DC and Chicago nikkaz have similar accents.

 

[newworldafro]

As someone who has lived/ 90% of family in the south, DC/Bmore definitely has a more northern feel to it.



Richmond is the first city (driving north to south) that has more of a southern influence to it

Even Richmond has a bit of northern feel, if you look at the older neighborhoods with homes really close together. Always expect to see rowhouses when I'm there

Edit: I've been to Richmond multiple times since I was a kid, but I've never been to this neighborhood west of downtown, called the Fan District.... This could easily be a neighborhood in DC. After Richmond, the only time you going to see historical row houses like this in the south is Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans.

The whole Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach area is interesting to me too. I feel like it could have been a southern version of New York if all the cities had merged like the boroughs of NYC did. It has water on all sides too. Under slightly different circumstances it would be talked about much differently.

Hampton Roads Development News - SkyscraperCity

 

[KodeBlue]

LMFAO! Damn breh...you acting real sensAtive! (sp on purpose). Yeezus. Not going back and forth wit ya. Baltimore got some country ass people like I said.

Naw, you're good, I don't feel a way about it. I'm just poking the topic from different angles. I think Baltimore doesn't carry itself like a big city, but more like very large small town. I think it is country in that respect.

 

[BigMan]

Even Richmond has a bit of northern feel, if you look at the older neighborhoods with homes really close together. Always expect to see rowhouses when I'm there.

The whole Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach area is interesting to me too. I feel like it could have been a southern version of New York if all the cities had merged like the buroughs of NYC did. It has water on all sides too. Under slightly different circumstances it would be talked about much differently.

IMO Hampton roads is not really southern either

You're right tho, could easily have six boroughs right there

 

[ball15life]

Even Richmond has a bit of northern feel, if you look at the older neighborhoods with homes really close together. Always expect to see rowhouses when I'm there.

The whole Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach area is interesting to me too. I feel like it could have been a southern version of New York if all the cities had merged like the buroughs of NYC did. It has water on all sides too. Under slightly different circumstances it would be talked about much differently.

Very true. Richmond has that northern vibe, but the people/culture is more southern based.

Same is true with Hampton Roads. It's slower paced compared to DMV, the people are friendlier also. It just feels southern influenced. It's spread out and you have to drive everywhere vs public transportation. It's hard to explain.

 

[KodeBlue]

I would argue between Fredericksburg and Richmond is transition point.

Bmore/DC are southern/Mid-Atlantic version of the Northeast. Just like Philly is a true Mid-Atlantic version of the Northeast....and Boston is a New England version of the Northeast.

You gotta stop lumping Baltimore and DC as a single entity. DC's culture is very different from Baltimore. Baltimore, along with Philly, are true Mid Atlantic regions IMO, even tho they are very different as well. NYC and DC would be the bookends of Mid Atlantic since both of their cultures mesh into of regions like New England, and what can be completely regarded as the south.

 

[Spade]

Baltimore had a more diverse ethnic white population before white flight took place. There are ethnic enclaves in the city even to this day, though they are far smaller than they once were. Baltimore was the 2nd largest immigration hub after NYC.

DC was never an industrial city, so it didn't have less a mass influx of unskilled immigrants looking for work.

And Yes, DC and Chicago sound similar, though I think that the Chicago accent has more of a twang than DC.

That's why I said Baltimore to a lesser extent.

Also, no, Chicago and DC accents do not sound similar. DC emphasizes the R in words. Chicago does not.

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

All of Maryland is bamas. Period. Don't ever compare them to the fine folks if the Keystone State.

 

[Spade]

Even Richmond has a bit of northern feel, if you look at the older neighborhoods with homes really close together. Always expect to see rowhouses when I'm there.

The whole Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach area is interesting to me too. I feel like it could have been a southern version of New York if all the cities had merged like the buroughs of NYC did. It has water on all sides too. Under slightly different circumstances it would be talked about much differently.

Hampton Roads Development News - SkyscraperCity

I get your point in rowhomes but I think that's just the time of the era the city was built because Charleston, SC and Savannah has rowhomes too.

 

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