Is Virginia the South?

[BigMan]

what yall think
i live here now but in NoVa so it feels very much like DC and the rest of the Midatlantic/Northeast
but even when i've been down to Hampton Roads it doesn't feel southern at all until you get down into NC.
I've never been to Richmond

at the same time, Virginia has a long history of southern culture and was the capital of the Confederacy and is below the Mason Dixon Line.

what you guys think?

 

[Remote]

Ain’t nothing northern about sweet tea and cheer wine.

 

[ball15life]

Having lived both in DC and Hampton Roads....

Richmond and below, especially Hampton Roads has more of a southern vibe/influence to me

I would say 60/40 south to north influence

 

[Stuntone]

Being raised in Louisiana and Living in Hampton for 3 years, a lot of time in Richmond and living Northern VA.. Virginia feels nothing like the south. Feels more Midwest to me. The only thing that made it feel southern, is all of the country azz Military guys from the south there.

You bring a guy from the Deep south to Virginia and he'll feel totally out of place. Virginia felt more like Erie, PA then Birmingham.

 

[BrothaZay]

Virginia is more southern than Texas

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Of course it is. Its below the Mason Dixon and Richmond was the Confederate capital

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Anything past Delaware is the south. Including some parts of Pennsylvania.

Country fukks.

 

[beenz]

Hell yes. Google the Mason Dixon line and that tells u definitively right there.

 

[Beck.er.]

Yes.

The South is diverse, different sub regions have always had different vibes from way back in colonial times.

Virginia is the original, ground zero, and everything else is an offshoot adapted to its own specific circumstances.

 

[JBoy]

yes

The South is diverse, different sub regions have always had different vibes from way back in colonial times.

this, hell various parts of Southern states can be wildly different from each other, Columbus is noticeable different than the Savannah area where I live, both are very Southern just Southern in different ways

 

[UpAndComing]

It's the South. And every part of the South ain't the same. Just. Like every part of the West ain't the Same. San Diego is nowhere near the same as Seattle

 

[Gold]

Virginia is more southern than Texas

Facts

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I've lived in NY and VA (and states in between for a few yrs), Northern VA - totallllly different environment from Southern VA (anything south of Dumfries, VA is southern af).. Northern VA is not southern at all. Has a more More suburb-metro area vibe. Northern va is about 45 mins from DC and 1 hr. from Baltimore; and its about 4 hrs. from Hampton, Tidewater areas. There was this movement to have Northern VA secede into Maryland at one point. Anything beginning in Richmond is definitely the South and the Hampton/Norfolk tidewater area is definite south/country. I would say VA is about 20% north, the rest is the south.

Northern VA has a lot of transplants (people moving from NY, NJ, CA. Texas, other states etc, relocated or moved for career opportunites, govt jobs, military bc it's so close to DC so rarely will you find people that are born and raised in No.VA. whereas the southern parts of VA, there is less diversity, established southern roots, generational family situations, southern dialect.. etc.)

 

[im_sleep]

Depends on who you ask


IMO it is. It literally is the birthplace of the South, but I understand why people question it.

I’ve heard Southerners from other states, usually from the Deep South, online and offline, rag on VA about this. I guess they feel like they don’t rep enough. Hell one of my homeboys, whose from Mississippi, said he felt like Maryland nikka’s repped the South more than VA nikka’s.

Personally I’ve met people from VA who repped the East Coast with no mentions of the South, while I’ve never met anyone from Georgia claim the East Coast like that. On the other hand I’ve met people from VA who repped the South hard.

 

[CapitalforCapital]

He obviously means culturally. And it’s more like the Midwest for sure than anywhere else. Glorified flyover state.