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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Like I said, I messed up on the wording of the first part of that statement. I deeply agree with what you're saying here. Essentially as I see it, geography defines culture. If a culture happens within a particular region, then it is part of that region's culture, not the other way around.
Also, I feel that people only reference a state's Southerness when something bad happens.
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People don't often think of Maryland as being Southern, but this does not make them right.
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Southern culture is the culture of the South. If a culture is in the South, then it is Southern culture. A different Southern culture, but a Southern culture nonetheless.
I live in North Carolina. Twice a year, I travel to and back from NY State to visit relatives. I do not feel like I have passed into a truly different region until I reach Pennsylvania. Maryland just has more in common with Virginia than PA.
Then what is Washington DC? Would you call there Southern?
edited 20th May '16 12:35:34 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
It's a similar situation to Baltimore. We don't really have another city quite like DC (Although Harrisburg is sort of a miniature Northern version), but, like Maryland, it is not part of the North in geography, it is not enough like the North to be considered Northern, and it is not unique enough to be considered its own region. So yes, I would call it Southern.
Also, we should probably try to wind this tangent down.
"I wish that Mark Twain was still alive so that I could say 'oh hai, Mark' to him."I haven't got an article yet but I just got a notification from my phone's Reuters app that the White House is on lockdown following shots being fired nearby.
EDIT: Got one
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/politics/u-s-park-police-shooting-near-white-house/index.html
In less immediate news
"NRA, the top U.S. gun lobby group, endorses Trump in presidential race" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YB2IM
Who's surprised, really?
edited 20th May '16 1:09:04 PM by sgamer82
No, it's certainly a state, not a territory. By definition, a territory is not a state. It used to be a territory, though.
Looks like the White House thing was your typical nut with a gun thing. Guy approached a security gate with a gun. Security told him to drop the weapon. He refused, they shot him. Stories I've found have said he's alive but in critical condition at the hospital.
The saddest part is that I can't even bring myself to consider it much more than business as usual.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin vetoed the state's anti-abortion bill.
Well, some sanity exists, thankfully.
edited 20th May '16 2:13:17 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"What an opener.
It's not like the Republican side where they were all openly bashing each other. The Clinton campaign seems to want Sanders to just give in and team up, which, at least, sounds more noble.
I mean, I'd still want her way more than Trump. She may have changed her stance on a lot of things just for popularity's sake, but it's not a crime to change your mind on things.
Does anyone have any reason for me to even consider Trump?
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayI'd have to play Devil's Advocate (perhaps literally), and know your views. But I could probably try? If you really hate the current establishment, you might argue that Trump at least isn't a politician.
Leviticus 19:34

A hundred years ago they would (which, incidentally, was when the Census Divisions were drawn up).
The damned queen and the relentless knight.