re: How did Maryland and Delaware escape the South’s cultural orbit?

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If West Virginia is Southern, then this little wedge stuck way up in between Ohio and Pennsylvania grants Ohio and Pennsylvania at least some measure of “Southerness.”

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I live in that part of WV actually. It's only about 5 miles wide but it's noticeably more Southern here than across the Ohio or PA line. Not saying it's full-blown South but the accents here are definitely more Southern than anything you'd find in Pittsburgh. Likely people from different parts of the state though.

Pittsburgh is a strange case in general though. It's definitely more of an Appalachian city than a Mid-Atlantic city