re: Which States Are in the South?

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I've never lived outside of South Texas but if Virginia had an oil and gas industry like Texas I would probably prefer to live there.

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Go your arse to VA. Nice state, got nothing against 'em. Lived up there when my dad was stationed at the Pentagon. I've lived multiple places in the South. Virginia. Mississippi. Alabama. My wife was born in South Carolina. My in-laws live in North Carolina.

The South has a rich culture. Texas is something else, though. Parts of Texas resemble the South, of course, but as a whole? Not even close. Texan culture is an extremely unique amalgamation, not sufficiently encapsulated by the passe designation "South."

It is what it is. You don't have to like it, but you must accept it.