re: What states do you consider to actually be the South?

Florida, Georgia, Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana

You could probably exclude much of South Louisiana as well.

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Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana

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For starters, these three are like the Holy Trinity of the South.

For me:


The traditional south:

GA, SC, NC, AL, MS, TN

the south, but kinda its own deal

Louisiana and Texas.

The south in parts, and takes on other areas in parts:

North florida is southern, and parts of Arky are as well.


The used to be south:

VA

the south we don't claim, eventhough it has a feel to it sparingly:
Kentucky, West Virginia, and Missouri

for the most part. but it's a little of both

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Holy Trinity of the South.

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Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia would be more like the Holy Trinity of the South

I'm going to say that most of the SEC states, but not all. Parts of Missouri, maybe from St. Louis and south. Then, along the Ohio River to the Atlantic and south.

South Louisiana is not the South, we have to go north to reach the South. Acadiana, the Mississippi Valley below Baton Rouge and the Isle of Orleans are not the South.

I might be swayed either way on Texas, after all, it was its own Country, there, for a brief, shining moment.

When I think of the South, I think of:

Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee

I'm from California so here's how I see it....

Texas isn't in the south
Florida is geographically, but most parts aren't culturally
All other states mentioned are southern, except Virginia

Edit- Kentucky and Tennessee are southern.

West Virginia and Missouri aren't

I'm from ky and I consider it the south. I'm only 29 miles from tn, though.