Do you know any Virginia residents that consider Virginia a southern state?

The southern and western parts are still southern. NOVA is the DC suburbs

Richmond still felt southern until the mid-2000s.

They're bad old days South. Their governor wears a hood and sheet.

Are all the statues still up in Richmond? The Arthur Ashe one is safe I’m sure.

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There's a difference between the South and deep South imo

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I agree with that, and not just in terms of geography.

Being from the state, I can explain it.
Virginia is a tale of two states.
You have NOVA (Washington , DC area) and everything else.
NOVA folks not only think they are better than the rest of the state, but better than everyone.
90% of the state's residents are proud to be Southerners, however, it's been over run by transplanted Yankees who are watering down the Southern Heritage of the state.

Dads entire Jackson side is from Virginia going back to Stonewall. They def embrace being southern over a yankee.

still have their racist piece of shite governor while not 2 weeks earlier the Florida Secretary of State had to quit the same day over the same thing

wonder what the difference was?

not one whiff of that in weeks by our crack media scum

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Being from the state, I can explain it.
Virginia is a tale of two states.
You have NOVA (Washington , DC area) and everything else.
NOVA folks not only think they are better than the rest of the state, but better than everyone.
90% of the state's residents are proud to be Southerners, however, it's been over run by transplanted Yankees who are watering down the Southern Heritage of the state.

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That makes sense, and kind of what I suspected. Maybe the native Virginians whose ancestors lived there relate to being southern, and are more likely to stay there, whereas those "transplants" are more likely to move. I think those are the ones with whom I have more interaction. I build houses and own rental houses, and I generally get along with all my clients and tenants, but of the few I have had trouble, 2 couples were from Virginia but had the attitude of pissed off northerners. I am NOT saying all northerners are like that but you may know some that come down south and want to advise the dumb southerners how to run things. That aside, I have met a few others from Virginia that didn't seem to thrilled about all things southern and was just curious about it. Thanks for the feedback.

You seem to think we want your change, and your improvements.

We want nothing of the sort.