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Contrary to what seems to be popular perception, Texas is not “the South”. The South is the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and _maybe_ the
by amazingman 8y ago
Contrary to what seems to be popular perception, Texas is not “the South”. The South is the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and _maybe_ the Virginias and Kentucky.
- NotSammyHagar 8y agoThe south is the states that lost the civil war. It goes past Mississippi.
- gergi 8y agoThat's only one way of defining it. Without context, it can mean many different things.
- heartbreak 8y agoThe capital of the Confederacy was in Virginia, but you’ve decided that it’s not in the South. Let’s try Wikipedia instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States
- gergi 8y agoGeographically, sure. However, "the South" can mean a lot of different things. e.g. "the South" culturally does not apply to much of Virginia, Texas, or Florida.
- heartbreak 8y agoAs clearly stated in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article I linked, you’re confusing the “Deep South” and the “South.”
- Godel_unicode 8y agoThat would be the deep south. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_South https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_South
- DoreenMichele 8y agoThe best history book I ever read on The South indicated that extensive research found that some definitions included Texas, some didn't. Some included Florida, and some didn't. Etc. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and a few others were consistently included in all definitions of The South. "Edge" states for the region varied tremendously.