The South is as much a region as a set of attitudes. There are certainly rural parts of California which are Southern in that sense, just like Ohio is very Sou

The South is as much a region as a set of attitudes. There are certainly rural parts of California which are Southern in that sense, just like Ohio is very Southern in that sense. You will find proud Southerners less than 100 miles from Chicago in fact. That includes (light, but perceptible) southern accents.