What do you think of the southern U.S. and its people?

Question

from the way they talk, to the way they think, to their version of a "good time"...lol, whats your opinions?

Answer 1

Red necks.

Answer 2

The southern USA has a rich culture and history. Their way of living has dramatically changed over the course of time due to the slavery issue, the civil war, and the Civil Rights movement. The face of the South changed with each of these things.

The one thing which has remained constant is their culture. They have wonderful tradional foods and events. They have homes and buildings like no others filled with history.

The idea that they are "red necks" has been protrayed incorrectly in the media, TV and movies. Red necks are found anywhere in any culture, they just call them something else. Trash is the common term up North.

Their thinking, down South, is still different from the North because of their heritage. There are some who still push segregation of Blacks and Whites. There are some who still hold their erronous belief about Blacks being certain things, just more stereotyping.

A good time to a Southerner includes a huge barbaque with tons of homemade foods and pies, and tons of family. That is a good time. But hey, isn't that what a good time is everywhere? Just change the food and the dancing, and you have the same event all over the world.

Answer 3

Which south are you asking about? The urban south of Houston, Atlanta and Memphis? The coastal south? The people in New Orleans whose accent more closely resembles those in Brooklyn? The Cajuns? The extreme poverty but graciousness of the people living in the Mississippi delta region? The cults and survivalists up in the Ozarks? The art scene and hippies in Austin? The yellow dog Democrats? The dyed in the wool Republicans? The racists and the bigots or the people that work to make their communities a better place? The country folk that know that true cornbread is made from yellow corn meal and buttermilk or the townies who make theirs with sweet milk and white corn meal? Are you talking about the diverse Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants and their children who make their home in Arkansas or the Native American tribes that still live in the region?

I think you are going to have to be more specific.

Answer 4

I am a Texas girl. I love so much about my home state, but there are some things that I don't like. Texas is a very conservative state. It is a part of the southern bible belt. A friend and I were talking recently about the up coming presidential election. Any democratic candidate is going to have to address the bible belt. They have pretty much ignored that fact for years and it has hurt them.

On a lighter note, I have lived in San Antonio for most of my life. I have seen an explosion of growth here. We have relatively low cost of living here and the wages reflect that. San Antonio has spanish flavor from the architecture and ambiance to the food. There are 5 million mom and pop mexican food restaurants with much better food than the mexican restaurants on the Riverwalk. The pace of life is slow and easy. I like that. We have many beautiful museums here as well as all the fine arts found in a large city. We are proud of our San Antonio Spurs and this city supports and loves them. I have traveled more through the south than any other region of the US. Dallas, Houston, New Orleans to Atlanta. There are many cities in this nation, how many would you consider to be picturesque? San Antonio is right up there with New Orleans, San Francisco, and Denver. Each is unique and beautiful. We are friendly people, here in the south. It is not uncommon to be spoken to and smiled at frequently as you walk down the streets. Ya'll come visit us, ya hear.

Answer 5

I'm a "transplant" by choice from upstate NY to Virginia and I've been here ten years and would never go back There are "rednecks" but mostly just people of all kinds here, just like anywhere.

Southerners don't mind others making fun of them. And we're too busy making fun of "Yankees" to notice anyway. Besides with the high taxes and unemployment in the North East we figure a lot of them Yankees will be moving South soon anyway. And we can annoy them by waving Confederate flags and parking our trucks on their lawns LOL!!

I'm joking of course :) There are good people everywhere. I say we should enjoy the diversity!

Answer 6

I think that throughout the history of the U.S. until the civil
war, they thought that they were doing the right things.

Just before the civil war, the underground railroad put
people back together who were split apart by the dollar.

The south has an interesting environment leading to
the more popular southern foods and drinks. ( Who
would make a drink out of mint leaves?)

Answer 7

We are not "slow" as is stupid. We take life at a slow pace. We are not in a hurry to get, do or be anywhere. Most, not all of us have a pretty laid back way of looking at life and don't feel the need to get headaches from metal or other such music where the words don't make since or you can't understand what they are singing about.
And as for the way we talk, put it up against any other accents in the U.S. and believe me when I say it is one of the few that won't hurt your ears.

Answer 8

The South is very unique. It has a culture and way of life that is all its own. Southerners are noted for their hospitality. I think they have some of the most awesome recipes. The way they speak is is soft and musical. I have to say though, that they can be difficult to understand. I think they are very friendly and much less class-conscious than other areas. Yay for Paula Dean!

Answer 9

Down here your not just whistlin dixie, your not just slappin your knee..... it's a part of who you are... pine trees, cypress trees, uncongested, gorgeous. I'm proud of my heritage and look down on no one. We help each other, we are the little man. It's a simple life, from camping on a river bank, to fishing, to the redneck yacht club, to an honest days work, or back to the time of RC cola and a moonpie. Pine trees grow so tall in the bright sunshine, a young boy steals his daddy's fishin line, an alligator lays on the bank of a riverbed, and if you didnt know any better, you'd swear he's dead, these are a few things i'm in love with, small part of the reason i go back, to carolina mississippi florida, gorgeous georgia, and if you think i'm happy down there your on the right track..... That's from old country song but darn if it ain't nothin but the truth

Answer 10

I am from the Northeast and lived in Texas and TN, but now live in the Southwest.

I Will never live there again. The only thing Southerners try to reason with is the Bible and I don't believe in the Bible.

Answer 11

Southerners are the most pleasing and warm people Ive ever known...they are friendly and kind...that is why i bought a house in the south...I'm city born and grown..lol...as far as good times, they do know how to.