How come people never include Flordia in the southern states. I am from Georgia but i just wanted to know
2006-10-03 13:21:21 · 16 answers · asked by T-bird S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
"As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Southern region of the United States includes 16 states and is split into three smaller units, or divisions:
The South Atlantic States: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia (plus the District of Columbia);
The East South Central States: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee;
The West South Central States: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas."
Everyone I know--and apparently even Wikipedia, which I've cited here--considers Florida to be part of the Southern states.
2006-10-03 13:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
??? In all my 53 years I've never heard anyone not consider Florida a southern state. It is a southern state. Always has been.
2006-10-03 13:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by celticwoman777 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you're in northern Florida (like Jacksonville, not so much Gainesville but definitely the surrounding area), it's very redneck-y and much like any other Southern area. I mean, the quintessential Southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Jacksonville.
But South Florida is a weird place that isn't much like the rest of the South. Even though it's very far south. Very clubby, kind of a Caribbean feel to a lot of it. More cosmopolitan in many instances. I wouldn't say that S. Florida is anything like where I grew up in Appalachia.
2006-10-03 13:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well, I see there are some people in Georgia that are still having a hard time getting out of the 19th century.
2006-10-03 13:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mason Dixon line south is Southern.
2006-10-03 14:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by whataboutme 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Florida's culture and ethnic composition is very different from the other southern states. It draws huge numbers of tourists (both American and foreign) and retirees, and so is a virtual cross-section of the country.
2006-10-03 13:25:25 · answer #6 · answered by BeadyEll 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was considered southern. Anything from where I live and below is Southern.
2006-10-03 13:38:15 · answer #7 · answered by Phoenix Rising 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I always did. I didn't know it was an issue--it's clearly in the southern part of the country.
2006-10-03 13:24:01 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because its been overrun with northeasterners and race integration that turned it into A) a high crime hellhole, or B) extremely expensive housing to live in the few remaining, non-retirement neighborhoods.
Also there is no southern hospitality there as its mostly transplanted northeasterners.
2006-10-03 17:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by midwestbruin 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I grew up in Florida it is a southern state.
2006-10-03 13:31:19 · answer #10 · answered by Wise Old Witch 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋