and i agree that all areas have their "areas". the cities are pretty blue but as soon as you cross the corporation lines they go quickly red. my f.i.l. is as repub as you get, had to ask them, through my wife, to not use the word ni@@er around my daughter.

Because I lived 21 years in Ohio, and now 20 years in Georgia. I have many relatives from both states; some from very rural/red areas.

I hear the N-word used by relatives in Ohio just as much as Georgia.

I also have relatives in the South that live in small towns that are very liberal.

Again, the North is no better than the South when it comes to bigotry and racism.

Do I really need to post all of the news stories about skinheads from the area I grew up in (Toledo, OH).

And Ohio doesn't?

There is just as much a problem there as there is here.

I just popped into the Jersey forum and saw a post linking to another forum. I also read a post which referenced NJ 'nasty' on Saabs or something in that vein. I think people have a lot of wonky thoughts about places they've never been. But those in the Southern States seem to take as much of a beating as New Jersey! Anyhoo - like the article.

are TV shows, such as "Housewives of New Jersey"

At the same time, you have the mayor of Newark, Superman, that gives people a much better mental image of the state

New Jersey="Jersey Shore"
Texas="Dallas"
Tennessee="Beverly Hillbillies"

I think I have figured it out. Thanks.

thanks for sharing it

I think, too, that while some will define Texas as being in the South, I noticed it wasn't mentioned in this story (except in reference to a burger chain.) So, I'd guess the author is one that doesn't consider us as part of the South. I don't either, really. Yes, we were in the Civil War, but when I learned Texas history, we really just kind of breezed over that part, like it really wasn't as important as the rest of our in-state history.

But we're still just as reviled on DU...

Not only are we "red" states, but we are "flyover" states. Not only are we "flyover" states, but we have this history......................

Long live Davy Crockett and the Alamo!

Edited to add

To name a few:
Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
Sam Blair
Almeron Dickerson


http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/Alamo.htm

we're all related due to the history of the United States. Why continue to divide, especially when it's against your best interests? But, I guess the mentality that continues to divide doesn't think it's against their interests at all. If the technology existed, they would cut and then lift out those states they didn't like, in order to have a continent of blue. At least until their own conservatives took over