[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Depending on where you go, people can still be touchy about the subject. I guess I should specify…mainly that is in the south. Most Yanks take the view “We won. Why be bitter?” Losing stings and stinks. Southerners don’t like to be reminded of it.
Honestly, I think that the “divide” is, as I said, cultural. The South has more of a rural feel. The North has more of an urban feel. Southerners are more conservative. Northerners are more liberal. Southerners are deemed more friendly than there counterparts, and I have found that to be true. Unless, of course, you come down south and have a New England accent. The folks might be a little wary until they get to know you.
Those are not absolutes. Rural folks are rural folks and city dwellers, city dwellers. Since New England is much more urban, and the south much more rural, I think that is the biggest divide. Pennsylvania has a good mix of the two. And most southerners, outside of the “it’s north of here” crowd, would not consider Pennsylvanians of the same ilk.
As far as a geographical divide, everyone always says the Mason Dixon Line. That is not wholly accurate, however, since that would put West Virginia and Maryland in the South. I think the further south you go, until you get into northern Florida, the stronger the feeling gets. Florida is a bit different. My grandfather used to say that everything south of Jacksonville is just part of New York that broke off and floated south.
And that is one view of feelings concerning “the war of northern aggression”.
Hope that helps without getting anyone’s dander up.[/quote]
Anything thats North of Tennessee is “up north” Kentucky is like a buffer zone.
Your grandfather was right.