User talk:Dlaw1979

Northernisms

Since when has “Urban” equaled North and “Rural” a synonym for South? That is totally illogical. You can’t argue the point that since Central MD is Urban/Suburban its a Northern State, that’s foolish. If that’s the case rural upstate New York as well as the State of Maine should be called Southern and Urban/Industrialized Atlanta and Miami are Northern. How logical is that? Just because Maryland has a large urbanized city that gets a little snow doesn’t make it a Northern state (Atlanta even gets a little snow). How come it seems wherever “Northerners” move to in massive droves; the area settled becomes known as “northern” for example Southern Florida, if you’d go any further south you’d be in the sea, yet this area is not considered to be “Southern” the same is to be said about Phoenix, AZ; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC; Suburban Delaware (Wilmington) and Virginia. As if the North is some ever expanding Amoeba that is slowly engulfing the country. The south has be stigmatized so much that is has become taboo to be considered a Southerner. And just because a state is politically one way or the other doesn’t make it Northern or southern. They have democrats in the South and Republicans in the North. The Republicans freed the slaves for goodness sake! Due to the large influx of immigrant workers and presence of minorities of which most of these demo graphics vote Democratic are the reasons why Maryland, Washington, DC and to a lesser extent Virginia are overwhelmingly liberal with the latter being a bit more conservative outside of the major cities. As an African-American who lived in both Maryland and Virginia, I’ve grown to accept the fact that we are “southern” although if asked I state that I’m from the Mid-Atlantic. I hate to get into these North/South debates. I wish the east coast was more like the west coast. I never hear of Seattle & Portland bickering with LA or Southern Cali resenting San Francisco. D-Law The Monster from the Mid-Atlantic