Which States are Southern? - Back Porch Bickerin'

On this week's episode, Matt and Calli bicker about which states are considered to be "southern" states.

[pilotboy]

Florida is the only state in the US where you have to drive North to get to the South.

[wyvernflight]

Texans are 1st Texans, 2nd southern, then American. In that order.

[Al-ckfe]

I am a retired guy from Illinois and I transplanted myself to Georgia. I doubt I will ever be anything else to folks here but a yankee, no matter how hard I try to be southern, but that doesn't matter, everyone I have met and interacted here has treated me as welcome, I love it here. My mom who was from the south once told me, "southern folks will always take care of you, unless you cross them, then they will take care of you in a totally different way."

[AndyDoto]

How blessed are we to live in a country that’s so expansive with its many regions that have their own distinct flavor and culture. So cool. I grew up in Michigan but I LOVE visiting the South. My southerner friends always tell me I fit right in!

[sydney]

I’m so glad he said, “Texans consider themselves Texans first” haha. As a Texan I can tell you that is 100% accurate, and yes it’s in the South for sure. I mean is that even a question?

[mrsmaggiekoch]

As a Missouri girl, I can say that the conflict between Midwest culture and Southern culture is a very real thing. It almost depends entirely on what town you are in, and how northern/southern the cities actually are is weirdly not a factor.

[rachelle_banks]

"Country" and "Southern" are not the same.

[admiral_cobra]

As a Virginian the people yelling on their porch is very accurate. Even in some of the more urban areas:)

[Mugshot]

I was born and raised in Florida. I now live in Georgia. I can say with certainty that North Florida and central Florida are definitely the south. Sweet Tea, farming, grits, front porch gathering, etc. We eat southern food with all the fixins. We also have swamps and bayous and most the people in central Florida have a southern accent. :)

[Wanders_luke]

As a Texan, I would say that, in general, everything east of Abiline is the south, and everything west of Abiline is the wild west.

[eddiemartinez]

"They're in the SEC"

Solid reasoning

[icreatedanaccountforthis]

This was so much fun to watch. As a Canadian, snow birds are not southern in 99.99% of the cases.

[mikebobson]

North Florida: Deep South
Central Florida: 50/50
South Florida:not at all

[Numenorean]

The panhandle of Florida is legitimately called the "Panhandle" and "Lower Alabama".
I don't know what's more Southern than naming a geographic location after kitchen ware.

[straw]

I said "yes, ma'am" in a comment to a woman from Australia and she knew instantly I was from the southern US! 😄

[kimberlyrichardson]

Fourth generation Floridian here. I grew up in Central Florida. If you met my family, you’d hear the Southern accent right away. I grew up eating grits and drinking sweet tea.

If you visit some of Florida’s southern-most towns like Okeechobee and Belle Glade, you would know right away you are in the south.

[FlyingMiniTacosYT]

As a Texan, Texas has a couple different branches. You got the Midwest in the panhandle area, west Texas is more western than southern, south Texas is more Mexico than anything, East Texas is southern, and the Austin area is California

[loganhammer]

I think another key question to ask is... “do you pull over when the hearse drives by?”

[ericsmith]

"Their obsession with hockey is....worrisome"

*I'M* *DEAD* !!!🤣😂🤣😂

[Tampahop]

I've actually used my own test. I grew up in Oklahoma but moved to Florida for work. When I moved back, I knew I was in the right place when I could order chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, and fried okra. That's my south.