A comparison of the northern and southern states in America 11 Articles

by Thomala Funderburk

Southern Fried Culture When I first moved to Mississippi from the San Francisco Bay Area, I would have to admit that it was a bit of a culture shock. It was like stepping back in time in many ways. Things are slower i...read more

by Jen Hartzog

For the past 7 years I have lived in Alabama. The Deep South. Dixie. Home of the 1st Confederate capital city and the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. And, despite the fact that it is part of these United States of A...read more

by Kathryn Kirby

One of the first lessons I learned upon arriving in Texas is that there is a different way of talking. It is not just the slower way they talk; there are new words, phrases and names too. However, after a while they become...read more

by Nichole Nash

It hit me the first time I traveled with my family back to my birth state of Indiana. (Shh, don't tell anyone I'm a damn Yankee.) We stopped for the night in Missouri, and went to the local Denny's the next morning for b...read more

by Lester Junior

It is amazing how much different the culture is in different areas of the same nation. I am a native southerner (the east Alabama-west Georgia area). Having traveled in the north, it was amazing how I was treated at tim...read more

by Jake Scramlin

A Band-Aid for a Broken World Culture changes in many ways and in many forms. Every time you move into a new home, get a new job, or make new friends, the culture around you changes. It depends on the person, ...read more

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

I am from central Maine originally and had lived all of my life somewhere in New England. My father's family was of the Penobscot tribe and were definately people of the land. My mother's family was a typical large New E...read more

by Bill Whitney

I was born in Nevada, raised in Nebraska and married a southern Belle from Tallahassee Florida. We have lived in Alaska, Newfoundland, Florida, Wyoming and we now live in Metro Denver Colorado. With out a doubt there are...read more

by Peacewriter

Little House on the Prairie: Were they always so polite? I'm originally from New York City and have lived in Oklahoma now for over 20 years. In that time we've raised our daughter here and when she was very small I re...read more

by Jenn O'Reilly

One thing I have to continually learn about people in the Northeast is that they are not rude, just very busy people. It's hard sometimes for us Southerners to get straight with that. My Mom recently learned this. She stay...read more

by Rob Swanson

Let's be careful about treating symptoms as the actual root cause instead of just an expression of a root cause. The North DOES enjoy a faster pace of life, but the real issue is what fuels the pace of life? In North VS ...read more