what's your favorite southern state?

[wildhorses]

enquiring minds want to know....

[LSK]

1. Florida

[wildhorses]

13. the sunshine state

I will be there for 2 WHOLE weeks in February....just can't wait:woohoo:

[RagingInMiami]

25. what part?

[wildhorses]

Ft. Myers, Tampa, St Pete and various other destinations

that have yet to be discussed...

[RagingInMiami]

53. This is the best time of year to come down here

I hope you have lots of fun

[wildhorses]

34. delete the duplicate post

stoopid pooter:argh:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Arkansas

Where my folks were from.

SOO-EE!

[SeattleGirl]

4. Me too!

My dad was from Arkansas.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Yeah? Where?

Or did I ask you that already? :shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Can't remember

Daddy was born in Oil Trough, but grew up in Newark. I lived there when I was in first grade. Had the same first grade teacher Daddy did.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Okay, I did ask you

Towns with names like Oil Trough, you remember. :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

12. No shit!

:rofl:

[wildhorses]

14. I spent some time in Fort Smith

where Judge Parker used to hang and hang 'em high

[Radical Activist]

63. I couldn't stand living there.

It has all the poverty and lack of education found in other southern states but without the charm.

[Nevernose]

77. An outdoor lover's paradise

Except Northern Nevada/Southern Utah, or maybe Alaska in the summer.

[Skittles]

3. none

don't have a favorite even though I've lived here a long time

[Appalachian_American]

5. all of them

I've always had a thing for both of the Carolinas.

[wildhorses]

35. but your avatar is Alabama

whassup wid dat :shrug:

[wildhorses]

15. well Bless your heart...I believe you need a hug

:hug:

[southlandshari]

6. Alabama!

What a wonderful challenge that little red state is - but well worth fighting for!

:loveya:


:hi:

[wildhorses]

16. you know I love me some 'Bama girl

very close to my heart...I am always in an Alabama Frame of Mind :hug:

[billyskank]

59. Okay, I vote for there too

Because I haven't a clue, but you live there, so I know it has that to say for it. :)

[eyepaddle]

66. I'm gonna go with Alabama as well

mainly becuse Hematovore hails from there!

:hi: SlS

[merh]

72. Mississippi is number one ...

then Alabama, a close second!

:hug: :loveya:

[blue neen]

7. Virginia

Lots of relatives there. Many progessive areas in Fairfax County and the suburbs around DC.

Virginia is also aesthetically beautiful. Seashores, and mountains, and tidal plains, and forests, and gardens. It has loads of historical places to tour. And the state is now purple!

What was the old slogan? Virginia is for lovers! :)

[wildhorses]

17. still is...the slogan that is

good horse show in Roanoke

[BlackVelvet04]

41. I love the mountains.......

I'm about 20 miles outside Roanoke.

Virginia is a great state....second favorite is Arizona.

[VaYallaDawg]

47. Virginia for me too.

I voted with my feet many years ago, still loving it!

[Straight Shooter]

84. I lived in Virginia for 10 years, in a beautiful little valley.

I might still be there, but my family drove me crazy, and so I moved to Texas and then to Oregon. :7

[RevCheesehead]

11. North Carolina.

Mountains, piedmont, and beach - all within a few hours drive.
I loved living in NC.

[wildhorses]

18. well... then why did you move North?

I thought it was the other way around?

[RevCheesehead]

19. I returned home to WI for many reasons.

In part, because the churches I served were not especially welcoming to women pastors...
and, in part, to help care for my aging parents.

It's been a good move, on both accounts. :)

[wildhorses]

21. so then, you are originally from Wisconsin?

what took you to NC?

[RevCheesehead]

23. I went to Duke for my MDiv.

(Masters in Divinity)

[wildhorses]

24. no wonder you are such a little devil

a blue devil that is....

[RevCheesehead]

27. Yes, I am!

There's something deliciously evil about having a blue devil as your mascot while attending seminary. :evilgrin:

[Jamastiene]

31. I can back you up on the attitudes in the churches here in NC.

They are not very welcoming to a lot of people, especially women speaking (or doing much of anything except cooking) in church. This is true of the state where I live. :(

[RevCheesehead]

33. Yeah, it was a real emotional sewer.

I came damned close to leaving the ministry. Then I realized that I could at least try going home. Best decision I ever made. :hug:

[maveric]

20. New Jersey

I'm from MA so New Jersey is a southern state to me.

[wildhorses]

29. if you say so...

funny map you go by...

[hfojvt]

22. my "home" state

South Dakota. :evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

26. good one, dude I like it

and I like South Dakota too:silly:

[RubyDuby in GA]

45. Remind me to never ever ever go there

And just to be safe, I'm gonna have to avoid the surrounding states too:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10610796/

Abortions rare in S. Dakota. Will others follow?
State’s laws, social mores offer possible glimpse at life after Roe

By Evelyn Nieves

Updated: 1:25 a.m. ET Dec. 27, 2005


<snip>

Each week, 15 to 20 or so women from across South Dakota find their way to the Sioux Falls Planned Parenthood for an abortion, no easy feat for many of them. South Dakota is home to some of the poorest counties in the country, including the poorest, Buffalo County, seat of the Crow Creek Sioux reservation. State law forbids any public funding for the $450 procedure, even in the case of rape or incest. Beyond cost, there is the distance. It's a long slog here from places like Rapid City, about 350 miles away in the western part of the state. For some women, the only way to do it -- and not pay for a hotel room -- is to make the 700-mile trip in one day.

[Jamastiene]

28. Virginia, because of the natural

beauty. The scenery is great. Other than that, maybe Maryland, I don't know.

[Robeson]

30. Louisiana. Specifically, New Orleans before the flood...

...:cry:

[Jamastiene]

32. I should add that to my post. New Orleans is

one of the places that was on my list to visit if I ever got the chance to visit all the places in America that I have heard about. Along with the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, the natural beauty I see in areas around NOLA looks serene and peaceful.

On my wilder side, I have always wanted to party in San Francisco and New Orleans. I don't know why those two, just looks like fun.

[B Calm]

36. Arkansas or Indiana....

[Robeson]

37. Hey B Calm. I guess you haven't got the memo yet.......

...Indiana is North, not South. Kentucky's a border state, and you're north of them...

At least, that's how us from the South see it...
;-)

[B Calm]

38. I guess you haven't taken a trip through Dan Burton's southern Indiana.

[Ptah]

39. Arizona. We don't have to shovel sunshine. n/t

[Robeson]

40. Oh, I have, but that is your guys own entire set of problems.....

...or should I say "wacky" problems. I've got enough in dealing with that kind of stuff "down here"...:crazy:

Maybe if we compartmentalize it, it will be easier to combat....

[SiobhanClancy]

42. The Florida Keys...

very specifically. I lived there for 11 years and it is a place like no other.

[RockaFowler]

60. You are right on the Florida Keys

They are nothing like the rest of Florida. I love the Keys. The people are friendly, the food is good and the sunsets are the best - no matter what key you are on.

[yellowdogintexas]

70. Kentucky; lived there the first 20 years of my life...

close second Tennessee..lived there 13 years.

For vacationing, can't beat the Keys.

[RubyDuby in GA]

43. Georgia

Because I live there. It should be everyone's favorite for that reason alone. Duh!

:silly:

[RebelOne]

61. My favorite because I live in Georgia, too.

My second favorite is Tennessee because I love the Smokies and Gatlinburg, which I visit often. It's a tourist trap but still a fun place. South Florida is my least favorite. I lived there most of my life and you can have it. Too much crime, drugs, bugs, heat and humidity and flat, boring sandy land.

[Burma Jones]

44. Maryland

Well, we ARE south of the Mason Dixon line......

Otherwise, North Carolina......

[ForrestGump]

46. Can't pick. Too many good feelings toward everywhere from

Nashville to north Georgia to North Carolina to the Florida Keys to the vastness of (not sure this counts as a southern State) west Texas.

It's a nice part of the country, a part I've explored just enough to be unable to answer this question. And it produced some of my all-time favorite people, DUers included. Along with blues and rock'n'roll, along with most other archetypal American musical forms -- black gospel, bluegrass/country, chanky-chank, and jazz.

[William Bloode]

48. North Carolina for sure.

Besides having mountains(where i reside), beaches, and rolling hills, and even swamps all in one state we are the most liberal/progressive state in the south.

To be honest, even though i am a proud reb i don't care for much of the south. I won't even set foot in Fla, Miss, or Tx. Not much on Alabama either.

[tiddlywinks]

49. nobody's said Tennessee!

I like it here. All kinds of nice people, too. SO, family, pets, work, play.
Real cozy!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

50. Favorite southern state?

I have none. I've been in the south once my entire life, and that was Florida. I'm going to Leeesiana on Wednesday. I'm really not qualified to pass judgment on the south.

[Bridget Burke]

57. Sounds like you've already passed judgment on the South.

If not, why did you even bother to post?

[kick-ass-bob]

51. North Carolina, baby!

Virginia is "in the north" to me.

:P

[Texasgal]

52. Louisiana!

Love that Ol' South Swamp feel!

[datasuspect]

54. texas

no wage garnishments here . . .


good place to dodge creditors.

[EstimatedProphet]

55. None

[Blue_Tires]

56. proud Virginian here

so you know where I stand

[cabbage08]

58. FLA. Keywest

[NJ Democrats]

62. Florida, South Florida

Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
Boca Raton!

[Radical Activist]

64. I love Tennessee

The smoky mountains are the most beautiful spot east of the mississippi. The whole state has great musical traditions from Memphis to Nashville to the appalachian mountains.

[Duppers]

65. Virginia!

Va has class and beauty. Great edu system compared to other states. Still, too many racists.

[bertha katzenengel]

67. Tennessee, my beloved's home sweet home

:loveya:

[KamaAina]

68. Louisiana. Now and forever.

The Carrollton section of New Orleans (uptown, above Tulane, near the end of the St. Charles streetcar line) was home to the poster now known as KamaAina for slightly over two years. Alas, none of the friends my Mom called "Damon Runyon-esque characters" had jobs either, and so I went into exile. That does not, however, make me an "ex-New Orleanian"; over the past few months, I have come to realize that there is no such thing.

I honestly did not think it was possible for me to hate Bush** and the repukes any more than I already did "pre-K". I had not counted on their response to this national emergency, the most important issue to face America in my lifetime (I missed the Cuban missile crisis by a couple of years), ranging from contemptuous neglect to outright hostility. :grr: :banghead: :nuke:

Rest assured, though, we WILL be back. (Mom, who chides me for "obsessing" on the issue, hates it when I say "we". :evilgrin: ) Maybe we can find a place to dump all the debris and call it the "Dennis Hastert Memorial Landfill"!

[blindpig]

69. Florida, specifically the Panhandle

aka the redneck Riviera, aka South Alabama. Yes, it is as redneck as it gets. On the plus side it has the lowest population density in Florida, lots of open land. I don't go there to socialize, I go there to birdwatch and to for hunt and photograph reptiles and amphibians. The Apalachicola Valley has the highest species diversity in the US. I can play in the swamps all day and not see a soul, hunt the back roads and not see another car. There's still a bunch of Mom&Pop motels where you can stay cheap by Florida standards. The seafood ain't shabby either!

The pennisula has far too many people and the Keys,I havn't been there since '77 and am afraid to look.

[merh]

71. Mississippi, of course.

:thumbsup:

[MrSlayer]

73. Florida.

I try to get down to Disney at least once a year.

[Wcross]

74. I like Tennessee.

I liked it enough to settle down and buy a home here. Nobody likes Tennessee?

[tarkus]

75. That is tough.... I might have to go with Maryland

It is almost in the South.... but it has less of a southern feel than any states further south so I will choose it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

83. MD is predominantly blue

in spite of the doofus who won the last gubernatorial race.

[XemaSab]

76. South Carolina

spent the best summer of my life there...

[liberaltrucker]

78. My home's in Alabama

Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' gospel songs
Then i heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night

Had to learn about the ladies; too young to understand
Why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
To some other guitar picker in some other late night place

Yeah, I held on to my music; I let the ladies walk away
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville and then on to LA
Up to New York City, all across the USA
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say (that my)

Chorus:
..home's in Alabama, no matter where i lay my head
My home's in Alabama, southern born and southern bred

What keeps me goin'? i don't really know.
Can't be the money the lord knows I'm always broke
Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
When the people really love you and let you know when it's good

Well i'll speak my Southern English just as natural as i please
I'm in the Heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
And someday when I make it, when love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my

Chorus

[southlandshari]

79. Sigh.

:loveya:

A belated Merry Christmas to you and yours, darlin'!

:hug:

[liberaltrucker]

81. Much thanks

:loveya: :hug:

[Redstone]

80. Mississippi. Coldwater and Senatobia, before the casinos.

I don't want to go back there and see what those towns have become.

I really don't. My memories of them are too fond.

Redstone

[sleipnir]

82. I love Vermont!!

That's a fantastic state! It gets my vote!

[Straight Shooter]

85. Bwahahahaha!

Good one. Now tell us what's your favorite northeastern state?

[bridgit]

86. belize...

http://www.belize.com