Do you consider yourself a "Southerner"

[BeachCanes]

Sorry but if you’re from South Florida you’re not a southerner.

 

[janneke99]

nyc

 

[Brains]

South Floridians. What else do they have to be?

This is probably the best answer. This is basically what a former coworker from the Panhandle always used to say.

 

[Shogungts]

Here's the thing: if it's very clearly not anything else, then what is it? My Mom was born in Spain, lived in Cuba as a small child, and grew up in Kendall/Cutler Ridge from age 5. My Dad came to West Palm Beach from Argentina in '76. I grew up in WPB. I've lived/worked/schooled in Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade. Clearly, I have absolutely nothing to do with the West, Midwest, Northeast, etc.

So, I figure I must be a Southerner by default.

I think it is it's own thing. I would argue that even within areas that are clearly Southern (ex: New Orleans) or Midwestern (ex: Chicago) that the people living there aren't Southerners or Midwesterners b/c those terms are just as much about how a person acts as they are about their geographic location.

The distinct lack of horizontal striped polos is enough for me to say that most of South Florida is not Southern

 

[caneULM]

No, though I’ve lived in the south most of my life.

THIS X1000

 

[JD08]

Sorry but if you’re from South Florida you’re not a southerner.

It might also be a function of time. Palm Beach and even Broward and parts of Miami aren't as small town Florida as they once were.

 

[Brains]

I think it is it's own thing. I would argue that even within areas that are clearly Southern (ex: New Orleans) or Midwestern (ex: Chicago) that the people living there aren't Southerners or Midwesterners b/c those terms are just as much about how a person acts as they are about their geographic location.

The distinct lack of horizontal striped polos is enough for me to say that most of South Florida is not Southern

Laughing my *** off. Literally, out loud.

 

[ICANEDOIT]

I have lived in Louisiana (born), Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and Georgia. Never lived above the Mason-Dixon Line. Southern boy.

 

[423Hurricane]

Born and raised in the original 305 and we never considered ourselves “southern”. The state of FL is in a class of it’s own.

 

[Home Slice]

Raised in Miami. College football in another state. Then military. Lived in Georgia for a Long time now. Only time I've been called a southerner was in college.
After all these years in Georgia, people will tell you, I'm a Miami boy through and through. I don't disagree with them. I'm in the "South Floridian" category

 

[Atom Atlas]

I live in Miami but identify as a Northern Cal hipster with a touch of Utah Mormon .... Don't mis- geogrocize me... ..

 

[ben]

I was born in Michigan.

If kid rock can consider himself a southerner, I reckon I can, too.

 

[FuriousStyles]

Great question… and such a loaded question btw.

If defined by what foods I like, music I listen to or colloquial terms I use I’d say yeah.

But by outward appearance most people think I’m not from the South. My boy in LA thinks I’m country AF… but he’s only cooked hamburgers and hot dogs on his grill and just recently bought his first firearm so what does he know

I think it’s such wide variations of what Southerners look like regardless of race as the same with a lot of regions.

 

[SPAMM]

I can do my numbers without using my toes so that means I can't be a southerner

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I was born in Michigan.

If kid rock can consider himself a southerner, I reckon I can, too.

 

[BlastUla]

Any South Floridian who identifies as Southern has never lived in The South.

 

[WR Cane]

Born and reared in Warner Robins, GA.
Been in South Florida (Boynton) for 18 years and still to this day when I speak 2 words out of my mouth people ask me
"Where you from, cuz it ain't Florida?"
I'm as Southern as you can get, but I been bleeding the orange and green for about 45 years.

 

[Hold My Beer]

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A stone classic: 10/10

 

[Hold My Beer]

I'm as Southern as you can get, but I been bleeding the orange and green for about 45 years.

My brother from another mother

 

[L A M P]

Whether city or rural, Florida Man is just built different. **** yeah I’m southern. But it’s a hybrid southern. I can go from country to ghetto with quickness. It’s like a sixth sense. I tend to fit in any crowd without effort.