Which of these cities are culturally "Southern"?

[TDAS04]

Discuss.

[ElectionsGuy]

Not culturally southern:

Orlando
Miami
Arlington
Austin

Everything else is, but Louisville is really pushing it. But then again the southern parts of Illinois and Indiana have southern characteristics too. Austin was hard too, since its culture is very much about fine arts. Its like if someone dropped a bigger version of Madison, WI or Ann Arbor, MI in the middle of Texas, so I would consider it pretty different from the rest of Texas's major cities.

[DavidB.]

I might be totally wrong (not an American), but my gut feeling led me to voting for Jacksonville, Louisville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, and Richmond. The Texan cities seem typically Texan, but not typically "Southern" to me.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

I might be totally wrong (not an American), but my gut feeling led me to voting for Jacksonville, Louisville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, and Richmond. The Texan cities seem typically Texan, but not typically "Southern" to me.

Dallas and Houston seem like a good mixture of that western frontier Texas cowboy mentality and then the deep south as well. They both have high black populations and had massive slave plantations, like the rest of the south.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I said yes to Jacksonville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, and Richmond.

Louisville is half southern at best and Dallas and Houston are Texan.  Fort Worth was a cow town and still is...

[Gass3268]

I am considering a city Southern if I feel like its 50% or more Southern.

Jacksonville, Florida - Yes, the most Southern large city in Florida.       
Miami, Florida - No, obviously.       
Orlando, Florida - No, but more Southern than Miami       
Louisville, Kentucky - No, to me the city feels more like Cincinnati than say Memphis or Nashville.        
Charlotte, North Carolina - Yes, the banking culture makes it a bit different, but still Southern.
Raleigh, North Carolina - No, Research Triangle is kinda the anthesis of the South.
Nashville, Tennessee - Yes, even though there is a strong Northern Hipster movement growing here.    
Austin, Texas - No, same as Raleigh.
Dallas, Texas - No, more Southern than Austin but much more influence of the Plains than the South.
Houston, Texas - Yes, its the most Southern large city in Texas.
Arlington, Virginia - No, just an extension of DC.   
Richmond, Virginia - Yes, starting to move into the Northeastern sphere but still majority Southern.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Jacksonville: Yes, no questions asked
Miami: No way
Orlando: Not really, but there are presumably still some old Southerners
Louisville: Yes, I know some people from around there with accents (I've never been, though)
Charlotte: Yes, but barely so
Raleigh: A contrast of two worlds: one Deep South and the other Northern intellectual.  I'll say yes, because my very Southern family in the area is what I think of.
Nashville: Definitely (the worldwide capital of country music)- I also live here, and feel that I live in the South.
Austin: Too weird to be Southern, but has some Southern elements
Dallas: Yes, as long as you consider Texas part of the South
Houston: See Dallas
Arlington: No way
Richmond: Yes, but it might not be in 20 years.

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.  You could also make an argument for Cincinnati, perhaps.

[DavidB.]

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.

What are the arguments for these cities not being Southern?

[Miles]

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.

What are the arguments for these cities not being Southern?

Between the Catholicism and the heavy French/creole/Caribbean influence, New Orleans isn't culturally southern. 

[DavidB.]

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.

What are the arguments for these cities not being Southern?

Between the Catholicism and the heavy French/creole/Caribbean influence, New Orleans isn't culturally southern. 

Seems logical. I always fail to understand the American subtleties regarding Christian denominations. (Which might be strange for someone coming from the country of pillarization, but I'm even having a hard time understanding what all Protestant denominations in my country are like.)

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I think I'm the only person here who is technically from Louisville (born there but didn't live in the city for very long).  I wouldn't really consider it culturally Southern and most people there wouldn't consider themselves southerners.

[ElectionsGuy]

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.

What are the arguments for these cities not being Southern?

Between the Catholicism and the heavy French/creole/Caribbean influence, New Orleans isn't culturally southern. 

Well, is Cajun country not southern either?

[Miles]

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.

What are the arguments for these cities not being Southern?

Between the Catholicism and the heavy French/creole/Caribbean influence, New Orleans isn't culturally southern. 

Well, is Cajun country not southern either?

Meh, as a whole no, but there are southern overtones.

[freepcrusher]

well most of the cities on there are somewhat southern, but the accents have mostly died off with the millenials and many of the Xers too.

[TDAS04]

In order of how "Southern" these cities are:

Jacksonville:  Definitely, North Florida is Deep South.
Nashville:  Absolutely, but less so than Memphis.
Charlotte:  Yes.
Richmond:  Yes.
Houston:  Yes, East Texas is almost Deep South.
Dallas:  Yes, North Texas may have a lot of cowboys, but it's also very much the Bible Belt.
Raleigh:  I'd say yeah, even if Durham and Chapel Hill aren't.
Louisville:  Barely.
Austin:  No, it's almost similar to Seattle or Minneapolis in some ways.
Orlando:  No, but portions of Central Florida are, and that may have a little influence on the city.
Miami:  Nope.
Arlington:  Absolutely not.

[Cranberry]

Atlanta would be another interesting one, as would New Orleans.

What are the arguments for these cities not being Southern?

Between the Catholicism and the heavy French/creole/Caribbean influence, New Orleans isn't culturally southern. 

Well, is Cajun country not southern either?

Meh, as a whole no, but there are southern overtones.

That's really interesting, because generally if you think or speak about the American South in my part of the world, New Orleans with all that entails - Mardi Gras, New Orleans Jazz, Creole cooking, whatever - is like the first thing that comes to mind.