The southwest corner of Utah has been called Dixie for 150 years -- the Mormon pioneers made up that name because of the mild climate there, compared to snowy northern Utah. This name is all-but-official, so everything in that area has "Dixie" in the name. The local public university is even called Dixie State College.
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Very much agree. My high school caf was open all day and I would come in early in the morning (a big deal for teenage me) just to get the cheese grits. It's the ultimate comfort food for me.

So you gonna drive up the Dixie Highway going through northwestern Ohio to get there? :)

lol, NO, because that means I'd have to stop in Lima, which I'll pass on. :)

We have a Dixie highway in Michigan. We also use Dixie cups. We aren't west of much but we're in the midwest?

Then you have Florida which is one of our southern most states but many don't consider part of "The South".

Labels=silly.

Or fun. People talk about being from the north, west coast, east coast, etc. all of the time. The convo doesn't have to be reduced to silly labels (the "label" concept denotes that it is either negative or confining) just because we're talking about "the south."

OP: This is probably not the tack you expected in this thread but you sure are learning a lot about what to expect! ;) Best wishes!

In fact, in Cincinnati, people of Appalachian origin are considered a protected class for hiring purposes ... I've told my husband we should move there (or move back there, in my case.)

This reminds me of the part in The Dukes of Hazzard where the cop calls Bo & Luke hilbillies and he says something like "we prefer Native Appalachian".

Duck and squirrel gumbo. (Sometimes my dad likes mixing genres)


Although he would throw okra in there and I use to never eat it because don't like okra that isn't fried.

Totally random: I love Turducken

South Florida = New York City's sixth borough.

I don't see fun and silly as mutually exclusive events. Some of the most fun I've ever had was while being silly :)

HAHA! I think it's hilarious when people say that.

Parts of Florida are Southern, in my opinion. My family encompasses both.

My mom's side of the family has lived in the same town in Florida since the 1860's, and before that, were in South Carolina & Georgia.

My dad's family moved here in the 1970's from good old New Jersey. My grandparents were born on Long Island.


My mom's side has thick southern accents, and my dad's side has thick New York/ New Jersey accents... it's hilarious when the two sides get together :)


ok... end of my ramblings.

Gotcha. I agree.

i would like to qualify your statement to read SouthEAST Florida. luckily, southwest florida is a whole different animal.