My entire extended family is born and reared below the Mason-Dixon line...
And I am a
Southern Californian...
However, my folks still have not lost their drawls after living in California for over 35 years... Go figure...
Making fun of Southerners is easy to do especially since I am ceremoniously one because of my anscestor's blood --both Black and White--leaked onto its soil in Dixieland during the War of Northern Aggression...
Being a true Southerner is not just a place, it is a state of mind...