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Originally posted by Jill1228
Yeah, some of the largest GLOs with a HUGE Southern Representation were founded up North
AOII, Gamma Phi Beta, and Alpha Gamma Delta were founded in New York...
Oh the horror! Gasp! 
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Tri Delta was founded in Boston.
Kappa, Pi Phi, and Theta were all founded in states that would be considered distinctly "not Southern."
Plus, for all the strength of the SEC Greek systems, it's the Big 10 that boasts the biggest NPC sorority systems in terms of chapters and numbers, correct?
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Originally posted by AXORissa
Based on the people I know who are from the midwest, they have a very different mentality towards life. They're much slower (not in terms of intelligence, I just mean SLOWER. People from NY and NJ are always in a rush.) We are also very diverse, and I get the impression that the midwest is pretty white bread. Minus the cities, of course. NJ is a mini US- we have every culture, religion, sexual orientation, etc, known to man in a very small space. It seems that the midwest is mostly White Christians. My friend from Illinois, who lived in a suburb of Chicago (which she said was more diverse than most of the midwest) was in culture shock when she moved to Jersey. She said everything was different.
Plus, we are very overcrowded, have short tempers, and we KNOW our Italian food. fuhgettaboutit!
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Holy stereotypes, Batman.
Chicago certainly is very diverse, but it's not the only Midwestern city that is. (St. Louis and Milwaukee come to mind right off the bat -- I'm sure there are others.) Also, you have to look outside of the black/white issue of race -- most of the Midwest, from my experience, has a pretty decent percentage of Asians/Asian-Americans and Hispanics as well as American Indians . . . even smaller Wisconsin towns like Wausau have a large Hmong population, for example. I think the pace of life is pretty much an issue of city versus suburban/rural -- Chicago is much faster paced than, say, Madison Wisconsin. Plus everyone is going to be slow compared to NYC . . .
I have East coast relatives, and from what I can tell from visiting them and talking to them, where I grew up is almost indistinguishable from most of NY state, Pennsylvania and New England.
Also: short tempers? Just look at GeekyPenguin.
J/k tiger.