What makes Greek life "hot" in the south?

[bowsandtoes]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

If I could just get one thing clarified it would be great. BowandToes, when you say that Northern chapters are small, just how small are you assuming they are?

I consider anything under 100 total to be a small chapter, good chapter size would be 150-200.

As for the issue of chapter size and national recognition, I referenced a few sororities that I thought had greater name recognition in any region. Chi-o for instance, has about 175 chapters according to wikipedia. The site I looked at for the other sorority showed about 40-50 chapters, mostly in the Midwest. I'm not saying that makes it 'bad' by midwest standards, just that it wouldn't be viewed the same way in the South.