South vs. North?

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Originally Posted by macallan25

1.) I disagree with "Social order and formal courtesies are far more closely observed in the Deep South than they are in Texas." This can purely depend on how you were raised and the environment that you grew up in.

2.) I don't know if it was different when you were at Texas......but our gamedays are exactly the same as you describe it for SEC schools...and have been since I have been here. FIJI, KA, SAE........we all do that same routine. Its an all day affair, brunches, dinners, lots of alumni, etc. The dress.....yeah its different. Usually jeans, boots and a button down or khakis, boots, and a button down.

On #1- I am from Houston and above you state you are from Tyler- so we were in very different environments. I would imagine you were raised in a more ordered and formal societal environment much like the remains of my family in Teague and Victoria (from the days before trashy people infested those two cities.) That exists in Houston too, but it is just not quite the same I think, in part, because the country clubs, private schools etc. are far more accessible to a wider range of people. And it is a little bit easier to marry into or financially work your way into those inner circles.

On #2- The two really are about the same, it is just that at Georgia it was so much more formal and a really planned out event, if that makes sense. At least that is how it was for my fraternity- so could be my chapter at UT was different from others or it could be the time difference in when you and I went to school there. The actual list of what happens in a day is about the same- but at GA we all did it together and it was a real event. It was the best part about being Greek.

The differences are subtle in both cases- and I pay them little mind or care anymore now that I am out of school and out in the world- but you can't help but notice them.