Delaware is not a part of the South. It just isn’t. Yes, it's next to Maryland. It's also next to New Jersey. Ask anyone who’s actually from the South, and they’ll tell you that they would not consider Delaware as being a part of the South.
With some clever reasoning, a state such as Texas could just get in by a stretch, and that’s only because it’s a) immediately adjacent to the South, b) actually in the southern half of the United States, geographically speaking, and c) was settled by many Southerners, who brought their culture and ways of life with them (although there are some Southerners who would tell you that no way is Texas a part of the South). And if you want to use the Civil War definition, Texas was a part of the Confederacy. Delaware, however…no.
So why does information about Delaware keep showing up in Southern Living magazine?
3 comments:
You got me, RR.
Delaware has an identity crisis. It doesn't really fir into the Northeast, either. But you're right, it's definitely not South.
Maybe it should just be referred to as a Mid-Atlantic state.
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