DU.....Where Are You? (Geographic Distribution Poll)

[marmar]

It's been a while, so here's an unofficial DU Census by region.....Where do you live? (As in right now, not as in your region of origin.)

The Ye Olde English D gives it away for me: Motown, Michigan, Great Lakes!


Note: Apologies to Texans, Arkansans and Oklahomans - I wasn't quite sure which region to put you in, so I grouped you together.

[FSogol]

1. I'm in Northern Virginia. Does that make me Northeast/Midatlantic

or Mid- Deep South? I'd say NE, but VA is listed in Mid-Deep South.

[marmar]

2. True....I had a tough time with VA. Culturally, it's like two states.....

n/t

[papapi]

21. Virginia is Mid-Atlantic, I've been fighting this crap about....

how different Northern Virginia is from the rest of the state for twenty years. To say that NVa is more progressive than the rest of the state shows how ignorant some people are. The Tidewater area around Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News is nearly as progressive as NVa. And there are other major cities in VA besides Alexandria - Arlington - Falls Church. For instance - Richmond, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Bristol, Lynchburg to name a few. Get over it.

[marmar]

25. Dude, chill, it's an unscientific, imprecise poll for fun....Not an academic redefining of regions..

n/t

[hokies4ever]

32. I've lived in Virginia Beach and Prince William County

Trust me, NOVA is more progressive than the Tidewater Area. It's really not even that close, especially if you live in the Fairfax County area.

[Leopolds Ghost]

40. Yes, but us Marylanders view Virginia as Southern.

And until very recently at least, Northern Virginia viewed us as Yankee liberals.

Northern Virginia reminds me of Atlanta or the Sunbelt. More California now, perhaps.

Maryland suburbs remind me of New Jersey or Philadelphia.

I would say the new Mason Dixon line is located between Hyattsville, MD and Falls Church VA.

anything south of that is Southern.

They have levees south of Hyattsville.

They have a confederate statue in the middle of the road in Alexandria.

Also the suburbs in Virginia are very Floridian -- more controlled, segregated.

They don't mind Asians, and Herndon is split between whites and Hispanics.

But try going there as a black person...

They drive like people in Atlanta, 8 lane roads all over the place.

[Hissyspit]

3. Everyone who votes in marmar's DU geography poll should also go recommended the Obama Panorama:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6375747&mesg_id=6375747

...cuz I said so. :evilgrin:

[marmar]

6. Shameless self-promotion......I like it!!

:)

[Hissyspit]

Well, it's all about spatial orientation...

don't ya know.

So, related topic. :crazy:

[Howler]

4. Very cool!!!

Lottsa folks from the "Great Lakes region".

[Speck Tater]

5. I do wish you wouldn't lump the Pacific Northwest withCalifornia.

Those Californians are just, ... well, ... strange. Ya know?

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. We don't byte, MUCH...

:-)

[merwin]

7. K&R

[Indenturedebtor]

8. AZ. But my heart is in Boston :P Damn real estate market n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

9. I'm in the house! n/t

[smoogatz]

10. Heartland, baby.

Beautiful west-central Wisconsin, where it's currently 70 degrees, breezy and partly cloudy and the livin' is easy.

[Wizard777]

11. Maryland is actually South East. We're below the Mason Dixon line.

If you're travling North to South. Maryland will be the first Southern State you come to.

[Raejeanowl]

17. The Same Is True For Virginia

Think about the Civil War, peeps. So the split is someone else's perception, a refusal to identify themselves with the "backwards" South. Maryland is just as culturally diverse, but we're both SOUTHERN states.

[Leopolds Ghost]

41. Nonsense.

Maryland has been Northern ever since Baltimore was the 2nd biggest city in the Northeast, mid 1800s.

[HockeyMom]

13. In Florida, but I am a New Yorker

and always will be.

[TahitiNut]

14. Physically, emotionally, or mentally?

:dunce:

[FirstLight]

15. What if I am right on the line...?

I'm between the mountain west (NV) and the Pacific (CA)...but since I am from the Berkeley Area, and still live on the CA side

I said Pacific, because I will always be a CA girl!:hippie:

[Vanje]

16. Idaho! Checking in nt

[old mark]

18. SE Pennsylvania

The South of the North.

mark

[TK421]

50. Me too! I'm in Bristol Borough, right down the street from the Delaware River

:hi:

[Iggo]

19. SoCal, baby...YES!!!!! (n/t)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. The Left Coast. Born in CA, lived in OR, now in WA.

And, I'm working on moving to B.C.

[asdjrocky]

22. Real Ca.

Central Valley.

[tjwash]

24. Steinbeck Country

Right on.

[asdjrocky]

26. Little further north-

I'm San Joaquin Co. where I grew up. Just came back a short time ago to settle my parents affairs and I'm here for at least the summer. I've lived in LA, San Diego and the Bay Area, and this has always felt like "real Ca" to me.

[Doctor Cynic]

23. Somewhere where milk comes in bags and health care is free.

[PBS Poll-435]

27. Other - Poland

:P

[EFerrari]

28. Ha! We're taking over.

:evilgrin:

[Kerrytravelers]

29. Los Angeles, CA!!!

Where gay people are getting married and the sky hasn't fallen in yet!

[PBS Poll-435]

34. This One's For You!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiizQk_3pLI

[Kerrytravelers]

35. Thanks!!!

:hi:


A few years ago, John Kerry came out to stump for Antonio Villarogosia. While we were waiting for the rally to get started (... running late, as usual, you know... Democratic Standard Time...) they played that song at least 57 times, I kid you not. We all knew all the words before Kerry and Villarogosia arrived! :)

[PBS Poll-435]

37. Democratic Standard Time !!!

OMFG!!!

That is freaking awesome!

:-)

[PBS Poll-435]

38. Oh Yeah... I Forgot

("We Love It!!!")

[RC]

30. The Dakota are two separate states. North and South Dakota.

I feel put out again.

[Narkos]

31. Nashville? Maybe moving there, need some contacts!

[mdmc]

33. kick

[lunatica]

36. Kalifoneea

[Brigid]

39. The Hoosier state.

And we're going blue this November, I'm tellin' ya. ;)

[trusty elf]

42. Switzerland

[DFW]

43. Texas

That's where I vote anyway. I even get home on rare occasions.

At the moment--in beautiful downtown Brussels, where I will be toast (OK, a waffle)
if I don't get some breakfast and be at work in about an hour.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

44. So close to Philly I can hear boobirds ;)

Hiya marmar :hug: :pals: :D

[Snarkturian Clone]

45. Philly represent!!!!!!!!!!

Ugh... Californians? I feel dirty.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

47. Born in Germantown Hospital. Churched in Chestnut Hill, Yo Philly.

:Holmes: :hi: :pals:

[yellowdogintexas]

46. North Texas here: there is a term for Texas/Oklahoma: Texoma, and the Ark/LA/TX area

is known as Arklatex.

So OK,TX,AR ....TEXARKA?????

[taught_me_patience]

48. California Dreamin'

Los Angeles Baby!

Los Angeles:

she, had to leave
los angeles
all her toys wore out in black and her boys had too
she started to hate every nigger and jew
every mexican that gave her lotta shit
every homosexual and the idle rich
idle rich
she had to get out, get out
get out, get out
get out, get out

she gets confused
flying over the dateline
her hands turn red
cause the days change at night
change in an instant
the days change at night
change in an instant

she had to leave
los angeles
she found it hard to say goodbye to her own best friend
she bought a clock on hollywood blvd the day she left
it felt sad, it felt sad
it felt saaaaaaad
she had to get out, get out
get out, get out
get out, get out

she gets confused
flying over the dateline
her hands turn red
cause the days change at night
change in an instant
the days change at night
change in an instant
the days change at night
change in an instant

-X

[woofless]

49. Hail, Hail Cascadia!

Extreme NW Wa. state.