Poll: is Texas the south?

[Biscayne]

It's funny that you mention this. In the latter part of my childhood, my family moved into a town that is characterized in my city as WASPy. Being around true WASP/Preps, you learn the different nuances that separate them from white people that try to imitate their lifestyle. One of the things that I noticed with respect to the way they dress is that the khaki pant is their staple pants. Even more, you will notice among those that are authentically wasp/prep, that they don't ever wear blue jeans. And in fact, there is a style rule among them based off of what you just mentioned. The rule is "a gentleman never wears blue jeans". It's based off of the fact that the Lee Dungarees (which I believe were the original blue jean) was adopted by the cowboy who were wild frontiersman, cut from a different cloth from the more sophisticated New England or Tidewater aristocrats whom were considered "gentleman". Gentleman were thought to wear khakis, while the uncouth frontiersman wore blue jeans. To this day, when I'm around certain authentic upper class circles, you will never see them where blue jeans. Which is why they don't wear fashion brands like Ralph Lauren because, in him trying to imitate their lifestyle, he misses out on a lot of nuances, like wearing or including jeans in his looks when jeans was looked at as being beneath them.

Upper Class Whites vs Blue Collar Whites. Nothing more blue collar than a nice pair of jeans. Wranglers, Levis, Lee all associated with the Western US.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Upper Class Whites vs Blue Collar Whites. Nothing more blue collar than a nice pair of jeans. Wranglers, Levis, Lee all associated with the Western US.

Levis were created 2 blocks ftom my apt in reno NV..

 

[Biscayne]

GUERRERO DECREE | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

 

[SirReginald]

Ehh 50/50

 

[Solo ✧✦✧]

yes it is

 

[ROFL_GUY]

El Paso is the South??

 

[Conan]

El Paso is the South??

No way. Southwest (like Alberquerque, Phoenix)

 

[ROFL_GUY]

No way. Southwest (like Alberquerque, Phoenix)

But Texas is the South ?

Confused

 

[Conan]

But Texas is the South ?

Confused

It fits both within the South and Southwest regions of the US. East Texas is as south as Mississippi. West Texas is as Southwest as Arizona.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

So it's a fly over state Midwest too?

 

[Cave Savage]

El Paso is the South??

That's the one region of Texas that I don't consider to be the South.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

West of Tyler ain't the south

 

[ManBearPig]

I think Delaware or whatever are the only exceptions since huge portions of Delaware and Maryland are apart of that Philadelphia Metro or whatever its callAnd I think a lot of of view Delaware. DC, and Maryland and Northeastern states anyway


But Texas?

Yallatr considered the SOUF!

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Delaware the South

Wtf..


The South is from philly to new Mexico now

 

[Spade]

I think Delaware or whatever are the only exceptions since huge portions of Delaware and Maryland are apart of that Philadelphia Metro or whatever its callAnd I think a lot of of view Delaware. DC, and Maryland and Northeastern states anyway


But Texas?

Yallatr considered the SOUF!

Like was stated earlier, not all of it. You’d be hard pressed to consider trans pecos area as Southern. I would also say you would have a hard time saying the rio grande valley area as Southern. Cities like Laredo to McAllen to Brownsville.