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North East? South? Midwest? Something else?

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[–] Monologue@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] gotnuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Chef! Don't put your dick in that... – Kentucky/Tennessee

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 1 year ago

Damnit. Was thinking of that as well, but in my head he was the other way around so I thought Kentucky would be in the middle instead of the east.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

South of Ohio and north of Tennessee? I think. I lived in Louisville for 5 months, which was fairly strange. A high school girlfriend moved from New England to hickledicklefuck eastern Kentucky and somehow got a southern accent and became a fascist Christian in about 6 months. The church she was in, though, split off from the main one in town over a dispute about speaking in tongues and snake handling.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't believe you but upvoted for the chuckle

[–] lucidwielder@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I do - I’ve both seen & heard some shit first & second hand. I’m guessing she fell into some extremist Pentecostal groups as they both speak in tongue & handle snakes.

Also areas full of Christian’s like that can really wrap the minds of people you’d think would know better. To this day I’m still bothered by how my area ruined the lives of 2 artists that I was convinced were going to go on to do great things. I fully blame the area they grew up in, so much talent squandered - literally any where else their talents would have got noticed & no telling how much better their lives would have been.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, this is completely true.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great question. A lot of government agencies consider Kentucky as part of the southeast, but I would say that culturally Kentucky falls squarely into Appalachia, along with West Virginia, Tennessee, western NC, southwestern Virginia, and southern Ohio. I would also say that Kentucky has a pretty wide metro/rural split, with Lexington and Berea being very different places.

[–] Redditgee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is basically how I think of it. I know states aren't one thing, all the way through, but I categorize Kentucky with TN, NC, and WV. There are parts of OH that are basically KY, and NC gets much different further east, but generally, it makes sense. Definitely not midwest. Clearly not Southeast, despite UK being in the SEC.

[–] chronically_crazy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It could be worse. At least UK is kinda in the Southeastern direction. The Big 10 has 16 schools now...

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's also not on the Atlantic coast despite Louisville being in the ACC.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Midwesterners will say it's the South, Southerners will say it's the Midwest. Like a geographical game of hot potato.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The middle-east, where all the religious fanatics come from, a theocratic state.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Appalachia really is its own region and that should be more widely acknowledged. Kentucky is in Appalachia.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

North West South East

[–] Cloudless@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The region of fried chicken.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Before playing Statele, I would have told you it was in the deep south, and on the Atlantic coast. I'm continually surprised both by how far north it is, and how not Tennessee it is.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Bible Belt, yeah? Definitely not Midwest or South.

South East.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Nougat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Southern Appalachia

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 1 year ago

It's somewhere where they grow a lot of chicken.

[–] gzrrt@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Kentucky is the North South.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mixed up Kentucky and Kansas

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You monster!

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Smack dab in the middle of the perineum.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As far as I know: It's ~~considered midwest even though it's not geographically in the middle or the west.~~ Appalachian

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically the Midwest is called that because it was formed from the Midwest Territory in the early 1800's. Also, Kentucky isn't midwest because it was never part of the Midwest Territory. It's Appalachian

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

TIL, thanks!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Somewhere to the right.

I'm in California tho. Everything except Alaska and Hawaii is to the right.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Midwest 🤷? It's somewhere in the middle though, right? European, so don't really know the US map in detail.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think most Americans would completely fail labeling a map of Europe and many would struggle with a US map.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh I'm good with a European map, could also point to locations and names of capitals as well.

It is considered the southeast region.

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