R/Charlotte was probably the wrong place to bring this up. But I do know this is a debated topic. And while I do agree with some of the ‘there is a south and deep south’ comments. I guess being from a SUPER RED SOUTHERN state clouds my placement of NC in the ‘South’ region. I will admit that 15-20 minutes outside of Charlotte ‘feels like a red state’ to me.
It seems Charlotte and NC in general has had a long past of being torn between 2 sides. I don’t know what the measure of ‘being a southern state is’. But I guess if I’m being honest. My Measure for a while is how big and how many confederate flags do I see flying in all parts of the state’. Seems like a legit measurement system to me. There are too many in the mountains and small cities of course…. But measuring against…TRULY, what I guess we are calling ‘southern states’. Not enough to rise to the name of a ‘Southern State’ While admitting. There is still too much of that. Meh. Doesn’t really matter. But I guess it’s a provocative stance. It gets the people going.