I just saw a post in here asking about what the east coast really is. I grew up in Maryland and think we are culturally more north east than south, but it’s a mix. In my opinion I’d say Virginia is south.
I just saw a post in here asking about what the east coast really is. I grew up in Maryland and think we are culturally more north east than south, but it’s a mix. In my opinion I’d say Virginia is south.
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East coast to me though both at times. Though driving through the state and seeing all those confederate flags would make you think twice about stopping and if it’s east coast or southern. Southern in culture though, but it’s still on the east coast.
I’d associate it with the South if I had to choose
I mean it’s both. Culturally, I think Richmond and down are the South tho
From someone who lives in New England, Virginia is more South to me than East Coast.
Virginia is part of the south.
Depends on which part of Virginia.
Southeast. The East Coast has lots of subregions! This is like asking whether Massachusetts is on the East Coast or in New England. The answer is yes.
I consider it South.
Depends where in Virginia. The rural parts I’d consider The South, western parts are more Appalachia, Nova and VB/Hampton Rds are their own thing but calling them east coast doesn’t feel wrong
Huh? It’s east coast but southern. One of the most brutal slave states because of their practices.
It’s the same situation as Maryland. Some areas are part of the south, some are part of the northeast, and some are neither.
Northern VA is the East coast. Coastal, west, and SW VA are The South.
It’s both. I grew up in Northern Virginia.
East Coast really. There is a lot of South as you go West or toward the North Carolina border, but the population centers aren’t really Southern anymore.
Southeast coast
Mid-Atlantic
It’s both.
Mid Atlantic.
Yes.
I’ll say here what I said in the last post. As someone who grew up moving up and down I-95 before moving to Texas in high school, I can confidently tell you that while there are differences between North and South, there is an overarching east coast culture.
I think many of us still follow the convention that anything below the Mason-Dixon line is in the South. So yes, Virginia is most definitely in the South.
It’s mid- Atlantic.
That region is referred to as mid-Atlantic
Mid Atlantic
They seceded. Definitely the South.
Both
It was the capital of the confederacy. It’s the south
south
The correct answer is Mid-Atlantic, along with Maryland and Delaware, also called the DMV. Culturally Virginia is at the crossroads of north and south. The economic powerhouse of Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington DC is culturally north, with many transplants from across the US and the world living and working there. As you go south from there (and west into the Shenandoah Mountains), you will enter the old south, of mostly agricultural areas and old southern cities like Richmond (the capital of the Confederacy), Charlottesville, Roanoke, etc. Only the area of Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and Virginia Beach in the southeastern Tidewater area of the state is more “all-American” due to the huge presence of military stationed there.
Yes.
The South is a horizontal line (not a straight line mind you). Has nothing to do with the East Coast. Yes Ol Virginia was a considered part of the south.
1- all states on the coast are east coast
2- semantics aside it’s mid-Atlantic
It’s both. I mean it’s not Deep South but there are parts that are southern. It is also on the coast
South!
Both
NoVa is east coast. It’s transplants from all over. Very white collar.
I’ve lived here all my life. Northern Virginia was still Southern up until around the 90s. Still- calling it MidAtlantic and not Southern drives me nuts. Of course it is a southern state- it was one of the original. I live deeper South in Virginia now, and I also went to a major university down here. Saying it is not Southern will get your a$$ whupped south of Manassas.
I’ve spent 50+ years here. Grew up with Lees, Pages, Cabells. Old Southern families.
Each state that is along the Atlantic Ocean is east coast, and the Gulf is the south coast. Easy to understand.
In my mind, if your state was part of the confederacy it is a southern state. Virginia is also a mid-Atlantic east coast state.
Virginia is part of “the south.” As a general rule, if they were a confederate state in the civil war, they’re part of “the south.” The reverse isn’t necessarily true, though.
Well it’s on the East Coast…so..yeah it’s East Coast. Mid-Atlantic would be the sub region
As someone who lives in NC, I don’t ever think about “east coast”.
It’s South. From the history of the settlers, civil war, jim crow, position during civil rights era — it’s the South.
It’s really both. It’s the south, but it’s east coast.
Yes
It’s the South.
Wytheville is Appalachia, Danville is southern, and Alexandria is east coast.
Not every state cleanly fits into a single region .
Both. It’s a coastal state located in the South.
Yes.
Virginia is a southern state that is on the east coast.
There has to be a most northern southern state. That state is Virginia. Or maybe Maryland/Delaware if you go by some historical definitions. Either way Virginia is south.
Northern Virginia is East coast. The rest is South.
I see the DC metro area/NoVa as closer to the Northeast and the rest of the state as more southern but there’s not that much difference, it’s both culturally and geographically sort of a halfway point.
Being from the West (Idaho) I’ve never actually understood why we designate specific states to an area. Personally, I’d say Virginia to be East Coast since it doesn’t have a southern facing coast
But then again, I don’t know why the Midwestern states are labeled as such. From the name, I would assume Idaho would be Midwestern since if you divided the country in half by landmass along a longitudinal line, Idaho would be about in the middle of the Western portion.. turns out the Mississippi River and the Great lakes are what seem to make that division. If the state is east of the Mississippi and touch one of the great lakes? It’s Midwest. South of those states and it’s a Southern state. North Western states that have a Western Coast? Pacific Northwest. South of those states and have a Western Coast? It’s just west coast.
And what the hell is Iowa and Minnesota? West of the Mississippi, so not Midwest. Minnesota can just jump in with ND as being cold as hell in the winter, but there are states that seem to skip through the cracks
Southeast
Yes
Mid-Atlantic, but also Southern. Definitely not East Coast.
I consider it a Mid-Atlantic State.
Yes.
For a more detailed answer, I consider the border between “South” and “Mid-Atlantic” (with “Mid-Atlantic” being a part of the larger “Northeast”) to be the Occoquan River. Though, I’ve also seen arguments for the Rappahannock River. Often, splitting the difference and saying the border is Quantico is seen as a fair compromise.
Mid-Atlantic.
Well The Walton’s is still one of my favorite shows and if they say it’s southern that’s good enough for me. Seriously though I’ve always considered it south
The Atlantic Seaboard is the east coast and Virginia is home to the USNs Atlantic Fleet.
It’s mid-Atlantic, on the east coast, and below the Mason Dixon line so the south.
Northern Virginia doesn’t have a southern feel but it’s still a southern state.
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are The Old south
I think VA falls into the mid Atlantic region.
Northern Virginia is East Coast/Northeastern. The rest is South. Richmond is the border.
South
But I mean, I have only ever lived in the west and don’t really think about Virginia at all so…
Nova is east coast, everything else is south.
Its both, but northern VA and southern VA might as well be different planets.
mid atlantic
DC metro is northeast, no way south. Danville and south end of 81 is redneckville. hampton roads is more cosmopolitan with military and retirees.
Yes
I don’t consider south and east coast mutually exclusive. Virginia is both
Por que no los dos?
Both? What? East Coast does not mean north? To most people, east Coast doesn’t even literally mean the states that border the eastern Atlantic coast. It’s mostly just the original colonies plus Florida. So obviously Virginia is both lol
It’s Mid Atlantic
Have lived and/or gone to school, or immediate family lives/went to school all over Virginia, and it is definitely split. Northern Virginia and at least 20 miles out in all directions, definitely east coast. Pretty much everything south of the James River, more south. Richmond is a split, as is the Tidewater region, but the river does make a good dividing line outside the actual terminus. The Navy presence makes Norfolk and Virginia Beach very much east coast, but where my in-laws live not far south of there, is definitely the south
The college towns are a weird mix. Williamsburg is east coast, Charlottesville (outside of the college itself) is south, Blacksburg is its own blend, though Roanoke is very much more south. No, I’m wrong, everything west of the Blue Ridge Parkway is Appalachian, even the Shenandoah valley
So, it’s definitely split, but mostly along basic geographical lines
Northern Virginia does not feel southern at all. It shifts as you move south through the state. Technically I guess you could say the mason dixon line is the divider which makes Maryland the south as well.
Richmond is definitely in the south, Alexandria not so much
While the answer is “both,” I think I understand what you’re asking. I’d rephrase it as “is Virginia more like the Northeast states or the southern states?”
In my travels, I’ve found that there are two different souths. There’s the southeast and the deep south. Virginia is pretty similar to other southeast states.
The southeast does feel very different from the northeast. Yes, there are some political similarities in the cities (trending liberal in many), but the feel and culture is different in the southeast than the northeast. Personally, I think it has a lot to do with the reality that the northeast is colder in the winters which leads to some differences in how each area functions for much of the year. I’m sure another factor is that the southeast has a lot more open space and there has been a lot more space to grow and develop in the southeast in recent years.
Quantico and above are northern. The space between Quantico and just under Fredericksburg is a transition area. The rest of it is southern. However, there has been a huge influx of people from NOVA moving to Richmond so I don’t know if the local culture has been completely blotted out.
Both can be true
Both.
Both haha
SouthEast is what we call it.
There’s Government Virginia, which is not Southern. Then there’s the rest, which is.
It’s the south till you get north of Fredericksburg. Northern VA is more mid Atlantic culturally.
Maryland is the south.
Virginia certainly is.
The South don’t start till Fredericksburg.
But if you want to divide it by state lines exclusively, it’s Southern. Bit of a silly way to divide cultural regions of the country tbh.
The region is considered mid Atlantic.
Anyone who is saying Virginia is not part of the South have never been to Danville.
The real answer here is that it’s a very diverse state and many parts can be considered different areas.
It’s a mix. Mid-Atlantic/Chesapeake Bay culture
I used to live in Virginia and my experience was that there was no part of Virginia where Virginians didn’t consider themselves anything but southern.
It’s the South, especially since it was one of the states that seceded prior to the Civil War.
Depends what part of Virginia, depends which part of Maryland too
Mid-South with a coastline.
Am I the only one who didn’t read it as Virginia ?
East Coast is not in the same category of regions that the south is in so something can be both.
Yes
Both.
I’ve lived in Virginia for 21 years. Its East Coast. Even Richmond, former capitol of the South, isn’t a Southern city any longer. Its pretty much the same people as Pittsburgh.
Yes. It’s in the Southeast.
I live in MD and consider VA the south. Richmond was the capital of the confederacy so how can there even be an argument.
AND, it is also the east coast. The east coast to me goes from Maine to Florida.
It’s also the mid-Atlantic as the mid-Atlantic to me is typically DE, MD and VA.
It’s not an either/or.
Mid Atlantic, East Coast and Southern
This is so dumb … why can’t people accept that it is where it is located?
To me, from Maine all the way down to Florida is the East Coast. Any state that touches the Atlantic is the East Coast. East Coast is more geographical. Southern and Northern are more cultural.
So, I would say it is a southern state that’s part of the East Coast just like GA, SC, NC.
East coast. Too full of DC people and Federal employees.
East Coast but I also consider Maryland East Coast. Not south.
The (north) east coast is really Metro Boston all the way down until metro DC.
NoVA – especially Alexandria & Fairfax County – is east coast.
Everything else, that’s the south.
I don’t consider it anything but virginia. I rarely categorize states in this way.
South.
I call that mid Atlantic.
East Coast
Depends where. Dc- East Coast. South of DC- South
I grew up with a father from northern Virginia who absolutely identified as a Southerner. But when we moved down to South Carolina, they definitely didn’t consider him a Southerner. It was an interesting contrast.
Both
Capital of the Confederacy gets at least partial South consideration. But it’s also East Coast- it’s just maybe close to the southernmost edge of what people usually think of with ‘East Coast’
Its all east.
South. Richmond was literally the capital of the Confederacy.
NORTH
If any part of a state is touching the Atlantic ocean. It’s an east coast state. If no part touches the ocean. It could be north east, New England, mid Atlantic, or south.
Super south. Anywhere that seceded was.
I also grew up in MD and then moved to VA. I would say it’s both. Southern VA is southern for sure, but northern VA is eastern. But technically, VA is eastern.
Only west coasters use the term east coast. Everyone on the east coast talks about the specific state.
Both, of course. And yes, east coast can include the southern states. People are idiots about this. 🙂
It’s both.
And people in Virginia consider themselves South, but nobody south of Virginia considers them South.
It’s both.
Both. Virginia is part of the East coast and also part of the South.
House of southerner, we kicked Virginia out a long time ago it’s either with the Northeast or it’s orphaned.
See they don’t have to make barbecue there
They suck at football
Are there accent sounds like a Yankee accent these days.
And they don’t have any of the shared culture anymore.
Sure some parts of it may still have some culture but just the same reason Florida’s not part of the South there’s just not enough culture left.
Yes.
Northern Virginia is north to me. For Fredericksburg and south is South. I grew up in NOVA and have family in southern VA and it’s a different world down there. Unless you want to use the Mason Dixon line as the dividing point geographically as it is as established to be- OP in MD and all of VA is south.
south
Mid Atlantic
Depends on which part. Closest to DC would be east coast.
Historically, it’s the south. They were a little wishy-washy on the “free labor” thing, but they were definitely holding on to it.
Look up “papers/ordinance/orders/etc. of secession” along with the states’s name.
Modern culture, it’s also wishy-washy.
South
Maryland and Virginia were both Confederate states and therefore part of the South.
Virginia was home of Richmond, capital of the confederacy. Home state of General Lee, the most famous confederate general. And home of the army of Virginia. The most famous/infamous confederate army. To me they are the south.
DC suburbs are east coast. Entire rest of the state is The South.
Southeast.
lol south. I live inside the capital beltway, I’m farther north than a decent amount of Maryland. Maybe Wise VA or Bristol are the south, but not here.
Virginia is geographically in the South. But NOVA culturally has shifted to the east coast political ideologies.
South
Honestly, I don’t consider Virginia or North Carolina to be the South. I consider them both part of the Mid-Atlantic, along with Maryland.
I lived near Richmond (Chester) for 4 years and my job required me to travel around the Commonwealth (Virginia is technically a Commonwealth, not a State). The northern area (Alexandria, DMV, etc.) is definitely more east coast. Tidewater (Hampton Roads, Newport News, Virginia Beach) is a mix of east coast and southern. From Richmond and all parts west and south of there is ALL south. As a Black man traveling to places like Danville for work, I made sure that I was gone from those places by nightfall.
South, like all confederate states
Both. The “south” does have an east coast.