Ironic given that Appalachian area in particular was union sympathizer turf mostly though there were rebels too
Difference between south and north is nearly all white southerners are from stock that fought and most of it was fought here
We see it everyday if you live where I do...middle TN
MOST NORTHERNERS HAVE NO CONNECTION TO IT NOW BEYOND AN OPINION
freepers howl that their ancestor was true blue and bled red but stats wise most non southern stock is heavily post civil war immigration
Whereas I have zero post civil war origin blood
It’s not that we are refighting the war but rather we respect and honour from whence we came
And we’ve usually been far more cohesive than Yankees
Look how southern whites vote even now....80-90% GOP....another irony
And one final one.....I’ve notice four current or former Yankee areas and one where the confederate battle flag flies heavily
The UP OF MITCH
Flathead lake area of Montana
Rural Indiana
And the unionist areas of southern Appalachia
And lastly.....Asheville is overrun with Yankees...as is any other lib southern area
Why does no one retire to Yankee areas?
Btw....I’m driving to extreme northern union territory today
11 hours
The tip of the ring finger
Much better way of putting it than I did. I'm a Yankee, no denying it, but FWIW, I have more respect for most southerners than I do for most Yankees. I've got some rebel baked into me, somehow, and not my parent's preference either.
I stick to my point though, there is a (deserved) bias, maybe distrust of Yankees, among genuine southerners.
-- Why does no one retire to Yankee areas? --
It's cold and snowy, and (glaring generality looming) old people can't take it.
Michigan is a funky state! Very diverse. Great state. In fact, it's about where my Yankee heritage hails from. Formative years in Holland, the Goldwater conservative part of the state. Worked half a decade, as a young adult, in Marshall. I swear, Michigan is the redneck capital of the world. Get 50 miles north of Lansing (and away from the tourists), and it is yet another world. Never been to the UP, but have a pretty good idea that the natives are resourceful, self reliant, serious and reverent enough, but not to a tee. Lumber and mining are no-nonsense, honest work.
Every one of my Greats and GGreats fought for the Confederacy except one and he was a Methodist Circuit Rider.
They were with the First, Sixth and Eighth, Florida’s and 18th Alabama. The preacher spent most of the war at the Doctortown Mission near modern day Jesup Georgia. There was a large Confederate camp there. They were protecting the railroad trestle there.
That is the only place which withstood Sherman’s attacks. He sent forces to capture it three different times and they were beaten back each time.
One of the veterans is buried in a cemetery on Eglin AFB. and you can only visit it when accompanied by two officers. To their credit, the Air Force keeps it up very well.
People are retiring to sections of Maine in droves.