Was your cousin in Northern Virginia? There is an incredible difference between the Virginia near Washington D.C. and liberal Maryland and the Virginia of Lee's Richmond and south of it.
And don't forget the turnip greens, black-eyed peas, Brunswick stew, boiled peanuts and barbeque. And of course porch swings, lightening bugs and Spanish moss. And some of us still don't wear shoes if we can help it.
Ping Ratty.
Amen to that! I live in Va Beach and work in Suffolk and that is definitely a old-style southern town. Traveling along US 58 across southern VA is always an enjoyable experience.