Comments on: Why I Love the South

By: Je

Je — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:18:47 +0000

I’m a southern girl at heart! My dad’s side of the family is from Florida, near the border of Georgia. I grew up eating southern food – hushpuppies, chicken fried steak, okrah, grits for breakfast, etc. And sweet tea for EVERY meal. Breakfast lunch and dinner! Now I have a jug of it at all times in my fridge. In fact, I’m drinking it right now! It’s the best hangover cure – and calorie free if made with Stevia or Splenda!

By: E.P.

E.P. — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:24:46 +0000

Can I pretty much second this post? Because I feel you on it completely, minus the sweet tea. (I was never a tea fan, even though I was born and raised in TN, went to college in Louisiana and now reside in MS.)

I love the gardens, the cooking, the country-ness of everything in the city, and the drawl. I never thought I had one, but apparently, I do.

By: Megan/SomewhatVoluble

Megan/SomewhatVoluble — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:36:31 +0000

@LiLu: Yes, I have. I actually have a bottle in my cabinet! It’s amazing with lemonade.

By: LiLu

LiLu — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:03:31 +0000

Please tell me you’ve had Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka…

BEST STUFF ON EARTH.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:35:54 +0000

You gotta love the south. I absolutely do! The sweet tea, southern gentlemen, and cooking are the best.

Though I will say that I could do with more alternating weather patterns. Snow. I’d like to have snow each year. Nothing drastic or terrible, just a little more than flurries. Also, could we please lose the insane heat and humidity? It does nothing for my hair or mood.

By: Rachie

Rachie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:07:11 +0000

I am from and have always lived (and probably will forever live) in South western Kentucky. Therefore, I know everything you’re talking about and completely agree. I love it down here and can’t imagine calling any place other than the south home.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:04:22 +0000

Can’t say what I love about the South, since I’ve barely even been there. I love the weather and scenery of California. I also love the diversity.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:39:30 +0000

I definitely love, love, love the South. I’ve been here all my life, split between Kentucky and Tennessee (the latter’s my fav, though.) I think the accents are my favorite, mostly because I have one, and I enjoy not being teased about it!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:36:20 +0000

I, also, started out in Florida and then moved to the “real” South (Georgia). People always call me a yankee too! At first I was really freaked out about how polite people are here, or how strangers will just say “Hi!” to you on the street like they’ve known you for years, but now I LOVE it. I don’t think I’ll ever move back, even if I do miss the beach like crazy! I think the thing I love the most about moving from Florida to the South is that now I get experience real seasons, but it’s still hot enough to satisfy my floridian spirit in the summer. But, oh, the leaves in the fall just make life perfect.

By: Megan/SomewhatVoluble

Megan/SomewhatVoluble — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:22:53 +0000

@Amber: Oh yeah! I forgot to mention the landscape in what I love about the south. I live in the valley, so there are mountains all around us. (Beautiful, green mountains!) We have boulders and stuff, too, though they’re not huge. Lots of lakes (I work right next to one!), creeks, and rivers nearby, too.