Ranking the Most Southern States
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2024
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Ranking the most Southern states from LEAST Southern to the MOST Southern. Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Virginia make the list! Kentucky and Tennessee are put on notice. Texas remains it's own thing. North and South Carolina stay heated about BBQ. South Florida could care less about this video. Louisiana is probably too busy with Mardi Gras to care. Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia battle for the top spot. - Komedie
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Saw you in the Southwest gate area in Orlando airport on the 15th (MLK Day) - didn't want to cause a scene but was tempted to go get a selfie with you 😆
you know boiled okra is just fine with some field peas and white unsweet corn bread...
thanks for doing the panhandle justice, 850strong
I bought my son an O.K.R.A. shirt for Christmas. He loves it and so does everyone else! It's definitely a conversation piece and excellent quality!!!
West Virginia is more southern than Alabama and Mississippi combined. I said what I said.
The reason why Georgia was ranked so low, Atlanta, was spot on. I'm not mad cause I agree.
We sure as hell don't claim Atlanta-ANYONE want it???
@@rocker555555 as someone who lives in Atlanta, that's fine. We largely don't consider ourselves part of the south nor do we want others to.
@@rocker555555Atlanta doesn't claim Atlanta😂🤣
Sherman can keep it
And more and more- Savannah. It's becoming yankee also.
This invasion is worse than the first one. Bac k then they may have burned, killed, and destroyed everything, but they at least had the decency to go back home after they stole all they could carry away
As a West Virginian, we are left out of every division. The South thinks we’re Northern, the North thinks we’re Southern, the East thinks we’re the Midwest, and the Midwest ignores us 🤷🏼♀️
You’re almost Heaven, though.
😂 exactly the same with Missouri! The North thinks we’re southern and the south thinks we’re northern. we are definitely in the Midwest though. We’re like a huge mixture of everything. Oh and I ABSOLUTELY love West Virginia,I have family there, my grandma was born and raised in Iaeger. My fiancé, and I are honeymooning there this year and I hope to one day own some property out there ❤ this midwesterner is definitely not ignoring you❤
@@Itsabeautifulday3201 We will welcome you!
@@Itsabeautifulday3201The southern half of Missouri might as well be the South, because that is what it is, culturally, for all intensive purposes. Northern Missouri is not southern at all, however.
@@willp.8120 oh yes definitely 😁 we had the battle of pilot knob. Great little museum to go too if you’re ever in the area.
I'm impressed he recognized Houma, LA. I tell people I live an hour south of New Orleans and they think I live in the Gulf of Mexico
Same here
They think you're from Fourchon or Port Eads??
Same
Houma, the most dangerous place to be a professional wrestler.
I know Houma. I had people near Houma before Katrina and I love me some Tab Benoit.
As an Alabamian, I can confirm my grandmother put sweet tea in my baby bottle
Yes this really happened
We got Coke in our baby bottles. Graduated to sweet tea at about 5.
I had a few friends growing up in the 80’s that had silver capped teeth, I was told it was from Mountain Dew in their bottles when they were babies, still not sure if that was 100% true or not, but never really questioned it either. Oneonta, Alabama
@@dolphinbear661coke and sweet tea will forever be my 2 favorite drinks
@@dolphinbear661 can confirm. I drank Pepsi in mine. I have a crippling cola/caffeine addiction now.
i got coke at 5 months old... and sweet tea around the same time
“It’s just New Jersey with alligators”is the most Florida thing I’ve ever heard
🤣
As an Alabamian with a Jersey boyfriend whose sister lives in FL... yeah. He laughed hard.
you must be a yankee
Even the smell is similar .
As a south Floridian who used to live in New Jersey… yeah pretty much.
*Sees Georgia at #4*
Matt - "Atlanta"
Me - "Understandable. Have a nice day"
It's hard to argue with that lol
28 reasons against, 3 reasons for.
Why is Atlanta not "southern"?
@@waltonsmith7210 lots of transplants from around the country so there's a lot of non country accents and culture in the metro Atlanta area. Lots of sprawl and growth too where historically rural towns are sprawling with new neighborhoods and stores.
@@waltonsmith7210it’s too diverse
As an Oklahomie i am very glad to be apart of the list Thank you!
Oklahomie cracked me up. Not going to lie, I like that better than Okie. I was cheering that we weren't last. 😂
Na okie all the way. Oklahoman is ridiculous and oklahomie isn’t the worst but okie is southern as hell.
@@clv2015 I'll admit that Okie will always be what we call ourselves, but I really did enjoy laughing at Oklahomie.
A part
@@charlottecunningham2141 1) this is the internet not a scientific paper where grammar matters. 2) down here that’s what we say so they spelt it how they say it kinda like worsh or ool.
Everywhere you go there will always be words said differently
Finally a list that Louisiana and Mississippi can top.
“Their inferior BBQ and chili.”
As a Texan, you just done crossed the line.
Clearly he's never been to Lockhart
I’m beginning to think he’s never had a true Texan barbecue. Shall we revoke his Buc-ee’s rights?
Edit: it has come to my attention that we should also take his Dr.Pepper and Blue Bell ice cream from him.
Ngl those felt like fightin words to me😬
@@CullenRTerry *yes* Make fun of BBQ and we’ll take away the B’s.
Taking back Buccees and Dr. Pepper.
As a Alabamian, for perspective I had a friend call me and tell me this morning “he seen a a car hit a buck on the way to work”. Then proceeds to ask me to take his saw from his house and go cut the head off it or at least the antlers. I went to go do it half way through my cup of coffee and a guy was already loading it up in the back of his truck with other vehicles trying to do the same. I mean technically the entire neighborhood came out of the wood works to claim roadkill including myself, and I came to the realization that I fit the stereotypes.
In Virginia a friend's wife totaled her SUV hitting a huge buck. My friend went out at first light retrieving the head to have it mounted in honor of his wife. Of course this was South of Lynchburg.
I'm not going to argue about the rankings, fair is fair. But in North Carolina I've seen a few headless roadkill deer.
Sounds like a typical south western Pa thing to me 😂
I saw the same thing happen in NY state north of Woodstock once.
Years ago my mom had a deer hit her little Geo Metro car. It pretty much jumped on the hood trying to cross the highway. Everyone asked if we got the venison. But no, the dumb thing actually got up and ran off!
Born and bred in the heart of Mississippi! You are spot on Brother. Moonshine and church revivals every weekend. Keep up the amazing work brother.
As someone from VA... Honestly im fine with our ranking on the list, im just happy you alnowledged that there are parts of the state that still very much culturally southern... People say that VA is in no way a southern state and forget to aknowledge the existance of places like Danville, Bristol, Galax, Lynchburg, Roanoke, etc... 😭
As a hillbilly within the mighty Virginian Shenandoah, I agree.
Some people even around where I live don’t consider Roanoke to be southern at all.
I say we are still pretty southern, its just the infestation that is known as DC coming out and affecting the big cities near it. As soon as you get towards the Blue Ridge Mountains or anywhere where the landscape starts turning green again instead of grey, it goes back to being a southern culture. Its just unfortunate that people only think of VA as a "mini-DC" which sucks. We have a rich history and great culture.
The entire Chesapeake Coast between DC and Norfolk is extremely rural and Southern, too.
@@AlexeiLjanejyou mean Shendour haha God I miss the valley and the hollers. It's like time stops and all the dramas stay out
@@booksrule0240just ask someone to pronounce Staunton or Mcgaheysville or Swoop and we can sus a feller out real quick like ;)
Georgia native here. At first I thought #4 was insulting. Then you brought up the absolute nightmare that the rest of us Georgians hate. #4 is fair
I was in Atlanta to watch Ole Miss win the Peach Bowl. Had the best steak I've ever eaten, but the BBQ is sorely lacking. I feel for you brother!
I agree completely. We don't claim Atlanta. The I-285 loop is like a quarantine zone the rest of the state knows to stay away from. Ill stay in Northwest Georgia at least an hour away form Atlanta thank you very much.
All of us Georgian's are in agreement about Atlanta. But we do have the Dawgs & the Braves!!! We also used to have an NFL team called the "Falcons"... but they vanished a few years ago & haven't been seen since!!
@@kdouglasleeWe have incredible BBQ... You were just not in the right place to find it!!
Speak for yourself…love Atlanta. Georgia (and Atlanta) is the heart of the South. Georgia has everything Alabama has and much more.
I think it's the phrasing of "or the devil will get you!" that really puts that sign into "So Southern You're Surprised It's Not Trying To Give You Biscuits" territory.
North Carolinian here: we've got a 300-foot-tall cross made of aluminum siding in the middle of town! Beat THAT!
And the winner 🏆🥇 of the comment section is this dude with the biscuit analogy. 🎉😂
I live about 5 miles from that sign. It sits only a hundred yards away from another sign that says "America - Love it or Leave It".
@@charlieschuder9976bama got one of of those too
@@charlieschuder9976 one of those in gardendale😭straight off the side of the interstate its only 125 feet tho
As a South Carolinian, I'm just happy we made the top 5. Also, I agree about the palmetto stickers, but we also gotta call out squatted trucks and jeeps with salt life stickers
When he said, "Missouri" I was like, "Ooo! We're on the list?!" And then he said the next line and i lost it 🤣😂💀
Kansas City and St. Louis are not southern at all, but Ozark culture is damn near the Deep South in the right places.
As a Texan I was surprised by the barbecue and chili comments. Bless your heart. 😉
As a not a Texan but fairly well traveled - Texas Chili Parlor and Franklins would challenge Matt's claim.
I was just surprised Texas was even in the rankings because y’all ain’t a southern state🤷♂️
@@BoostedYoteBless your heart
We show up to the club as a courtesy
Most Texans are.
Alabama girl and we have a local sign that advertises RABBITS FOR SALE: Meat or Pets!
I live in MIchigan and I've seen that
@@sallyhamilton7202 That is so funny! My BA was in Anthropology so things like that fascinate me! There really are hillbillies everywhere! I have always thought that Michigan would be a great place to live if I had to move North and this proves me right....I would fit in, lol! Everyone I have met from there have been great and the geographical beauty cannot be denied!
That's dark lol. Here in NC our humor's a bit different. There's a sign I saw many times driving between Aberdeen & Laurinburg that said: Buy a cock and pullet
And? can you buy a raccoon in the hood for the pot?
@@sallyhamilton7202it was showcased in Roger and Me
Bullcrud on that snow part ( North Carolinian here ) I have had to fight tooth and nail for a bottle of tea before when the weather man said it was going to be an inch of snow, and we didn’t even get any snow
Yea he was probably focusing too much on the mountains, near the coast, it shuts down everything
@@Luke_Skvwalker I remember in High school we had a snow day because another town in our county had snow. We got nothing. Eastern NC and snow does not mix.
He was probably talking about Western NC (Asheville, Boone) I live in Asheville and its snowed quite alot here.
We live in Pensacola and see that billboard every time we head up I65. Love it! We've seen it a million times and STILL text pictures of it to everyone we know every time we drive by.
“New Jersey with alligators” has got to be the best description of south Florida ever made. 😂
As someone lives in Florida and not from the US
He correct about Florida
The funny thing about northeasterns who always vote democrat is when they moved to Florida half become Republicans. However when Californians move to Texas they stay Democrat
Yeah idk what florida is
Northern is southern
Central is retirement home
As a Pensacola native I can confirm that that is the most accurate description of the panhandle that has ever been described
I'm just here to say I appreciate that he understands Pensacola. At least old Pensacola. ♥️😉
@@Liddlegreenbees yeah, in the past year or two it's changed quite a lot with all the new people moving here from up north. But for the most part, he gets it
My niece from Virginia who now lives in Pensacola was called a "snowbird" by some locals, but she declared that it's definitely not the South! She's homesick for Virginia and friendly folks and country cooking. I told her to hang in there.
@@MeadeSkeltonMusic I'm so sorry your niece is having such a a hard time. It's difficult trying to integrate. Much of Pensacola is either a city area or urban area. To get the more suburban or country parts of it you need to be further north. Luckily I live right outside of Pensacola in the Milton/Pace area which is much more actual country
@@mopar1969ful she still thinks it's a beautiful area. The weather is nice too
As a GA resident that was raised on Melvin’s BBQ (SC), I am now obligated to subscribe to your channel due to your support of the Bessinger family’s gift to this world.
Those attorney ads have invaded Tennessee like a bunch of Mississippi deer with CWD.
As a Texan, I was a little shocked at the hate on the BBQ (I love it, no bad BBQ here!), but my entire family is from Alabama and you're dead right about the "GO TO CHURCH OR ELSE" billboards, that's as southern as it gets...
our BBQ is great
I'm from Texas and now live in Kansas City.
Mmmmmhmmmmmmmmmmm.......
Memphis person here so maybe I'm biased but some Texas BBQ is DRY.
@@Icanthearyou202 North TX, for sure. Austin into San Antonio, I've never had bad BBQ the farther south I go...
yeah i feel like texas is as southern as it gets i personally think we should take there bucees from them until they learn
You cut me deep with the BBQ and Chili comment Matt. Gonna be hard to recover from such betrayal. 😀
Lived in Texas for over a year-- I loved both! the BBQ is different yes but it's still delicious! And when I make chili I do Texas version, it's spicer and has no beans!
@@theComputerVoice the bbq isn’t different in Texas. Everyone else’s bbq just taste different than Texan bbq.
Plus, didn't chili originate from the Mexico-Texas border?
As someone who spent 2wks every summer with her Texan grandparents, I came to say "I love you Matt but don't you mess with Texas BBQ! My granny will rise from her grave & find you, & you best pray they didn't actually bury with her .45." do luv u Matt, but my granny was feisty, so watch out, I'd be scared of her - I *was* scared of LOL! 😂
@@lindseychilds9474 Yes. Yes it did. Although there's a school of thought that says it originated on cattle drives to feed the drovers the cows that couldn't make the trip.
Mississippi finally gets a good rank. 🎉🎉 I love being a Mississippian. Proof those who do the ranking don’t come to the small towns or communities that is where everyone knows everyone and they help each other out. That is what makes Mississippi such a great place to live.
Like how Matt has never been to North Carolina.
@@ronaldpippen8164Y’all have the Research Triangle
@@chillmemes5865 We don't (I'm from the coastal plains region) and that doesn't mean anything. We don't do snow either.
Mississippi is in the top 3 poorest states in the US…yeah, sign me up to live there. Ungodly humidity, unemployment, mosquitoes the size of dragonflies lol. Oh and the home of the low life Brent Farve. I’ll gladly stay north of the Mason Dixon.
Sorry Louisiana food is better, we made Hank and Elvis famous - Louisiana Hayride.. plus we can cuss you out in 3 or 4 languages.. bless your heart Bama
As a native Arkansan born and raised, you hit the nail on the head, also dont forget about our sign in Benton on I-30, that reads " WARNING!!! PREPARE TO MEET GOD!"
They've got one of those in Van Buren AR as well lol
@@gossamyr0 I didn't know that, I'll keep a look out next time I'm driving through there.
That’s been there forever
@@501huntinandfishng4You're right, I'm 38 and it's been there for as long as I can remember.
I live a few miles from there@@gossamyr0
You insulted our BBQ and our chili we are taking our Buc-ee's back
As a Texan I did feel attacked about the BBQ comment.
I mean Texas BBQ isn't "bad", just inferior and insufferably self-important. Brisket is ok if there's nothing better around. Learn to cook pork, besides those sausages. ; )
@@rangefinderz5135Man, they're like Kansas City. It's all ketchup based "BBQ sauce".
@@rangefinderz5135 BBQ is a cooking method. Good brisket and/or pork shouldn't need sauce.
BURNT ENDS!@@holleyz713
As a tennessean, 3rd makes sense to me. Everyone here who has been to Mississippi or Alabama says they are way more southern (usually not in a good way). Tennessee may be the heart of the South, but you kind of have to go out into the country or the mountains to find folks with the kind of accents you can barely understand. A lot of younger people especially have pretty mild southern accents. Also we have a lot of people from other states and countries.
As a Midwesterner, I approve "As Midwestern as corn". That sums up a lot of areas of the Midwest.
As a Tennessean, I'm surprised we breached the top 3 with the impact Nashville's having on the state.
Sadly Nashville is turning into Atlanta...
And Memphis.
I will gladly hand Memphis over to Mississippi. Nashville still has some southern left in it. The Moon Shine comment is absolutely accurate. Moon Shine is not legal, what you are drinking is just whisky.
@@toddseales8222Memphis has the best barbecue in the US and you cannot change my mind.
@@toddseales8222 Memphis is clearly more southern than Nashville, what are you talking about?
As a Georgian, I agree with your ranking and reasoning
Georgia for this Yankee was my only entry into the south. Lived in Warner-Robins, Bonaire and Atlanta proper working at Emory University (which is run by Coke, didja know?!) The whole experience was very enlightening for a young twenty something. Other pals were doing Europe but they could have saved a ton by living in the south a spell... whole different ballgame. and very educational. Oh, and as a polite guest I'd like to add, 'the South will rise again,' you're welcome. peace out Tay
@@dawnreneegmail You worked at Emory’s main campus cause if so it might legally say Atlanta, GA but I used to live like 5 minutes from there and it ain’t really Atlanta, I will always consider that like right between Decatur and Druid Hills. So I would not consider Emory truly Atlanta Proper, you live there you bout find yourself living in Decatur which is the exact opposite of the South
You know, i was born and raised in NY, but 100% of my grandparents are southerners who moved to NY. Im talking Virginia, Mississippi, and the Carolinas. I was watched by my grandparents as a little girl, so i have a NY accent with random southern drawls thrown in lol. Majority of my extended family still live in the south. Just found your channel, and it feels like a family lol
One of the best I’ve watched! 😂 From the foothills of NC thank you sir for the great video!
He was wrong about NC though and we should've atleast been above AR.
Yes!! Thank you . I made this comment earlier.
As a born and raised North Carolina guy, I think NC should be ranked higher because to this day everyone freaks out even by the mention of snow. Every grocery store is emptied of milk and bread. Great ranking though, love it Matt!
I’m in NC as well, my family is one of the few that don’t freak out. My momma and daddy taught us to cook on a wood stove when we were little. Now we did always get milk, but that was to make biscuits and pancakes. If we got bread it was to eat any lunch meat before it went bad.
I agree
Yeah, but NC and TN are still nothing like GA/MS/AL/SC in that regard. Tennesseans aren't good at driving in snow, but even we couldn't help but chuckle at Atlanta's reaction to 2" of snow. People don't abandon their cars on the Interstate for 2 inches of snow in Tennessee. (But we definitely do still shut most stuff down when we have 6+". As was the case last week when a large percentage of the state had 6-10" on the ground for a week straight.)
The last time I was in North Carolina, people were happy about snow, but that happens a lot in Boone.
I think the Asheville, Brevard, Boone triangle removed y’all from the freakout. I took skiing as a PE class there. That’s kind of next level.
As a Texan.... bless your heart Matt
😂
Them's fighting words Sugar!!
You said what I was thinking my fellow Texan.
one of my favorite phrases to pull outta my pocket here and there... SPOT ON!@@taylorlibby7642
I got so happy when he mentioned Pensacola because I live right outside there
As a true southerner born and raised in Georgia / you got me (Atlanta). now I am going to go and cry.
As a Virginian of a certain age, I remember when NoVa was Southern. In the mid nineties, the North began their second invasion of Central Virginia. Soon, there will just be a few areas and people considered Southern. That really hurts.
Moved up to Northern Virginia coming from Texas and North Carolina. I felt like I left the South once I passed Richmond.
I can't even go to a Waffle House or Cracker Barrel.
I grew up South of Roanoke Va and have felt the division of cultures for a long time. Now I feel visiting family near DC is like going to a Borg Collective Cube straight out of Star Trek. It's very stressful and depressing to see how that side of my family has changed how they think. More materialistic and less empathy for working people. I'm always grateful to get South of Charlottesville, get a real country ham breakfast with a big spoon of grits.
Agreed. Northern Virginia isn’t the South. But I’ve been to Martinsville once or twice and if you sell $1 pink hot dogs at the track, that’s Southern enough for me (the hot dogs might be more expensive now, wouldn’t know, haven’t been since ‘19)
….they don’t have Waffle House or Cracker Barrel in NoVa? That’s weird bc they’re all over up here in Maryland 🤷🏻♀️
@@heatherr4321 They didn’t when I lived up there. The closest Cracker Barrel was on US 81 near Lynchburg. In Charlottesville we had some great private diners, one was like Waffle House, open 24 hrs. The other had the best breakfasts. Cat Head biscuits to die for. Those places are gone now along with our statues, it’s all corporate places now. ☹️ I’m thinking of moving to Alabama! I want to be back in the real South.
The Palmetto tree is the symbol of SC resilience against the British! They were used to build Fort Moultrie in less than 5 weeks, which was instrumental in protecting Charleston from the British Navy during the revolutionary war. The walls of the fort were so strong that rumor has it that they ricocheted the canon balls back towards the British ships.
Charleston only fell at the end of the war due to a land invasion bc they couldn’t take it by sea thanks to the Palmetto tree.
I'm 62 and thought I knew a lot about American history. But I didn't know that, shows you never stop learning. I'm really glad you shared that. I'm anxious to see if my grandchildren know this
Also why they don't got no more. used them all to build the fort. Now our pastime is telling Ohio to stop putting their stuff on our state flag.
They should just be happy we let everyone else borrow the yellow rattlesnake and leave us be. (Christopher Gadsden from SC)
SC was also where the War Between the States started. Pretty damn southern
That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I’m originally from Indiana and moved to Mississippi in 2016 then to Birmingham, AL in 2019. By far best crawfish boil I’ve ever had came from a gas station in Mississippi and any local restaurant in either Mississippi or Alabama is gonna have some amazing food, especially if it looks super sketchy and dingy 😂 Absolutely love it down here!
Side note from a northerner that other northerners don’t know. Alabama has a LOT of insanely good breweries!! And my favorite gin is from Birmingham (trust me, Redmont Vulcan kicks the S!#^ out of Bombay Safire!)
You ain’t been to a true Louisiana crawfish boil then.
Met so many wonderful, kind people while stationed in Columbus Georgia. I still say “fixin to.” All the best to everyone. Be kind. Always.
Matt saying TX BBQ and chili is inferior is like being stabbed in the heart and back at the same time
They can keep their one meat bbq. I’ll take every meat smoked under the sun here in Texas over their one horse show any day!
And the mouth
as someone born and raised in east tennessee, you are 100% accurate. i’ve come across well over 20-30 moonshiner hideouts in the middle of nowhere while hiking.
My dad was from Missouri and he had some legendary revenu-er stories.
Not sure how East you are but yeah. That extra pocket money, no bar code stuff is everywhere in those hollers. We lived right on the state line and so many families have someone in the penitentiary. Damn revenuers.
Thats how it is, always gotta have something to drank 😂
He said what about Texas BBQ and chili. Aww Bless his lil heart.!!!
Thank you sir for putting my lovely state of Tennessee on the list as well as my home state of Kentucky. I was raised in Kentucky. But moved to Tennessee several years ago. I know. I KNOW!! IM A TRAITOR!!!! But I love it here. I truly do.
Kentucky and Tennessee are the same states. They share a lot of common ancestry as well. You basically moved to KY.
I live in Tennessee and we don’t call the store bought moonshine real moonshine.
I don’t think anyone in Tennessee drinks that stuff, we just make it and ship it to the rest of the states!😂😂😂
they sell that shitin Canada i grew up in Knoxville can confirm no one drinks it except tourists
Tennessean men are usually whiskey guys, coming from a Nashville native
Facts
As a proud Kentucky native and longtime Pensacola resident I applaud your list, especially having driven I-65 in Alabama many times and seeing that "Devil will get you" billboard.
Ok Texans I recommend we pay a visit to this gentleman and explain exactly why we are #1 in everything on Tuesday around 7:30. Should I bring sweet tea for 84 million or 85 million?
As a North Carolinian…make the Final Four then we’ll talk.
Matt, we would literally smoke every other southern state in a BBQ Brisket competition. And yes we are Texas first, South second, but never yankee.
i do agree
You kinda clarified why texas is not bbq without even knowing it. When a southerner wants bbq, we mean pork. Pork butt and ribs. When we want brisket, we say brisket. Entirely different.
That's cool and I know your brisket is delicious, but BBQ is pork.
And American third I’m guessing?
@@BradanKlauer-mn4mpYes, actually. I've genuinely heard some Texans say that.
As someone who was raised right outside of Houma, LA. I didn’t realize people couldn’t understand us until I got out of the state. It takes a Cajun a while to get out of the state because it is a long boat ride or you need a street legal car
Haha my family is from Opelousas and New Iberia and you should have seen the look on my wife's face the first time she met my maw maw and paw paw and my uncle's. She was like are they even speaking English??? Then my maw maw answered the phone to talk to her sister and started speaking Cajun French and she was like WHAT...THE...F....🤣
I didn't have an issue understanding the Southern Louisiana accent when I lived there for 4 years.
Depends on what part of south Louisiana your in some people have heavier accents than others
My family is from Evangeline Parish (we moved to a different area of the state since then), and my mom confuses me with her sayings sometimes. I love our state.
I used to work 3rd shift at QVC answering phones for orders back before everything was automated, which is based in PA if you didn't know. I had so much trouble understanding the accent that it would literally take 45 minutes to an hour to complete a simple order. It didn't help that some of them didn't know the difference between area codes and zip codes
hey man im happy being number 2 on the list! and on the gas station food, you left one thing out, the free trip to the bathroom after you eat the biscuits! ( trust me, its worse than taco bell) but the food is amazing!
Man, that take was something else… the Mississippi folks are gonna take you off the Christmas card list for this one man 😂
Naw, we’ll just send him some cards saying “Bless your heart” and “We’ll be praying for ya!” 😭😭😭
That bbq and chili statement for Texas is fighting words 😉
Yeah we were thinkin" that. He has to let go of Buckees or apologize profusely 😅
Texans don't expect an apology for truth talking. Y'all just stick to steaks and Tex-Mex let the real guys do up BBQ. @@tapestry6455
Bless Matt’s heart.
@@tapestry6455 Real Texans don't expect an apology over truth speak.
@lorireed8046 Black's, Smittys, Krotz....all better then the garbage in Alabama
Real moonshine doesn't come with a bar code, unless it's associated with a criminal record.
LOL !!! TN was just looking for a way to sell their moonshine and charge top price! $25-32 for a manson jar worth? LOL
@@lorireed8046 Meh, they had to add water to it to make it nice and legal. ; )
@@taylorlibby7642 Lots of sugar LOL 🤣
@@lorireed8046 it was just a way to make whiskey cheaper, for bourbon to be bourbon, it is legally required to age in a new oak barrel for 2 year minimum, "moonshine" can be bottled the same day it was made, no storage cost and convincing yuppies they're getting real authentic southern moonshine 🤣great marketing if you ask me
@@lukeandliz TRUE
Coming from someone who is from Mobile,AL and lives in Pensacola,FL.... He is not lying 😂😂
That sign go to church are the devil will get you is in Chilton County Alabama 😊. And thank you for the number one spot Roll tide Roll 👍
That go to church sign has outlived multiple generations and tornados. Its a staple of the state at this point
It's so unusual hearing someone say something nice about Mississippi that I very nearly cried. Thanks for being nice to my home. We always get ranked worst but here we are number 2. No, wait, you didn't mean it like THAT did you? 🤨
Till you go to the tag office and your vehicle tag cost you $1,200 unless it's 25 years old and you pay a one-time fee for a life plate.
@@jamesm568 I don't think that's entirely accurate because my car tag renewal is due this month and it is only $35. Admittedly my car is 17 years old but, still, even on a new car, my fees have never been what you mention.
If your vehicle is in the $30,000 range it's automatically $1,200.
@@jamesm568 Wow! I'm glad my car is worthless.
@@zzydny I know when I brought my new vehicle in for a tag they wanted to see the actual sticker price .
Dang, Matt. After your critique of Texas BBQ and chili we've a mind to recruit you for the next Pace "Get a Rope" Picante Sauce commercial. As the necktie model, of course..... 😂
“New Jersey with Alligators”…earned my subscription after I got up from the floor and wiped the tears from my eyes. One small point… the Panhandle of Florida really goes all the way to lake pontchartrain.😏
Louisiana is basically the Jurassic Park of the South! 🐍 🐊 🌀 .. ⛈️ 💨 🥵
🤣😂🤣😅 Pretty much!
Ughh Oh
Florida Man: I'll take your Alligator and Nutria Rat and raise you a Saltwater Crocodile and a Python! I'll also throw in a few Iguanas for good measure.
Florida says otherwise. Since it has gators, crocodiles, snakes, invasive iguanas, and invasive pythons.
Louisiana has black bears
And How. But those Cajuns, they are lovely!!!
I’m from Mississippi and honestly, I 100% agree with your assessment! I am seriously proud that my home state made second place because we DESERVE IT! Not first, Alabama gets that fair and square, but second is significant. I actually live in Louisiana and yeah, it is the most unique state in the union. Like, I almost think of it as its own COUNTRY. Whenever we go back to Mississippi, it feels like we’re back in the US of A. Anyway, thank you so much for giving my homeland the recognition and respect it deserves. God bless y’all! ❤
Howdy, l am from coastal Mississippi. 😂
Howdy! From Mississippi and Southeastern part and more East to Alabama.
Howdy 🤠 from Texas but from Columbus Mississippi amen 😉
@@XDgamer-lk8nf we are all Southern family. Thanks for replying and commenting
@@ScottRandolph-dd7dr 😉
Mississippi girl here!! LOVE my State!!! ❤️
I’d argue NC should be higher. We’re the home of many southern icons such as Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Billy Graham, Charlie Daniels, Luke Combs and much more.
We don't do snow either.
Alabama born and now living on the west panhandle of FL, I completely agree Matt. Well done sir!
I'm from the Florida panhandle and can confirm it is essentially indistinguishable from Alabama or Georgia.
Thank you for including Oklahoma! We are a melting pot of Midwest and Southern, and mix in some Western influences too. But there’s a LOT of southern traditions here that deserve recognition and I’m grateful u see it.
North Carolina delegate response: Bless your heart. 😊
As a resident of Louisiana I’d just like to clarify that Louisiana is actually 3 different entities mashed into one boot shaped state. Everything north of Baton Rouge is what I like to call southern Arkansas, New Orleans is its own thing, and then there is the beating heart of Louisiana which is Acadiana and it’s surrounding areas or Cajun Country for those that don’t know what Acadiana is.
Lafayette native here! Agreed on all points.
Sitting in Cajun country right now!
I'm in Arkansas. I've driven all over Louisiana. It's definitely full of interesting transitions.
My family is from Opelousas and this is 100% facts. Also, somebody tell New Orleans to quit trying to claim Boudin as "New Orleans Cuisine". You couldn't even find Boudin in New Orleans until like 10 years ago.
I agree with this. Lake Charles here.
As someone who lives in Florida but not in the panhandle, whenever I go meet up with my family in the panhandle it is SO southern. People have the accents and cowboy hats, and even sometimes some crazy weather! So yes, the panhandle is the most southern part of florida
Matt you forgot the greatest gift from Arkansas to Alabama "Bear Bryant". 🏈📽
This made my Alabama ass shed a tear- a heartfelt thanks for the #1 ranking lol
1:34 Pensacola is basically Alabama with lottery tickets. Spot on Matt!
I'm like he's not wrong. Also Georgia (I live in Georgia that's fair considering I live in Metro Atlanta).
North is where the best BBQ and soul food is though, south has better Carribean food
Completely agree…. As a lifelong Mississippi girl, your ranking of Alabama is spot on. The closer you get to Louisiana the more Cajun you get…. Louisiana is its own individual country.
Some have LA a "Banana Republic." :D
I knew I was gonna be disappointed and Matt, you didn't fail! NC is 8th!! I'll give ya that your negative points are valid (come universities! Why can't you get in the SEC?) But Arkansas beat us? Till this is rectified youre not welcomed in NC Matt!
@@prestonrichards3474Boudana Republic FIFY😂
Texas here. I beg to differ re: Louisiana.
The fact that you showed a picture of downtown Hot Springs in your breakdown of Arkansas is awesome. That’s one of our prettiest small towns in the whole state!
I thought the part about our most southern parts of Arkansas are off the radar and they want it that way was spot on 🤣
@@christophercook1978 it’s true that we do but that’s never the case, so might as well make money off of it.
@@jebbroham1776 100%, I love it when people visit from out of state and fall in love with ours. I’ve brought a lot of people to Glenwood and Hot Springs that have really liked the area.
Rich people town, the hot springs ain't even free
@@kubbybear5458 depends on what part you live in lol
Some things that are OBVIOUSLY wrong with his rankings:
1. He put Missouri is on the list and it isn't even a southern state, according to the U.S. Census it's Midwestern.
2. He conveniently left Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia off his list all together and they're southern states according to the U.S. Census.
3. He ranked Alabama too high, and he ranked Louisiana and Georgia too low.
4. He ranked Kentucky and Virginia below Texas and Florida
5. He ranked North Carolina below Arkansas, and he ranked Virginia below Kentucky.
Half of Missouri is really southern. And it was a border state, with the southern half being the confederacy and the northern half being union. The culture here is a mix of midwest and southern
@AwilDoinIt I'm only speaking of the states that are geographically southern and officially southern according to the U.S. government.
I believe alabama is ranked perfectly. But Louisiana and Georgia do deserve more credit
@@-SpaceFrog- Why do you believe Alabama is ranked perfectly?
Matt you have never been to NC in winter and it shows. The MOUNTAINS may be okay, but the entire rest of the state goes insane. That famous photo of massive pileup with a car on fire in the snow is from Raleigh!
Seriously. We got ranked #8 based on a completely false premise. Not to mention, we have some of the best barbecue in the south! NC deserves a much higher position.
This is 100% spot on. It doesn’t snow as much now it seems as when I was in school, but there were times when they called off school because they thought it was going to snow. There were times school administrators were wrong and we basically got the day off because it was cold lol
@@travisreifke4356yeah but it’s not nearly as southern as it used to be. Still better than our fellow “southern” state Virginia but still not as southern as our fellow Carolina in South Carolina and I’m living and my family has lived in North Carolina for generations. At least since before the civil war. Before that I don’t know.
@@mintz9782 Speaking as a native of the Carolinas, I disagree. But, even if SC is more southern than us in very few ways, NC should still be ranked higher than #8. We are definitely more Southern than Arkansas!
I agree about the snow on the coast we have social collapse if it snows, but throw hurricane parties. We are however a swing state so that does bring us down on the list.
Loved this video as always, but there was that comment about Texas BBQ. Soooo bless your heart Matt
Ouch! That's a bit harsh! 😂
But the chili part was ok, right?
As someone who was born and raised in north Florida and moved to south Georgia, it felt like I switched countries.
We are happy to be on the list!
Pensacola resident here! Thanks for pointing out how we're basically lower Alabama, and DEFINITELY Southern. 💛
It would be really funny if they just decided to draw a straight line from the Alabama/ Georgia border south to the Gulf and made Alabama a square
@@MrByars 🤣😂
@@MrByars When Florida was bought from Spain in 1821, the area west of the Apalachicola River was offered to Alabama for annexation. With the typical foresight the Alabama legislature, then and to this day, has been noted for, the legislature declared they didn't want to fool with this "swampland". (Also, Mobile, Alabama's largest city at the time, didn't want the almost as large community of Pensacola as a potential political rival.)
As a proud Kentuckian, I can only say - it's not our fault Cincinnati is right across the river. Buckeyes with their weird food and strange customs crossing the bridge when no one asked them to (continued grumbling noises...).
We gave you the best chili ever! It's not even a regional thing, it's a whole style of chili that comes from one city. Also, I moved to N.KY for a few months once. Had to pay $800.00 just for a license plate! I'm glad to be back in Cincy now.
Nobody, Southern or Italian or Southern Italian, asked you to "give" us the equivalent of bad lunch lady "chili" served over watery overdone spaghetti. Thanks?😂🤣
To be fair Florida could make a similar argument about snowbirds flying south ... get rid of the Yankees and FL is by far the most southern state in the country their what happens when Alabama lifts all it's alcohol and drug laws and doesn't judge you for missing church
You can bomb a few bridges "accidentally" on 4th of July - just sayin'.
I lived in Erlanger for a little while, then moved across the bridge to Cinti for another year, while I worked at the Florence Cracker Barrel and had a day job in downtown Cincinnati. I am not from the area, though, and had no idea that they literally have a chili place on every corner in Cincinnati. They are just crazy for chili. It really is NOT Kentucky's fault.
However, y'all host the Cincinnati Airport. So you kinda let it in.
@@ddcs0s Generational Floridians are every bit as southern as south Georgia. They're just outnumbered.
I live in Mississippi and in fact, when he was about to explain why he likes Mississippi food that exact shot in the back I’ve been past that road so many times I know exactly where that is😂😂😂
Spot on about Florida. Born and raised in Pensacola. We're definitely about as Alabama as you can get. I tell folks all the time, I'm so far west in Florida I might as well be Bama. xD
Glad you love Mississippi Matt! Seems no one from the north understands how incredible our state is.
West Tennessean here. Love Mississippi. Huge portion of my family are from Iuka. There are a lot of great places to live in Mississippi
As a Tennessean getting inundated with Californians (and some folks from New York and Illinois), be thankful that you're flying under the radar.
I've been to Mississippi. I loved it there.
As a Tennessean Mississippi hella underrated
Other than your economy 😂
Born in NC, raised in Alabama, stationed in GA, MS, OK, family in TX, VA, and have extended time in all of the other southern states. I think you were pretty spot-on, although Ala and MS could be interchangeable (1 and 1A).
I grew up on the Miss/Alabama border (a bit East of Meridian) and in that area it's literally called the twin states. There is very much a reason for that as the only real change over the state line was which University rivalry will tear apart a family if you dare marry the wrong fan.
@@mwater_moon2865 Drove through there recently, from SE Bama. It's quite the same.
It’s really hard to pin point where Virginia gets “southern”. I mainly say it starts at Ashland down or hell Richmond va where I live. I mean it was the confederate capital back then
Every time I’ve been to North Carolina, everyone panics the moment one snowflake falls. I saw a snowflake, one single snowflake, hit my windshield. No other snowflakes fell. Everyone immediately on I 40 went from 75 MPH to 32 MPH.
Then you saw me and few other idiots drive 80 to get home
I got stuck at chili on spaghetti…..what kind of mess?! I didn’t believe you and had to look it up! They proud of that!
I distinctly remember my mama giving my little brother sweet tea in his bottle and truthfully, he didn’t turn out so well.
I live in Georgia and I try to get up to Atlanta at least once a year to remind myself why I don’t live there. So you were firm but fair.
My husband and I moved to Alabama 2 years ago from Virginia. He is originally from here but I seriously didn’t want to move here. I love it!!! I have met the nicest, most caring and helpful people. And I love the church signs. I’ve kept a list of all my favorites. #1 “ too much sugar preaching leads to truth decay “ 😊
Your welcome from a Alabaman
Southern hospitality is still real!
Truth decay is awesome haha
@@kaleb7636Hella real. If you don't hold the door for me I'm giving you the craziest side eye you done ever seen
As a Maryland guy, I always find it interesting that Maryland is technically a southern state, but people don't think of it as one, however I think it kind of has southern culture
Maryland is the Mid-Atlantic. It is the area between the North and the South. Southern MD transitions to the South, but Central MD and Baltimore lean more towards the North. Baltimore’s accent is closer to Philadelphia’s than any southern accent.
-Marylander transplanted from Georgia
Moved from Alabama to St. Mary’s county for about 6 months back in 2008, have some experience with this subject.
No sweet tea, no true barbecue (something called pit beef), nobody cared about college football, there weren’t churches literally everywhere, no accent at all.
The people there were so heartwarming and kind to my family, and not at all like folks from Baltimore, but it’s more just a rural mid-Atlantic area than anything else. Definitely not southern. And not bad, either. They’ve got their own cool little thing going up there. And I swear-some of the nicest people I’ve ever met lived there.
As a Louisianan I am appalled that you consider South Carolina more southern than us!!! 😭😭😭😭😭
What got me was when he put Alabama at #1. Now that's a low blow
@@AlphaXCalibur that's true, cousin kissing is not southern values!!!
@@christianraber4760 I WILL however give him credit for saying that no state in the country is more unique than us.
Right!?!
There is no south as we know it without South Carolina. And South Carolina to a certain extent to a lesser or greater degree has everythang Louisiana has. Y’all have creole/cajun culture we have the Gullah/Geechie culture on our coast.
Y’all have New Orleans a major port city
We have Charleston, one of the first major port cities
Y’all have swamps and gators
We have plenty of swamps and gators
Y’all have y’all rednecks
We have our rednecks, per capita we have the most trailer homes in the country
At this moment The only thing I could say that y’all clearly have that seperates y’all clearly from us is the music and great artist/talent y’all have produced through yalls states history. I love yalls zydeco and the part y’all play in blues/jazz history
I'd be interested to see Matt draw his line on a Virginia map denoting the South. Personally, as someone from Central Virginia, I would use what I call the "sweet tea line" and that is the line which once you cross, most restaurants stop making sweet tea. So far, I've determined Culpeper and Richmond fall below that line, but Fredericksburg is north of it.
Edit: Some of y'all have never been to Augusta or Rockingham Counties, and it shows.
I think the line should put UVA in the North and VT in the South. Just to make it clear
Same, I've heard any and everything North of Fredericksburg is it's own State 😂
Fredericksburg is kinda the dividing line. Much different once you get south of it.
Charlottesville -- definitely North.
As a former Virginian, now in Tennessee, I propose that the James River be the dividing line. Sorry Mechanicsville, but growing up in Chester, I still remember "South of the James, by invitation only."
I had no problem with this list until you disrespected our Texas BBQ and chili...thems fighting words. Not only will we take back Buc-ee's, but also Blue Bell and Dr Pepper!
Going for the throat!!😂
And Whataburgers
Lets just take back all our oil and see how things go!
Good ranking. I wonder if there are places in the South that are not really Southern if there could be places outside the South that are Southern.