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It's been interesting to see the answers above, there is one obvious answer that hasn't been stated. People are Southern if their roots are Southern. Maryland and Virginia are both Southern states but they both have tons of immigrants from the North. Those people are not Southern, even if they've been here a couple of generations. People whose roots have been in Maryland since the 1700s are Southerners. If you don't know this, you shouldn't be answering this type of question.