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unc70

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17. Some years ago, NC got influx from Ohio

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:49 PM

Oct 2022

Influx from much of that general area 10 to 20 years ago. Many of these people were retirees. The politics and demographics changed in various ways. Many of these newcomers were conservative Catholics, staunch opponents of gays, of abortion, etc. Reliable Repub voters. This influx helped tilt NC even more towards the GOP candidates. This influx from the North made NC more conservative and whiter than it had been before.

More recently, we have been overwhelmed with younger people from everywhere. I suspect this will eliminate most of the "Ohio" effect.

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Is "Southernification" of rural America happening? [View all] Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 OP

Are you talking about an accent, or what they're saying, or what? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #1

Accents. nt Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #2

My relatives are from southeastern Ohio.. luvs2sing Oct 2022 #3

Maybe I just didn't notice accents from those... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #4

Very possible, I think. luvs2sing Oct 2022 #5

Well in my suburb outside of DC, in Montgomery County MD, the "snowbirds" have decided to stay here Samrob Oct 2022 #6

If you listen to radio in rural areas, it's ALL country and western music.... albacore Oct 2022 #7

That was a hypothesis mentioned in the article... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #9

perfect Celerity Oct 2022 #28

I was born and raised in a rural town in NE Ohio. llmart Oct 2022 #8

I live a few miles north of Dayton. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #13

Well bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #10

I've noticed that too. It's weird, IMO. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #11

I live in Southwest New Mexico. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #12

I can't speak to the accents Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #14

I think that I'm not just now perceiving... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #22

Southern White Vernacular English and Rural White Southern English have been moving WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #15

I wonder why? Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #21

I grew up in Cincy proper. maxsolomon Oct 2022 #16

I heard more of a "Southern" accent near Cincy... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #18

Some years ago, NC got influx from Ohio unc70 Oct 2022 #17

Ohio has become MUCH more red... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #19

I moved from NE Ohio... llmart Oct 2022 #20

I live in a county in eastern Ohio. I-70 passes through the middle of Ohio doc03 Oct 2022 #23

You're talking about white people's accents? Effete Snob Oct 2022 #24

Yes. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #25

It's been like that for my entire life Sympthsical Oct 2022 #26

I think that's it! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #27

Gay culture is another way to really observe how it works Sympthsical Oct 2022 #29

I'm sure that's what they're doing. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #33

It's called "code-switching" Sympthsical Oct 2022 #36

Accents are funny things in how they creep in without being obvious at first. Jedi Guy Oct 2022 #30

I was born in NE Ohio and lived there until I was 14 years old -- 60 years ago my family moved to CA Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #31

It's been happening Deep State Witch Oct 2022 #32

Someone on DU once wrote that Ohio was... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #35

I've read that after the conservative Southern Democrats Hortensis Oct 2022 #34