Episode 114: You Have To Go North To Get South: Is Florida Part of the South?

Published: July 26, 2023, 4 p.m.

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Ever heard the phrase, "you have to go north to get South"? That's not untrue. People often ask whether Florida is part of the South. The short answer: It's complicated. Yes... and no.\\xa0

Rick and Cathy talk about why that is, what they love about the South, and why it's such a complicated answer.

Links We Mentioned
Garden & Gun Magazine
Burden of Southern History by C. Vann Woodward
"Is Florida Part of the South?"
Southern Storytellers on PBS
The Liberal Rednecks and the Liberal Redneck Manifesto

Our Favorite Southern Towns in Florida
Welaka
(To see: Welaka Fish Hatchery and Aquarium)

Two-Egg
History of the name
Two-Egg Stump Jumper

Cross Creek
The Yearling Restaurant
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
Wood and Swink General Store

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