southern girl

I grew up in Atlanta and I've had no complaints so far. I love Atlanta and I really couldn't tell you why other than the fact that I've grown accustomed to the set up of this city that living anywhere else seems so foreign. although some seem to think that Atlanta doesn't count as the south and that Atlanta is not "southern." I may be true that Atlanta doesn't look like what you'd expect from your typical southern city due to it's skyscraper building and urban/ modern feel, but i still think Atlanta holds a lot of southern characteristics.
Atlanta is still full of the southern gentleman who still open doors for women and southern belle who follow a similar code of conduct. you find the same dinner restaurants serving up southern cooking from collard greens, country fried steak, and grits. you'll still hear the southern dialect in Atlanta as in any other southern city. the homes still give off a southern hospitality vibe with both the style of large front porches to the white columns. Sweet tea is an essential at every restaurant and every household. therefore Atlanta is still a part of a the south which i love, regardless of it's unpredictable weather, because of it's southern urban mix.
this is another Atlantian's opinion in the atlanta metblog.
i would most certainly still live in atlanta when i grow up. preferably in the Virginia highlands/ Morningside area. as much as I love Charleston and Savannah i think that I'd have a hard time living in those cities for a very long period of time. If i were not to live in Atlanta but in a southern state i think north carolina would be the runner up. my sister currently lives in chapel hill and has lived in Raleigh and Greensboro in the past. Although they aren't very large cities and some lacked diversity i still found myself at home whenever i went to visit my sister in north carolina.