Do you consider St. Louis a Midwestern or Southern city?

[haltz]

Seriously though, there is a difference between country/hick/hoosier (that you find universally the farther away you get from large cities) and southern. I think some of you people are confusing the two.

That's kind of my point- about how you can find "hoosiers" anywhere.

To take it even farther, I think that perceiving, let's say, Fenton, as more "southern" than other parts of metro St. Louis goes to show how much of a midwest town it is. I remember when I was a young and my family moved to St. Louis from Texas, my parents, and people who came to visit, thought it had a real northern feel. It didn't really have much to do with the size of the city either, my parents are from Dallas.

Anyway, I've heard plenty of people say highway "fawrty". I want to say the common denominator was that they were originally from North St. Louis. I think my buddies mom who says that all the time went to McCluer N. Also, I had a summer coach who not only had that accent, but it was very pronounced. He worked at the beer factory just for good measure.

Imo's had a buffet?

I'm pretty sure the one in Columbia still has a buffet. You should make the trip, it would be totally worth it. $8; 11-2. Think about it.

[jim]

Anyway, I've heard plenty of people say highway "fawrty". I want to say the common denominator was that they were originally from North St. Louis. I think my buddies mom who says that all the time went to McCluer N. Also, I had a summer coach who not only had that accent, but it was very pronounced. He worked at the beer factory just for good measure.

Maybe that's it, I worked out by Lambert and there were a lot of North County residents there.

Anyway, I didn't know Imo's had a commercial making fun of that, I just noticed it when I lived there. Interesting that everyone from St. Louis is saying they don't say it and don't know of anyone who does, yet everyone not from St. Louis who has spent time there hears it.

I went to buy a boat once in Fenton, and to me it did feel like I was in a more southern area then North County.

[StL Dan]

Anyway, I've heard plenty of people say highway "fawrty". I want to say the common denominator was that they were originally from North St. Louis. I think my buddies mom who says that all the time went to McCluer N. Also, I had a summer coach who not only had that accent, but it was very pronounced. He worked at the beer factory just for good measure.

Maybe that's it, I worked out by Lambert and there were a lot of North County residents there.

Anyway, I didn't know Imo's had a commercial making fun of that, I just noticed it when I lived there. Interesting that everyone from St. Louis is saying they don't say it and don't know of anyone who does, yet everyone not from St. Louis who has spent time there hears it.

I went to buy a boat once in Fenton, and to me it did feel like I was in a more southern area then North County.

Heck, Fenton is waaay down there. Then again, I grew up in Bridgeton. Anything south of Highway Farty was "waaay down there".

[maddash]

I remember an RFT article on St. Louis' "southern side" from years ago, and luckily was able to find it on teh intarnets:

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2002-08- ... e-chicken/

There's no doubt that there have been southern elements to St. Louis' history and heritage. And while I totally agree that we're mostly a Midwestern city, there's still that streak of southernness that, for the most part, we just try to sweep under the rug.

[JL21]

Gimme a break, man. It was 1987.

Was Tawny Kitaen airbrushed onto the hood?

[GeddyWrox]

One time my brother and I were traveling in Arkansas and we stopped in a hole-in-the-wall family diner place. Looked like an old barn converted into a restaurant. We were a little afraid to go in, but were starving so we decided to give it a shot.

We get in and the waitress is pretty friendly, so we're talking a while, and at the end of our visit, she asks, "Where yawl frum?"

We respond "St. Louis."

To which she exclaims, "Saint LOOIS!?! Shoot, I thawt yawlz was frum Canada er sumpin!!!"

St. Louis is Midwestern. Sorry fellers!

[Radbird]

I had a mullet and drove a 69 Camaro. Seriously.

I demand pics.

Please.

[StL Dan]

Gimme a break, man. It was 1987.

Was Tawny Kitaen airbrushed onto the hood?

No. My parents would have taken the car away from me over something like that.

[StL Dan]

I had a mullet and drove a 69 Camaro. Seriously.

I demand pics.

Please.

I've got some laying around my parents house in The Lou. I'll work on that one for you.

[Capt_Morgan]

i would think Midwestern