I can't give a short answer (with a good reason for this one, but it is also a problem I have concerning anything.) I lived in Oregon most of my life, near Astoria, but always felt I was a "southerner" b/c I spent 5 1/2 years of my childhood in St. Francisville, LA, and felt that was home ever after. A few years ago my husband and I decided on a mid-life "adventure" and moved to Atlanta, GA (his company relocated him.) This is not the South of my childhood, but I guess I'm an Atlantan for a while now.