USC's southern culture

jackh129
Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:42:42 +0000

I am from Pennsylvania and am a freshman at USC. My roommate is from Ohio and at least 50% of my floor is from New Jersey/Pennsylvania/Maryland or New York. There are a TON of northerners here. The Southerners don’t really hate the “yankees” though it could hurt you when rushing for fraternities but that’s really it. I haven’t met anyone who is truly racist. I mean people all over make racial jokes but are not really serious. As for Southern culture, it is evident in Sweet tea, mac and cheese and fried chicken in the dining halls as well as dressing up for football. Other than that i don’t really see huge Southern culture. I think it’s because there are so many northerners. I would say at least 30% from northern Virginia and north. The northern culture seems to make the Southern culture less evident. I particularly don’t like that, as i left the north for a reason. I am thinking about transferring to another school maybe Auburn or Ole Miss, or somewhere more Southern.