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NutmegYankee

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8. There was a very significant German population before the Revolution in Pennsylvania.

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 10:20 PM

Feb 2013

My German ancestors fought in the Continental Army. They had arrived in 1752.

Otherwise, having grown up in the South (of Pennsylvania parents) I agree with the author. While the NE has notable ethnic distinctions, but not hatred, the South had just race. There were no Irish/Polish/German/Italian/etc there. You were just white.

One of the reasons I enjoy the NE more is those ethnic distinctions tend to lead to very tasty culinary selections. And the culture is more lively - St. Patty's day is a blast up here! A melting pot is always better.

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Salon: Southern White Protestant resistance to change similar to the North in the early 1900's. [View all] pampango Feb 2013 OP

Thanks for posting.. bookmarking OKNancy Feb 2013 #1

How is it that the ethnicity of those residing in states other than the south Skidmore Feb 2013 #2

from the article.... is how respondents identified themselves justabob Feb 2013 #3

The answer is in the article. That's how they self identify,unlike the rest of the country. hedda_foil Feb 2013 #4

I find that soooooo interesting.... FredStembottom Feb 2013 #6

Also, the question was "ancestry or ethnic origin" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #17

Am I reading this wrong? Mostly English in Utah? So they're Mormons? freshwest Feb 2013 #5

Given that LDS was founded in 1830 SpartanDem Feb 2013 #9

Stumps me. Should have had a large population of natives already there. freshwest Feb 2013 #10

They started in Western NY and moved west from there. SpartanDem Feb 2013 #12

Yeh, guess the immigrant population was heavily English. Mine came over 200 years before then. freshwest Feb 2013 #14

What states were those election rigging laws proposed, again? SpartanDem Feb 2013 #7

There was a very significant German population before the Revolution in Pennsylvania. NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #8

If they were the old stock British-Americans LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #11

I've wondered that. My earliest forbear was from Scotland and he came in 1790. CTyankee Feb 2013 #13

The south was settled largely by the Scots-Irish SpartanDem Feb 2013 #16

Having relocated to the south many years ago, the non-ethnicity vibe was most apparrent to me Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #15