Don't Let One Guy on Twitter Lie to You: Houston's in the South

We Are the South Social media was a buzz this week (when it is not?) because apparently, Liberty and Chambers counties are in the “South” but Harris County is decidedly not, at least according to one guy on Twitter. What. On Monday, R.J. Lehmann, who’s the editor-in-chief of the International Center for Law, per ABC 13, shared a questionable U.S. map on Twitter highlighting which states and counties he considered “The South” and which were “Not the South.”  I did this map a couple years ago and I stand behind it. pic.twitter.com/luVpPefElL — R.J. Lehmann (@raylehmann) June 7, 2021 According to the map, only eight states are 100 percent in the South, and Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Texas are all partially in the South, but not completely.  His scientific reasoning? “Different things in different areas, but mostly just my impression from visiting,” he wrote on Twitter. Okay, sir.  While we have a lot to say about this whole map, let’s focus in on where our true beef lies: Why is Houston not considered the South? Lehmann admitted he doesn’t have a good answer.  “I’ll admit that I’m being totally inconsistent…
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