<p>LakeWash:</p>
<p>I certainly agree with you that many parts of the South have changed. I've come to think of the Old South starting at Fredericksburg, VA. North of there is the DC area. As for Raleigh/Durham ... well ... certainly there are many cosmopolitan pockets, but the area is surrounded by old tobacco farm country that is Jesse Helms territory. In fact, Helms was famous in that part of NC because he was a commentator on WRAL 5 in Raleigh.</p>