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The South is older

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Most Southerners will have very few ancestors who arrived after the early 1700s, so their roots are far more likely to be "old" than those or Northerners. There is truth to the notion that few Southerners have the mega-wealth of the North. But you will find that there are many wealthy Southerners whose ancestors had a similar spot in the pecking order of wealth. It fluctuates from generation to generation a bit, but essentially remains the same. I think Southerners have more land wealth and less income than Northerners. By necessity that have to be more frugal, although we still spend plenty.