>I was pretty much raised there and the culture there and the culture I moved into are like night and day. I admit that a lot of that was due to moving from a urban area to a rural area. I would say, however, that my personal experience was one of two vastly different cultures. My older brother remained in the area, Ft. Washington Md and I bet he would not think of himself as a from the south. I'll ask him and get back to you.

I'll talk to my Dad, who moved from College Station, TX to DC at 16 and see what he says. This was in the 40's. If memory serves, Washington itself was segregated in those days, completed with "White" and "Colored" signs.

Tamar