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The [[Deep South]] in a (usually) more positive light. The Rural South in the United States is a land of [[Good Ol' Boy|honest, down-to-earth folks]], unlike the pretentious [[City Slicker|City Slickers]] in New York or "New South" [[Atlanta]]. Some may have their little quirks, but everyone takes those in stride. When one wants to escape the morally bankrupt superficiality of city life and get in touch with one's true self, the South is the place to go to.
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Whether white or black, the churches are usually Baptist or Pentecostal, which is to say this trope usually averts [[Christianity Is Catholic]].
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== [[Music]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the song [http://popup.lala.com/popup/432627043556415892 "Sweet Home Alabama"] by the Southern Rock band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd (Music)|Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. (The film, above, was also named for it.) The song was a [[Take That|rebuttal]] to [[Neil Young]]'s songs "Alabama" and "Southern Man".
* Despite its [[Shout
* "Georgia on My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, made famous by [[Ray Charles]], which was made the official state song in 1979, although originally written about Carmichael's sister, Georgia Carmichael.
* Phil Harris' song "That's What I Like About The South" is filled to the brim (of the mint julep) with this.
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