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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
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Arcadia]]. Frequently [[Internal Subtrope|features]] Southern Hospitality, a form of [[Sacred Hospitality]].
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Turn A Gundam
** Ironically enough, Nochis (the town where the story begins) is placed in [[Joisey|New Jersey]] on official maps.
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* ''[[Where the Heart Is]]''
* ''[[Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood]]''
* ''[[Harold
* The character of Wooderson from ''Dazed and Confused'' seems to inhabit this trope, although the rest of the film isn't particularly like this. (It's set in Austin, Texas.)
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== [[Music]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the song [http://popup.lala.com/popup/432627043556415892 "Sweet Home Alabama"]{{Dead link}} by the Southern Rock band [[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".
{{quote|My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue|Neil Young, ''Waging Heavy Peace''}}
* Despite its [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Trope Namer]], [[Kid Rock]]'s "All Summer Long" explicitly takes place in "northern Michigan''.
* "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.
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'' leans more this way, although some of the Okeefenokee Swamp denizens are less than brilliant. Most of them are
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Terrans from [[
** Taking it one step further, the [[Trope Namer]] song loads up on Jimmy's jukebox during the infamous [[Bar Fight]].
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