This list is clickbait idiocy. I regret reading it. I will probably regret writing about it.

Many of the items cited aren’t even emblematic of the South, just rural areas in general. The South is very large and diverse. Many of them apply only to some (very small) areas of the region.

The only one I noticed that is pretty universal is sweet tea; it is fairly easy to find someone who knows how to make good sweet tea in the South. It is nearly impossible to find outside the area.

Also, mosquitoes are only really bad and ubiquitous in Florida for the most part. By ubiquitous, I mean exactly what that word means. In Florida, they are around in great density nearly always, while in other regions they might be bad in specific areas at specific times but it is possible to get away from them.

In Florida (and parts of Georgia), they are everywhere just about all the time.

For instance I am in Tennessee now and I was told several times by locals that the “mosquitoes can get bad here.”

To a Tennessean, a bad mosquito problem is that you see one or two every few minutes and get bitten once or twice. This is the height of summer, by the way.

Now to a Floridian, that is the bare minimum. That is winter. That is what I as a Floridian call “no mosquitoes.”

Also, I’ve yet to find a really good rib or barbecue joint outside the South, so that is true, too.