[jacobwil]

Maryland (at least around Baltimore and DC, in my experience) often feels like a no-region's-land: many Southerners will claim it's the North and Northerners will claim that it's the South. Maryland definitely feels like it's where the lines blur.

[freshyill]

Yeah, this is exactly what I meant. It's definitely straddling both the North and the South. So much of the state and its culture are very un-South. You won't find its deep blue politics on a large scale anywhere else below the Mason-Dixon Line. The fact that it was founded explicitly as a Catholic colony puts it at odds with most of the rest of the South. This resonates even today.

[moron4hire]

Louisiana is a Catholic state.