::p.s. In one way, you are right. Joel Garreau's "Nine Nations of North America" cuts Dixie off at the James River, the navigable river for ocean-going shipping to Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia (cities at the Fall Line). The common expression is 'South of the James'. Basically, driving down US-1, when you order breakfast north of the James, you get homefried potatoes with an omelet, south of the James, you can get grits.