Ah, you're referring to the Blue States/Red States Paradox. One of the great things about America is our diversity. Sure it can be annoying at times when others order a cheese pizza instead of a plain or eat a hero, hoagie, or a submarine sandwich instead of a sub; or when the New Englander goes to a bah, while I go to a bar; but the New Yorker drinks cawfee, and the Southerner drinks coffee; but the Chicagoan drives a care while drinking a bottle of pop, while the San Franciscan drinks soda in a car and thinks their ride is "hella cool," while the Bostonian drinks tonic in a cah and says it's "wicked awesome," and the New Jerseyite goes down the shore, while everyone else goes to the beach, but you wouldn't change it for the world cause you know it'd be pretty boring without those kind of little nuances.
Umm, I just realized this doesn't have much to do with the discussion.
My point is, we may have our differences and disagree with one another's povs, but we still get along...at least until we had Bush. Now, we're practically divided like the Civil War again, because well, he doesn't even try to appease liberals. He's just pissing off all of them and the healing won't begin until he's out.
Btw, tobacco (which is the South's cash crop) is one of our biggest exports, and most of our cotton is grown there, and if you're on the east coast, your peaches come from Georgia.