So Long Geography!

I've been thinking a lot about culture gaps in geological regions. For instance, how different culture can be on two different sides of town but then people of certain racial or socioeconomic groups share a culture all over the country. Before the internet/television/etc. culture was reliant on location. You know, southerners had one culture and yankees another and the west coast had one all to themselves. While yes, those still exist, I've seen more of a cultural connection between members of the same socioeconomic groups than of people who simply live in the same region. Urban blacks, for example, have developed a similar cultural stereotype across the country. Things as small as large headphones, baby phat clothing, and ranch dressing have been linked through this phenomenon. Many are found present in music videos, lyrics, and television shows. This just shows how advances in communication and transportation have made socioeconomic and racial factors more important than geographical factors (which usually dictated a culture). So like, poor urban blacks in Atlanta are more similar to those in Oakland than to their white neighbors. It's interesting.