grew up in alabama. college in virginia. law school in louisiana. i live in the DC metro area now, which doesn't really feel like the south. i feel like i was pretty formed by southern-ness, though.
I moved to Missouri a couple of months ago, but I'm originally from Kentucky so I'll always be in the south in my heart. That is, I know some Southern-isms will probably always slip into my writing.
Lived in southern Louisiana for sixteen years, Arkansas for 2 1/2 years... 3 year stint in the Northwest, now I'm back in South Carolina. Nowhere else on earth I'd rather be than in the South!!