ummmmmmm.... yes, in my experience living in 5 different southern towns. Each very different kinds of southern culture. SoWal = perfectly suited for me.
birmingham = way too southern, MLK not a popular figure among whites who believe the media is responsible for any negative images associated with the south. rebel flags abound. food is wonderful. I would weigh 300 pounds if I still lived there. many people do.
tuscaloosa = pretty darn southern and funn too. good mix of friends, plus a group of good old boy / funn redneck friends who hated MLK holiday and would rather work. fewer rebel flags but still standard.
gainesville = not enough southern (almost no southern). great great great educational life experience in many ways.
pensacola = very good southern, very strange development planning with pockets of heavy industry, minorities scattered throughout, with naval influence. great people, but quite bible belt boring.
SoWal = just right southern.
I think there are many places in NE and NW Florida I would truly love but not south florida - that is the least southern of all.