"north central South..."

Reminds me of an old Steve Martin routine where he rambles on and on about what time he plans to do something: "the late mid-morning; I mean early in the late morning... no, make that the early-early late mid-morning...etc. etc....

Also, there's always been plenty of reference to "old New Orleans"; more recently, since Katrina, we have people referring to the "new old New Orleans." My contractor friends who specialize in historic renovation recently got business cards printed as "Old New Old New Orleans, Inc."