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Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan could be triplets. All have vast areas of northwoods, numerous lakes, northern lights, German/Scandinavian heritage, and share a common Upper Midwestern culture. Lower Michigan lacks the accent common to MN and WI, but the U.P. has a similar accent. The southern third of Michigan (below I-96 and I-69) is very different and probably has more in common with IN, IL, and OH, but the rest of the state is pure Upper Midwest.
Illinois isn't Hawaii or Alaska...it became a state in 1818, so I wouldn't exactly call it "young." Also, the politics and population of IL and IN differ pretty greatly. IL also has interesting topography in the southern part of the state and the NW part of the state. In any event, I was thinking that IL and PA have similar population sizes as well as a mix of rural and urban. If I had to compare, I'd say Chicago is like Philadelphia; Pittsburgh is like St. Louis (I know it's in MO, but it's right across the border and the metro area spans two states). IL has a much larger hispanic population than PA, but I don't think IL and IN are a good comparison except for that they both have a lot of corn...but so does IA...and OH...and NE...etc.
i mean young in comparison to the original 13 colonies. young is relative, and 1818 is relatively young for a state.
as far as the topography, it is identical. southern indiana is hilly just like Il. Illinois and Indiana are identical twins to look at.
as far as the rest of that youve written, chicago is not like philadelphia, and pitrsburgh and st louis are kind of like each other, but still very different.
When I say Florida and California, I'm not talking about the climate necessarily. I mean as far as urban set up. SoCal and SoFla have a VERY similar urban setup, that is UNSEEN in many other states. The way the houses are built(Spanish, Mediterranean style) the HIGH density both have, even in suburban areas, the beach cities, and beach culture, the high Hispanic population, the way the highways run through the cities and how they use highway sound walls to block out the car noises for the residents that live adjacent to the highway(kinda long, I know). The urban setup between the 2 are virtually unseen outside the these 2 respective regions. You can Google map alot of places within the LA basin and Google map alot of places in in the SoFla tri-county area and see the similarities.
im not talking about the climate either. im talking about how north florida is the south, northern california certainly is not. those states really arent alike at all.
im not talking about the climate either. im talking about how north florida is the south, northern california certainly is not. those states really arent alike at all.
the beach culture of California and Florida are very similar, I don't see how people say Texas is a twin of California but Florida is not. If anything CA and FL are more of twins than CA and TX.
No state is exactly the same as another. But some do seem to go together when I think about them.
Vermont --- New Hampshire Virginia --- West Virginia (history and the name) Virginia --- North Carolina (similar geography) South Carolina --- North Carolina (mostly because of the name)
Kentucky --- Tennessee
Mississippi --- Alabama
Illinois --- Indiana
Wisconsin --- Michigan
North Dakota --- South Dakota
Kansas --- Nebraska
Washington --- Oregon
Idaho --- Montana (fits together like a puzzle piece)
Arizonia --- New Mexico
Those the main ones for me.
those three in bold dont really work. the others ones do
the beach culture of California and Florida are very similar, I don't see how people say Texas is a twin of California but Florida is not. If anything CA and FL are more of twins than CA and TX.
no, there really not. southern california is really the only part of the state where anybody even goes in the water without a wetsuit. florida's beach communities have that retirement community thing going on.
and texas isnt a twin of califorina, that is just dumb.
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