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I perceive a lot of differences between AL and GA. I think the average Georgian feels more of an affinity with South Carolina, since they share regional similarities in the Piedmont and Low Country. NC, on the other hand, seems to have a lot in common with VA.
I think the state most similar to Georgia is North Carolina--and vice versa.
Virginia is like a hybrid of Maryland and North Carolina.
I perceive a lot of differences between AL and GA. I think the average Georgian feels more of an affinity with South Carolina, since they share regional similarities in the Piedmont and Low Country. NC, on the other hand, seems to have a lot in common with VA.
Georgia was settled by throw-aways from England to protect the Rice Plantations of the Lowcountry from the Spaniards.
Of the states surrounding Texas, I would say Oklahoma has the most in common with Texas.
New Mexico may be identical to El Paso, but it could hardly be more different than Houston or other parts of east Texas.
Agree totally, Bowie! Other than the trans-pecos area of Texas, very little of the other parts share any historical/cultural connection with New Mexico.
Neat thread though! Kudo's to the OP. The ones that come to mind for me are:
Texas/Oklahoma
Alabama/Mississippi
New Mexico/Arizona
Kansas/Nebraska
Tennessee/Kentucky
Georgia/South Carolina
Ohio/Indiana
North Carolina/Virginia
Colorado/Wyoming
Oregon/Washington
Massachusetts/Connecticutt
Vermont/New Hamsphire
North Dakota/South Dakota
Michigan/Wisconsin
Maryland/Delaware
Utah/Idaho
Pennsylvania/New York
Georgia South Carolina (or perhaps Georgia, South, & North Carolina) makes more sense than Georgia- Alabama....
Alabama grew out from a gulf coast french city of mobile.
Whereas Georgia was settled by the English and early on attracted more colonists from the Carolinas and Virginia as land was opened up after pushing the indians away.
Alabama is a tough one because it is a go between Louisiana and Georgia. It has historical roots in partly being a french territory, but attracted alot of colonists from the rest of the south to the north part of the state and to fall line cities.
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Agree totally, Bowie! Other than the trans-pecos area of Texas, very little of the other parts share any historical/cultural connection with New Mexico.
Neat thread though! Kudo's to the OP. The ones that come to mind for me are:
Texas/Oklahoma
Alabama/Mississippi
New Mexico/Arizona
Kansas/Nebraska
Tennessee/Kentucky
Georgia/South Carolina
Ohio/Indiana
North Carolina/Virginia
Colorado/Wyoming
Oregon/Washington
Massachusetts/Connecticutt
Vermont/New Hamsphire
North Dakota/South Dakota
Michigan/Wisconsin
Maryland/Delaware
Utah/Idaho
Pennsylvania/New York
Thanks, yeah I now realise just because the Carolinas share the same second half of their name doesn't mean they necessarily share the most similarities. SC does have a more Piedmont/lowland centre - Charleston and even Columbia, which makes me think of Savannah and the 'Old South', while NC's large population centre are further inland and probably share a bit more in common with the upland south?
Feel free to disagree/agree...most of these are kinda obvious, but I thought it'd be fun to pair the states up with their geographical/cultural twin. Yes, maybe too much time on my hands, lol...
California/Arizona
Oregon/Washington
Utah/Colorado
Idaho/Montana
Wyoming/Nebraska
New Mexico/Texas
Oklahoma/Arkansas
Louisiana/Mississippi
Alabana/Georgia
Florida/Puerto Rico (I know the latter is not a state!)
The Carolinas, obviously
The Dakotas
Missouri/Illinois
Iowa/Nebraska
Wisconsin/Minnesota
Michigan/Ohio
Virginia/West Virginia
Tennessee/Kentucky
Pennsylvania/New York
Maryland/District of Columbia
New Jersey/Delaware
Connecticut/Rhode Island
Massachusetts/Rhode Island
New Hampshire/Vermont
Maine/Vermont
Hawaii/Alaska
Yes there are a few double-ups because of the odd numbers, but I think this is more or less accurate.
Michigan and Ohio ????? Ughhh that could start a war ya know. Michigan and Ohio are really different and there is a long history of bad feelings there. The sports rivalry is obvious, but the two states nearly fought a real war over the toledo strip in 1835. (google it) Hating Ohio is like a state sport in Michigan, and I assume the same is true in OHio as well. Ohio state troopers regularly target Michigan drivers for tickets. Michigan is much more similar with Wisconsin than it is Ohio. Even ONtario shares more with Michigan than does Ohio. Ohio and Indiana belong together, and Michigan and Wisconsin belong together.
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