Area in U.S. that looks and feels like England? (houses, live)

[Sgoldie]

I don't know if I agree that few New Englanders have British ancestry. Certainly since we changed our immigration policy in 1965 to disfavor those with a similar background you will find that true in major cities and certain pockets, but even where I grew up in northern NY the great majority of residents had British ancestry almost exclusively as many of their ancestors had come from New England.

[TelecasterBlues]

Pittsburgh certainly has a very European character and has a lot of that "rough and tumble" type of feel to it that you would find throughout Manchester and Liverpool. It's separated into 70-some odd neighborhoods with their own town centers and personalities, so there's a lot of resemblance to those tiny little European villages on top of that. I'd say German landscape mixed with grittier European/English characteristics is a nice way of describing the city as a whole.

[thenewtexan]

For architecture/infrastructure: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, DC in that order.
For climate: WA, OR, northern CA in that order.

Actually, New England in general would give you the climate with the exception of winter.

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by slowlane2

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia has a stately ambiance reminiscent of historical England, including the costumed craftsmen, architecture, and the many wares for sale in the gift shops, old Episcopal churches, and the names of communities in the area identical to English town and county names.

All 6 of the New England states, as well as the Tidewater Virginia region, have many town and place names identical to English counties and towns, and the speech accent traditionally is non-rhotic. Although relatively few New Englanders today have British ancestry (most come from other ethnic groups).

When I looked it up it varied by state. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have a fair amount with English ancestry. Although there are towns and cities in them that are more Irish or French.

Some of the other states of New England are generally more Irish, Italian, or even Portuguese than the above three.

[Verseau]

Here's a map of English ancestry in the US (not sure what the scale is, though):

[Northern Matt]

Maine for me is the closest. It's a reason I want to move there. It's not like the hustle and bustle of the hell you get in cities, it's like real England, beautiful scenery, small towns and communities, hills and very peaceful living places.

I have always lived in main areas... Leeds, Doncaster(250,000 people) Preston and back to Leeds. Non of these are like England is or was.

The weather in Maine has also the 4 seasons which not many places do. England doesn't really but it's a nice factor.

[Smash XY]

Originally Posted by Verseau

Here's a map of English ancestry in the US (not sure what the scale is, though):

I find this map faithful but I'm sure they are more people of English ancestry in the south.

I think that the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts are more like the English coast.

[jeffredo]

Originally Posted by Verseau

Here's a map of English ancestry in the US (not sure what the scale is, though):

This is "self-identify" data from the census and really doesn't tell the whole story. The South shows as not having many people of English ancestry, but its because most Caucasian people there self-identify as "American" on the census. In fact, most white people in The South are a mixture of English and Scots-Irish (Ulster Scot). Its population from an ethnic point of view is the most British in the country due to historically much lower immigration to the area during the waves of European immigration in the 19th and 20th century.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Verseau

Boston is the most English in feel of the major American cities, in its culture, architecture, and general layout. Neighborhoods like Beacon Hill, Back Bay, the South End, Charlestown, and Cambridge certainly evoke parts of London.

New England is culturally the closest to Britain that I have experienced among the U.S. regions, although as noted it differs in terms of its somewhat less rainy climate with greater temperature extremes, and a considerably more heavily forested landscape (less farmland).

The towns themselves were however designed with a certain English sensibility, built around village greens for example. The oldest towns in New England are most reminiscent of the Mother Country; some notable examples are Marblehead, MA, Newburyport, MA, Ipswich, MA, Salem, MA, Concord, MA, Sandwich, MA, Newport, RI, Wickford, RI, Mystic, CT, Portsmouth, NH, Kennebunkport, ME, Damariscotta, ME, and Camden, ME, among many others.

Vermont often reminds me of Britain with its New England style villages, green rolling hills, and pastureland, although it is still much more highly forested than most of the UK.

Certainly the Hudson Valley and other parts of Upstate New York are strong contenders for resembling the English landscape, as well as areas of Pennsylvania.

The Pacific Northwest most closely resembles Britain in terms of climate.

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[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Verseau

Here's a map of English ancestry in the US (not sure what the scale is, though):

What's interesting about that map is that Utah shows a strong english background, but that is no surprise for those that understand that the Church of Latter Day saints(aka the Mormons) were started by men from Vermont.