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Old 04-12-2013, 06:08 PM
 
Location: One of the 13 original colonies.
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Neither North or South. It is it's own region.
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Old 04-12-2013, 06:22 PM
 
Location: LBC
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Concerning the coastal states, I think everyone answering "neither" is out of their mind. There is no way CA, OR or WA identify with Dixie more than the North.
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Old 04-12-2013, 06:44 PM
 
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Concerning the coastal states, I think everyone answering "neither" is out of their mind. There is no way CA, OR or WA identify with Dixie more than the North.



Do you know the definition of neither? That means is does not identify with either of them. Not more for one than the other. It is different than the North or South.
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Old 04-12-2013, 07:11 PM
 
Location: LBC
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Do you know the definition of neither? That means is does not identify with either of them. Not more for one than the other. It is different than the North or South.
The way this question is posed, “neither” is not a viable option. Too much blood was spilled over this division and the peculiar institution that entrenched it. If a “North/South Divide” is understood along traditional Mason-Dixon lines, the West Coast unquestionably identifies more with the North. The slave/free state map and intervening history is simply too similar to our current political divide to deny that. Slave Sates vs. Free States vs. 2004 Election Results
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Old 04-12-2013, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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The "North" comprises three regions of the country: the Northeast, Midwest, and West. The South, in contrast, is its own thing.
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:30 PM
 
Location: SoCal & Mid-TN
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I'm from Tennessee but currently live in Los Angeles for work. I (and my Southern friends) find it hilarious that Southern California is referred to as "the Southland".
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Old 04-13-2013, 12:54 AM
 
Location: City of Angels
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I'm from Tennessee but currently live in Los Angeles for work. I (and my Southern friends) find it hilarious that Southern California is referred to as "the Southland".
i'm originally from mexico city but work in los angeles. i find it hilarious that americans from the east coast consider southern california to be northern and think their stupid north/south paradigm applies in the west coast. look at the demographics of southern california. it has a southern flavor, just not the south you're thinking of lol.
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Old 04-13-2013, 01:54 AM
 
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It's neither really, but it also depends on where you go.
Arizona is obviously going to have more in common with Texas than New York, just like Oregon probably has more in common with Minnesota than Alabama.

It's funny, I have a friend from Arkansas and he always asks me about what it's like "Up North", even though I live in Southern California.
Not necessarily so Portlander. It is far more common to find people originally from New York in Arizona than it is to find people from Texas in Arizona. Don't know why so many people have such a strong desire to lump Arizona in with Texas. They are far more different than they are alike.
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Old 04-13-2013, 02:02 AM
 
Location: Hollywood, CA
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Not necessarily so Portlander. It is far more common to find people originally from New York in Arizona than it is to find people from Texas in Arizona. Don't know why so many people have such a strong desire to lump Arizona in with Texas. They are far more different than they are alike.
Both states voted Republican in the last election, have large Mexican descended populations, and both states love thier guns. Already found three similarities easily. Lol

But overrall. Arizona is more like the El Paso/Trans-Pecos area of Texas than the rest of the state.
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Old 04-13-2013, 02:20 AM
 
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Both states voted Republican in the last election, have large Mexican descended populations, and both states love thier guns. Already found three similarities easily. Lol

But overrall. Arizona is more like the El Paso/Trans-Pecos area of Texas than the rest of the state.
My suspicions are correct. Many boil it down to politics. I'll give you some differences. Texas was originally settled by southerners. Arizona was settled for the most part by midwesterners and easterners. Yes Hip there were some southerners but there were also southerners that settled in California and other western states. But the Northern influence was much stronger much earlier in Arizona than it was in Texas. Texas is much more socially conservative than Arizona. Arizona is more fiscally conservative and socially libertarian. The social conservatism that does exist in Arizona is LDS influenced just like other western states and not evangelival influenced like Texas and other Southern states. In other words Arizona is not in the bible belt and much of Texas is. You could argue that Tucson is somewhat similar to El Paso. However I would say that a place like Scottsdale, AZ has FAR FAR more in common culturally with Orange County than it does with a place like San Antonio, TX. Not even close. Also I've been to places in West Texas like Lubbock and Amarillo and they are not like any cities in Arizona. I felt a major culture shock.
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