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The west coast is its own place and generates its own culture and vibe without reference to, or imitation of, the old north/south differences. Many/most communities in the western states from west of Texas north to Montana have no north/south cultural reference and you experience a stronger west coast culture and vibe the further west you go. There may be pockets of northeastern culture in places and a strong southwestern culture but not much of the typical north/south "divide".
You should be careful using contemporary politics as a guide to understand culture. As I said, the Dakotas and Utah are both areas culturally descended from Yankee stock, but despite many underlying commonalities (such as a communitarian spirit), they are very different now on politics.
Sure, but the prosperous urban Northeast isn't descended from Yankee stock, either. Only the rural places are like that and they're largely economic backwaters.
Yeah anything past the plans is pure western. I know Bakersfield was influenced by like culture during the dust-bowl, and Wyoming had Texan migrants but most of the west is more northen influenced hence why the west stayed in the union while Texas was the only state west of the Mississippi to join the Confederate States.
Texas, Arkansas and most of Louisiana are west of the Mississippi. They all joined the confederacy.
The southern half of what was then New Mexico Territory which consisted of the southern half of both modern day Arizona and New Mexico formed the Arizona territory and seceded from New Mexico territory and joined the confederacy as a territory. The five tribes (while somewhat divided in loyalty) all signed treaties and fought with the confederacy.
After the Civil War southern Arizona and New Mexico continued to be somewhat southern for some decades. But over time that eroded. Still though there are some who maintain that Phoenix and Tucson were quasi southern towns into the 1920s or 1930s until the influx of Northerners became more prominent.
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There are three megaregions in the US. The north, the south, and the west.
The west generally being anything west of the frontier strip states, and perhaps the western portion of those states.
The western US broke the trend of direct westward settlement, and people from all over the east and Mexico AND Canada mixed and mingled from sandy desert to high pine forest.
Easy. The line is between people who say "y'all" and people who don't. That line runs roughly from Missouri to where Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico meet, then sharply south to El Paso.
The west coast is its own place and generates its own culture and vibe without reference to, or imitation of, the old north/south differences. Many/most communities in the western states from west of Texas north to Montana have no north/south cultural reference and you experience a stronger west coast culture and vibe the further west you go. There may be pockets of northeastern culture in places and a strong southwestern culture but not much of the typical north/south "divide".
Perfectly reasonable and correct post. The West don't have that in their culture.
Texas, Arkansas and most of Louisiana are west of the Mississippi. They all joined the confederacy.
The southern half of what was then New Mexico Territory which consisted of the southern half of both modern day Arizona and New Mexico formed the Arizona territory and seceded from New Mexico territory and joined the confederacy as a territory. The five tribes (while somewhat divided in loyalty) all signed treaties and fought with the confederacy.
After the Civil War southern Arizona and New Mexico continued to be somewhat southern for some decades. But over time that eroded. Still though there are some who maintain that Phoenix and Tucson were quasi southern towns into the 1920s or 1930s until the influx of Northerners became more prominent.
I just included Texas since its the only state completely west of the Mississippi that joined the Confederate.
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