Most exotic and different US state

[LINative]

Originally Posted by ABQSunseeker

"Obvious" Obviously you haven't stepped foot in NM. Not even Hawaii has been thought of as outside the US as often as misguided people think NM is.

Yup, Hawaii is obvious. So is Alaska. New Mexico is not. Sorry.

[ABQSunseeker]

Almost we need to. lol
Just fairly recently one of the women in competion for the Bachelor on ABC, thought she was going to a foreign country by going to Santa Fe. Duh???
True it looks foreign, I guess.

[Katzpur]

Does it get much more "exotic" than this? [IMG]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs32/i/20..._by_kimjew.jpg[/IMG]

[cheese plate]

If it were its own state, Upper Michigan would be #1 in the Midwest and a strong contender east of the Mississippi, at least.

Obviously, Hawaii wins this thread.

[Lets Eat Candy]

Originally Posted by ABQSunseeker

Nope. Hawaii looks like the mainland with palm trees.

Where in the mainland specifically? I really want to know.

[NewTexico76]

I would say only some cities or towns have an exotic or different feel, but for the most part, the outlying suburbs and highways could be Anywhere U.S.A. Perhaps the two larger areas are New Mexico north of Santa Fe, or Louisiana below I-10 - but even there - the exotic areas are mainly in the older parts of the larger cities, and in a few well-preserved small towns.

There are also places that are not "exotic" in the cultural sense, but just stand apart very sharply from their surroundings, like Eureka Springs and Hot Springs, Arkansas - both places look nothing like what one would expect in the Arkansas hills.