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I dont think its really like either. It has some natural elements similar to California (the desert) and some cultural elements of Southern California and far West Texas. But its really just Arizona.
Arizona is way more like Texas than California, at least in terms of the people. Anything North of Bakersfield is absolutely nothing like AZ. Even SoCal only really has superficial similarities.
Culturally and politically, AZ is much more like Texas.
Arizona is way more like Texas than California, at least in terms of the people. Anything North of Bakersfield is absolutely nothing like AZ. Even SoCal only really has superficial similarities.
Culturally and politically, AZ is much more like Texas.
Politically, yes Arizona is more like Texas.
Culturally, Texas is much more diverse and multicultural than Arizona is. Arizona is a much more beautiful state (to me anyway).
Having lived there for 18 years, I voted for synthesis.
The Phoenix area and the Inland Empire are completely interchangeable. Central Arizona, much like Central California, is full of irrigated fruit orchards and cotton farms. People have the accent as Southern Californians. You can find In-N-Out Burgers. The craft beer of choice is Sierra Nevada.
Tucson is a lot like Austin, but smaller. Everything southeast of Tucson, with its rolling grasslands and ranching is a lot like parts of Central Texas. You're more likely to meet a Southern Baptist than a Mormon. Dr. Pepper rules. People drink Big Red and eat Chick-O Sticks. Folks wear cowboy hats and boots to church.
All three states have plenty of fake blondes, boob jobs, and a high number of Latin Americans.
Northern Arizona, in all honesty, is most like Utah. It really has nothing in common with California or Texas.
Arizona is mostly conservative today, but the same was true in Southern California up until around twenty years ago, and is still mostly true of white people who live in Southern California. It was only the rise in Latino (and to a lesser extent Asian) voting share which changed California so fundamentally)
There really are no cultural similarities to Texas whatsoever. Arizona doesn't really have a Southern flavor to it anywhere.
What a loaded question. I mean, what's the criteria? Climate? Topography? Politics? Culture? Economy?
Arizona is more like Arizona than it is like either California or Texas. If I had to compare it to other states, I would say it's more like a combination of Utah, (Southern) Nevada, and New Mexico than it is like Texas or California... but even that isn't very accurate.
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