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Least: North Portal Estates (secluded, hilly, surrounded by forest, all single-family homes, very white but not rich enough to have mansions, far from any government buildings or embassies)
For the stereotype that it is not-so-classy Irish, Sport Loving Wicked spitting people living in Triple Deckas or similar looking homes
Most Like It: Swampscott, MA (The Dunkies commercial is a good example of fellow Swampscotters)
Least Like It: Wellesley Hills, MA (Posh and very stuck up) or Great Barrington, MA (Basically NY)
For the stereotype that Mass is a leafy, liberal educated place with a lot of colleges
Most Like It: Cambridge, MA or Brookline, MA (Both equally liberal and well educated)
Least Like It: Brockton, MA (Crime, no colleges, not the traditional view of Mass)
For the stereotype that it is not-so-classy Irish, Sport Loving Wicked spitting people living in Triple Deckas or similar looking homes
Most Like It: Swampscott, MA (The Dunkies commercial is a good example of fellow Swampscotters)
Least Like It: Wellesley Hills, MA (Posh and very stuck up) or Great Barrington, MA (Basically NY)
For the stereotype that Mass is a leafy, liberal educated place with a lot of colleges
Most Like It: Cambridge, MA or Brookline, MA (Both equally liberal and well educated)
Least Like It: Brockton, MA (Crime, no colleges, not the traditional view of Mass)
I actually realized Lawrence MA is least like the stereotype. 80k people and 80% Latino. In 2009-2011 was one of the poorest cities in the country. Major drug trafficking hub-most Dominican city in the country.
Most - Panhandle, West Texas like Amarillo and Abilene
Least - some of the Dallas suburbs like Arlington or Plano
I'd say Arlington and Plano fit the stereotype quite well: sprawly, modern, corporate-centric, and car-centric. Not everything in Texas is all cowboys and Indians. In fact, Arlen, TX from "King of the Hill", the poster boy of (sub)urban Texas, is allegedly based on a Dallas suburb.
The place that doesn't fit the stereotype would be Galveston. It's compact, walkable, historic, and full of quirky elements. Based on the photos I saw, its main downtown attraction looks like Coney Island or Santa Monica Pier. Not exactly what I imagine when I hear the name. Texas
States that have not been done yet, unless I missed them:
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Anyone lived in or spent serious time in any of these?
I'll take Arkansas- much of my family lives there so though I haven't lived there I've visited all over the state many times.
Most: Small rural towns like Magnolia, Stamps, Pine Bluff, Searcy, El Dorado, etc. Small, dusty Delta towns.
Least: Towns in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, that have an Appalachian vibe - Mt. Ida, Mountain View, and places like Hot Springs Village that are filled with transplants from all over the US.
I don't know - prior to family moving to these more mountainous areas, I always just thought of Arkansas as being sort of flat and rural and full of only people from Arkansas, because after all, who moves TO Arkansas?
Montana
This is a tough one. Most people only seem to know Missoula but Missoula does not have the western image that comes to mind when you hear Montana.
Most: Helena. It has a little of everything. Mountains, rodeos, ranching, libretarian, and dry. Pretty much every small town and virtually all "cities" in MT fit the stereotype in some way. Billings would make a good case too if you don't picture tall mountains but dry rugged plains (which is 2/3's of MT).
Least: Whitefish. It's wealthier than most areas, more educated, doesn't have that western feel (mostly a ski town), and I'd wager it has one of the highest population of non-native Montanans.
States that have not been done yet, unless I missed them:
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Anyone lived in or spent serious time in any of these?
I'll try Maine and RI - lived in Both. GF's family is in VT so I'll try that too.
Vermont Most: Waterbury - home of Ben and Jerry's cute downtown, in the green mountains, legendary craft beer spot (Prohibition Pig), etc. Neighboring Stowe is also a good candidate for this spot. Least: Rutland maybe? It's not your typical "cute" VT town, nor is it a charming small city like Burlington, Brattleboro, or Montpelier. It also has a disproportionate amount of suburban retail compared to most other VT towns.
Rhode Island Most: Newport. Preppy, charming, and nautical. Basically the "Ocean State" in a tinier package. Honorable mentions to Bristol and East Greenwich which are also cute coastal towns. Least: Foster. Interior, largely rural and wooded. Not much too it. I think everyone sort of assumes tiny Rhode Island is all coast and city. Foster is an outlier. a few towns along the CT border could fit this bill.
Maine: Most: Camden, Bar Harbor, Rockland, Belfast. When people think "Maine," it's generally cutesy coastal towns, rugged rocky coast, lobster and lighthouses. These are probably the biggest examples of that, though there are plenty. Least: Tough call because you can go different ways - I lean towards Madawaska. It's an industrial town at the crown of Maine. It's neither coastal, nor is it in the Western Maine Mountains. You could make the case for a place like Old Orchard Beach which is closer to the typical Mid-Atlantic beach town (built up development along a wide sandy beach, big public pier, carnival rides, etc.) than it is to your standard Maine coastal community, but it's still very much a beach/ocean community so I had to go with Madawaska. Most towns in the "County" could fit.
States that have not been done yet, unless I missed them:
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Anyone lived in or spent serious time in any of these?
I'll do Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City. Part of the Great Plains, large livestock market, petroleum, cowboys.
Southeast Oklahoma: Wettest part of Oklahoma, hilly and green. More in common with Arkansas and Northern Louisiana (Idabel, OK, the southernmost part of Oklahoma, is closer to Shreveport,Louisiana than Oklahoma City, despite OK sharing no border with Louisiana.
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