"Dominant" and "submissive" states (Los Angeles, cons, difference)

[rnc2mbfl]

Cuba influences South Florida

[rnc2mbfl]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Utah has a "standing army" in all 50 states and most nations. LOL

The state is influential well beyond its borders.

LDS Membership, 2010
United States 5,974,041
Utah, USA 1,884,377
Mexico 1,197,573
Brazil 1,102,674
California, USA 757,895
Philippines 631,885
Chile 561,920
Peru 480,816
Idaho, USA 410,757
Arizona, USA 381,235
Argentina 380,669
Texas, USA 286,902
Washington, USA 263,004
Guatemala 220,296
Ecuador 190,498
United Kingdom 186,082
Canada 177,600
Nevada, USA 174,662
Bolivia 168,396
Colombia 168,514
Venezuela 146,987
Oregon, USA 146,617
Colorado, USA 139,887
Honduras 136,408
Florida, USA 133,805
Australia 126,767
Japan 124,041
Dominican Republic 114,571
El Salvador 105,501
New Zealand 100,962
Uruguay 93,935
Nigeria 93,532
Virginia, USA 86,998
South Korea 82,472
Paraguay 78,220
New York, USA 76,811
Georgia, USA 76,294
North Carolina, USA 75,671
Samoa 69,244
Hawaii, USA 68,858
Nicaragua 67,275
New Mexico, USA 66,178
Missouri, USA 65,122
Wyoming, USA 62,411
Ohio, USA 57,918
Illinois, USA 55,460
Tonga 55,173
South Africa 51,710
Taiwan 51,090
Pennsylvania, USA 49,024
Montana, USA 45,893
Spain 45,729
Panama 45,343
Tennessee, USA 44,464
Michigan, USA 42,556
Oklahoma, USA 42,515
Indiana, USA 41,190
Ghana 40,782
Maryland, USA 39,755
Portugal 38,509
Germany 37,796
Costa Rica 36,823
South Carolina, USA 36,365
France 35,427
Alabama, USA 34,357
Kansas, USA 33,729
Kentucky, USA 31,568
New Jersey, USA 31,277
Alaska, USA 31,268
Minnesota, USA 30,304
Louisiana, USA 27,977
Arkansas, USA 26,650
Massachusetts, USA 24,689
Wisconsin, USA 24,386
Iowa, USA 24,229
Hong Kong 24,114
Democratic Republic of Congo 23,615
Italy 23,430
Nebraska, USA 22,706
Mississippi, USA 21,041
Tahiti 20,805
Russia 20,276
Zimbabwe 17,632
Papua New Guinea 17,315
West Virginia, USA 16,879
Haiti 16,322
Thailand 16,195
Fiji 15,613
Connecticut, USA 14,784
Ivory Coast 14,417
Kiribati 14,172
Ukraine 10,722
Maine, USA 10,541
South Dakota, USA 9,631
Kenya 9,370
Mongolia 9,239
Sweden 9,091
Cambodia 8,908
Netherlands 8,901
Sierra Leone 8,330
New Hampshire, USA 8,238
Uganda 8,216
Switzerland 7,947
Cape Verde 7,149
Indonesia 6,546
Malaysia 6,404
North Dakota, USA 6,366
Belgium 5,980
Jamaica 5,906
Madagascar 5,516
Liberia 5,251
Delaware, USA 5,209
Mozambique 5,079
Guyana 4,846
Marshall Islands 4,725
Hungary 4,594
Vermont, USA 4,386
Norway 4,206
Austria 4,203
Vanuatu 4,006
India 8,289
Finland 4,578
Denmark 4,387
Micronesia 3,989
Rhode Island, USA 3,711
Belize 3,609
Singapore 2,938
Armenia 2,833
Romania 2,800
Ireland 2,799
Zambia 2,395
District of Columbia, USA 2,357
Czech Republic 2,198
Bulgaria 2,151
Guam 1,971
Albania 1,925
New Caledonia 1,890
Cook Islands 1,847
Poland 1,622
Sri Lanka 1,307
Swaziland 1,187
Suriname 1,162
Latvia 1,073
Togo 1,034
Estonia 1,010
Botswana 983
Bahamas 953
Tanzania 950
Lithuania 900
Ethiopia 949
Netherlands Antilles 847
Cameroon 843
Angola 831
Renion 821
Malawi 798
Northern Marianas Islands 735
Greece 718
Barbados 677
Lesotho 673
Macau 629
Namibia 605
Croatia 533
Aruba 469
Palau 424
Central African Republic 404
Slovenia 392
Cyprus 386
Mautirius 369
French Guiana 316
Solomon Islands 299
Luxembourg 291
Isle of Man 289
Jersey 288
Serbia 288
Niue 278
Iceland 247
Turkey 209
Benin 201
Grenada 191
Martinique 188
Antigua & Barbuda 184
Slovakia 161
Cayman Islands 154
Kazakhstan 141
Malta 141
Tuvalu 134
British Virgin Islands 131
Bermuda 130
Nauru 106
Andorra 64
Guernsey 48
Falkland Islands 5

I think I'll move to the Falklands.

[soug]

Haven't read this thread but I don't know if I agree with its basic premise. Using NJ as an example, it's "dominated" by the influence of the cities of Philadelphia and NYC, not the states of Pennsylvania and New York. Same thing applies for most of the other examples in the OP. City influence > state influence in modern society.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl

I think I'll move to the Falklands.

Why this intense hatred?

[DJKirkland]

Originally Posted by californio sur

Rather provincial thinking. The Northwest is progressive, in part because of California. For example, the first state to allow medicinal marijuana was California and then all the other Western states followed. California was the first state where the state legislature voted for gay marriage; that has yet to be done in Washington but it will soon. California was the first state to take on environmental issues; the Pacific Northwest followed. Much of what makes Portland and Seattle liberal is the influence of San Francisco\ Berkeley on the Northwest. Before the housing bubble burst; the outflow of wealthy Californians into Oregon and Washington was significant and a reason why housing went skylight in those two states. There was resentment of California immigrants but it stimulated the economy of both states.

California casts a giant shadow that includes the entire West Coast.

Fair assessment. I could see that to a point.

[phillies2011]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

Why this intense hatred?

seemed like a joke mostly

i don't think anyone hates mormons. they're pretty harmless.

people mock them a lot, sure. but i don't think it's due to hatred.

[godhead]

Originally Posted by californio sur

California dominates the entire West Coast as well as the Mountain West. It is clear how much that influence extends by reviewing voting patterns. The once Republican Western U.S. is not strongly influenced by the Democratic party due to the immigration of Californians into other states. Washington may not actually share a mutual border with California but the influence of California on Washington is significant. Many Californians have moved to metro Seattle for example and infused money and mindset into Washington. The state of Washington has relatively insignificant influence in the West compared to California whose overpowering presence dominates the entire nation but especially the Western U.S.

Washington state has long had it's own politcal identity as left leaning:

“There are forty-seven states in the Union, and the Soviet of Washington,” Postmaster General James Farley joked in 1936.

The Seattle General Strike of February 1919 was the first city-wide labor action in America to be proclaimed a “general strike.” It led off a tumultuous era of post-World War I labor conflict that saw massive strikes shut down the nation's steel, coal, and meatpacking industries and threaten civil unrest in a dozen cities.

But yeah, there are many ex-californians here in WA state. Unfair or not, They are blamed for many of the woes like real estate prices, crime, etc.

(It's funny how some California transplants think Washington would be a backwater without their presence)

[annie_himself]

East Texas is dominant over North La, SC/SW La is dominant over SE Texas. South and SE La is dominant and holds its own, maybe reaching into the MS coast line.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

East Texas is dominant over North La, SC/SW La is dominant over SE Texas. South and SE La is dominant and holds its own, maybe reaching into the MS coast line.

When you say SE Texas, do you just mean the Golden Triangle or are you including Houston because if you are, I'm going to disagree that the culture is dominant.

[Social Network]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

East Texas is dominant over North La, SC/SW La is dominant over SE Texas. South and SE La is dominant and holds its own, maybe reaching into the MS coast line.

In terms of what culture? That's irrelevant, culture is around everywhere and its different everywhere.

Truth is, Louisiana & Oklahoma are the two biggest states that bank and benefit off of Texas. Louisiana adds $4.3 Billion to its yearly revenue because of the gaming industry via Texans going there in droves. When they legalize gambling in Texas, which is very close and most Texans approve of it, and will vote to legalize it soon, Louisiana will be the first state to feel a crunch.

Oklahoma has always had to either go with Texas's best interests or give up to Texas. Tulsa lost out to Houston, twice when in comes to the energy industry, they always have to conduct all their business in the oil field which compromises the bulk of their economy in Texas in Houston.

Anyone remember Sam Walton? The Arkansas man who if alive today would be the de facto richest man on Earth for visioning Wal-Mart? 2 of his kids live in Dallas, because that's the largest hub city in the area to do business and leisure. New Mexico? After shutting down various airports along borderland and signing up to get energy and water supplies from Texas, they need Texas more than ever. Las Cruces which is New Mexico's 2nd fastest booming metro after Albuquerque is a suburb of El Paso and will be added into the El Paso metro area in the near future.

Texas doesn't take "parts" and pieces of any states it surrounds, if Texans wanted to stop doing business, stop letting benefits and contracts into this state, and stop going to your states for tourism because they're so close, you're all in a world of hurt economically, you will be drained. Louisiana has had a lot of online news articles in the last year or two showing massive concern of Texas legalizing gaming, and now that the bill has actually been presented and is processing, Louisiana has a lot to worry about.

Other very prominent states are Illinois, New York, California, and Massachusetts. Strange for how large Florida is, it normally is contained to only what goes on inside Florida.