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Some of the New England states have very little cultural diversity. Maine and Vermont are the least racially diverse states in the country, each are 96.5% white. New Hampshire is 4th least racially diverse at 95.6% white (2007 Census figures).
Yes, I know that race isn't a culture. Nonetheless, it is probably indicative of a lack of cultural diversity as well. And having been up there--and even though I looove New Hampshire and Maine--there really isn't a whole lot of cultural diversity around there.
I would actually have to disagree with Maine being the least culturally diverse (non race wise)..
that's IMO though and biased as a black guy who loves Maine,LOL.
Massachusetts -it's full of liberal white people, who have no clue about what the rest of America thinks-this is the least diverse state, more ways than one.
You seem to know a lot about the "rest of America" as evidenced by that statement. [/sarcasm]
Maine and Vermont tend to flip-flop back and forth in terms of being statistically the whitest states in the nation. I'm sure others aren't too far off. However, we're talking about "Ethnically diverse" when discussing which state is the whitest.
I don't think that means that those places lack in culture though. Sure, different ethnic groups bring their own cultures, but unlike ethnicity, cultural diversity can be shaped by environment. Maine may not have a large variety of ethnic cultures (as a result of the lack of ethnic diversity), but it does have a couple of its own unique cultures that make it relatively diverse in that regard. For example, Maine has a blue-collar maritime culture, a good deal of French-Canadian "Quebecois" culture, a lot of agricultural/ hard working rural types (which IS a culture), a hefty outdoorsy culture, and in some pockets, a pretty decent little art/ music scene. Vermont has a lot of the same cultures with a heavy emphasis on the far left wing liberals (though plenty of others as well). While I will hardly call Maine or Vermont very diverse places ethnically, they are geographically diverse and culturally diverse. Moreover, they lack a lot of the suburbanite, chain store/restaurant, cookie cutter culture that plagues many other places (yes, every teen being emo or skater is technically "culture"). In many ways, they can have more culture than many places that are much more ethnically diverse.
I'm looking forward to getting back out of the state of Maine (great place to visit, too small to live) and don't have any real emotional ties to this place, but I can hardly sit here and say that it lacks cultural diversity despite the incredible lack of ethnic diversity.
Massachusetts -it's full of liberal white people, who have no clue about what the rest of America thinks-this is the least diverse state, more ways than one.
Amen to that!! These liberal whites who have been so sheltered from the harsh realities people with less money must deal with, and who place so much judgment on poorer whites, are not confined to the Northeast. Small Midwest college towns that are predominantly white are hotbeds of their type. As long as you have well educated people who are sheltered from the rougher side of life, you will have their liberal ideologies. When you live in an environment with little crime or poverty, it is easy to think you have all of the answers regarding these subjects. That such individuals, in reality, know less about these subjects than anyone else does not stop their pretending to have all of the answers. It is easy to have those answers when the problem does not involve you.
I have very little experience in MA outside of Boston/Brookline/Cambridge, but I can tell you that during the four years I spent there I met several classmates, colleagues, neighbors, and friends of, let's see: Italian, French, Irish, Euro-Latin, Spanish, Russian, Armenian, Persian, Jewish, English, Anglo-American, Israeli and other origins. And those are just the "white" people! It's frustrating that people see that Boston is majority-white and jump to the conclusion that it's not diverse. The "white" population in the Boston area is incredibly varied.
I agree that the upper Midwest [North & South Dakota\ Nebraska\ Kansas] are likely the least diverse [mostly white Protestants
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