Which northern states are the most similar to one another?

[Syringaloid]

Originally Posted by xboxmas

Washington and Oregon both have the more liberal and populated western "wet side" of the state and the more conservative, rural, and dry east side.

Idaho could easily blend in with Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon.

To some degree but not completely. Large areas of Idaho are much more green, forested, and moist then much of Eastern OR or WA.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by muppethammer26

Here are mines:

New Hampshire=Vermont (both make maple syrup and have ski resorts)
Maine=Massachusetts (both border the bay and at one point Maine was part of Massachusetts)
Connecticut=Rhode Island (both the smallest states in the US)
New York=Pennsylvania (both have 2 major cities and are rural in the middle)
New Jersey=Delaware (both get overlooked by another state to the north)
Maryland=West Virginia (both have the mountains)
Ohio=Indiana (both have mid sized cities and farms)
Michigan=Wisconsin (both owns a large share of the Great Lakes)
Iowa=Nebraska (both are really flat and mostly farmland)
Illinois=Minnesota (both have one big city in one side and the rest of both states are rural)
North Dakota=South Dakota (both owns a large amount of land and not too many people live in both states)
Wyoming=Montana (both have the Rocky Mountains)
Washington=Oregon (both are evergreen states)

Lame. You've never been to half of these states; it's easy to tell by your comparisons, most of which are laughably inept.

[spicymeatball]

I'd say Montana is more like a mix of Idaho and North Dakota than like Wyoming.

[spicymeatball]

Originally Posted by Syringaloid

To some degree but not completely. Large areas of Idaho are much more green, forested, and moist then much of Eastern OR or WA.

True but northeastern Oregon and the northeastern corner of Washington are quite mountainous and forested too.

[danielj72]

Originally Posted by rogead

Once again we have Cleverfield taking a shot at Minneapolis. The irony is that it was in response to a poster from Milwaukee!

As to the original question; Minnesota and Wisconsin share a similar history, topography, and culture--you could probably toss Michigan's UP into the mix, although I don't see a lot of similarities to the rest of Michigan.

Most of Michigan does belong in the mix, its the southeast corner (Detroit) which is more similar to Ohio. I have been through all three states extensively and they are all quite similar in geography, people, and accent. They all share a strong German and Scandinavian ethnic background. These three states are the core of the upper Midwest, and IMO they share a great deal of history and culture. Cheese, beer, fishing and cold weather, kind of like Canada lite. Youbetcha eh

[NowInWI]

Originally Posted by muppethammer26

Inspired by "Which southern states are the most similar to one another?" thread. I think we should do the same thing to the northern states because we have enough of the southern states comparisons, etc.

Here are mines:

New Hampshire=Vermont (both make maple syrup and have ski resorts)
Maine=Massachusetts (both border the bay and at one point Maine was part of Massachusetts)
Connecticut=Rhode Island (both the smallest states in the US)
New York=Pennsylvania (both have 2 major cities and are rural in the middle)
New Jersey=Delaware (both get overlooked by another state to the north)
Maryland=West Virginia (both have the mountains)
Ohio=Indiana (both have mid sized cities and farms)
Michigan=Wisconsin (both owns a large share of the Great Lakes)
Iowa=Nebraska (both are really flat and mostly farmland)
Illinois=Minnesota (both have one big city in one side and the rest of both states are rural)
North Dakota=South Dakota (both owns a large amount of land and not too many people live in both states)
Wyoming=Montana (both have the Rocky Mountains)
Washington=Oregon (both are evergreen states)

I couldn't think of one for Alaska and Idaho.

Anyone who thinks Iowa is really flat, has never been there.

[Ghengis]

I'd say Minnesota and Wisconsin because of their shapes, that is if you included Michigan's UP with Wisconsin, which should belong to them anyways. And although the state's eastern and western borders look somewhat different, that doesn't matter to me as the southern borders look amazingly similar.

[CowsAndBeer]

Originally Posted by danielj72

Most of Michigan does belong in the mix, its the southeast corner (Detroit) which is more similar to Ohio. I have been through all three states extensively and they are all quite similar in geography, people, and accent. They all share a strong German and Scandinavian ethnic background. These three states are the core of the upper Midwest, and IMO they share a great deal of history and culture. Cheese, beer, fishing and cold weather, kind of like Canada lite. Youbetcha eh

Yup! Cull Detroit and MN/WI/MI make a solid trifecta. Then again, you might be able to say the same thing for the Milwaukee area or MN's western plains or other exceptions, but I think even with Detroit it makes pretty good sense...

[jtur88]

Maine and Washington.. Seriously. Think about it.