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I think Eastern New Mexico (Little Texas) may be out of place for New Mexico.Its its a lot like West Texas than other parts of New Mexico with all the oil and gas/high school football/fundamentalist Christianity/conservatism.Thats just my opinion.towns like Hobbs,Roswell,Carlsbad, and Artesia.
What about Silicon Valley in California? It feels like its own country with the dominance of the Tech industry. It's also a popular and expensive part of California that's not frequented by tourists, unlike SF, the beaches, the mountains, etc.
I think Eastern New Mexico (Little Texas) may be out of place for New Mexico.Its its a lot like West Texas than other parts of New Mexico with all the oil and gas/high school football/fundamentalist Christianity/conservatism.Thats just my opinion.towns like Hobbs,Roswell,Carlsbad, and Artesia.
Actually a pretty interesting choice in that the mountains really divide New Mexico from the eastern part and the central part. Unlike Colorado where the people in eastern Colorado who have a lot in common with western Kansans have unrestricted access to the front range cities.
In New Mexico you have the Guadulupes, Sacramento, the Capitans and the Sangria de Christos as barriers between eastern and central NM. There are other ranges in their as well.
In the olden days it was hard to get from eastern to central New Mexico. A lot easier for eastern New Mexicans to access Texas.
What about Silicon Valley in California? It feels like its own country with the dominance of the Tech industry. It's also a popular and expensive part of California that's not frequented by tourists, unlike SF, the beaches, the mountains, etc.
California is a diverse state. But it has Cali weather traits right, or stereotypical. Just like Big Bend can feel like Texas, and so can Beaumont.
The city of New Orleans is obviously the most different part of Louisiana, even compared to its suburbs, especially socially and politically. The liberalism and permissiveness totally stands out compared to all other parts of the state and region. Also New Orleans isn't like Chicago where the entire Chicago metro area is liberal, once you get into the NO suburbs, it becomes very conservative very quickly.
Also, Detroit is very different from the rest of Michigan and South Florida, especially Miami, is very different from the rest of Florida culturally. Southern Ohio is also very different than the rest of the state.
Geographically, the Lake Tahoe area is very different from the rest of Nevada in that its very lush with significant forests while the vast majority of Nevada is desert.
I chose Extreme Northern California and Other, which would be South Jersey.
Extreme Northern California is less crowded and less populated and it is a more conservative area than the rest of the liberal state.
Most of New Jersey's stereotypes mainly refer to North Jersey, the NYC area. Outsiders stereotype NJ's entirety as crowded, full of guidos, rude people, the Appalachian Mountains running through the length of the state, and referred to as "New York City's Dump".
The only NJ stereotype in South Jersey is the Shore, because the Shore is not in the North Jersey region. Also, North Jersey has the Appalachian Mountains and rolling hills. South Jersey has a lot of flat land. South Jersey is not crowded like North Jersey and it is very wooded. We have the Pine Barrens forest too. South Jersey would not be a "dump" for NYC.
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia feels extremely different from the rest of the state. A lot flatter, more like other VA and MD suburbs of DC, architecture is uniquely different, and weather is different.
South Florida. Florida is in the deep South, but deep south culture (Southern-style food, accents, religion) is almost non-existent in the cities from West Palm Beach down to Miami. There is more traditional deep South culture among some black Americans in the region, but otherwise it is not there.
New York City/Long Island. The State of New York outside of the NYC area is a very laid back, rural place. NYC overshadows the rest of the state, but there are many gorgeous, rustic place outside of the urban blob.
Las Vegas/Clark County. Most of Nevada is in a relatively temperate, low density, barren desert. Las Vegas experiences extreme heat and is more culturally tied to Southern California than the rest of Nevada.
Chicagoland. Illinois outside of the Chicago area seems to be a slow paced Midwestern state. People in Illinois outside of the Chicago area have very different accents. Many towns in southern Illinois are impoverished in contrast certain suburbs in the Chicago area.
Austin. Very different politically and culturally from surrounding areas of Texas. San Antonio, not too far from Austin, has a completely different feel than Austin (more conservative, more Hispanics, lower cost of living, different economic base).
El Paso/far West Texas. Topography and climate are very different from populated areas in central and east Texas. The bi-national culture of the city differs significantly from other large cities in the state.
Flagstaff. Pine forests, snowy winters, hipsters, environmentalists, liberal politics and craft beer are not things most people attribute to Arizona. Flagstaff has all those things. As someone who lives in Phoenix, it feels like Flagstaff is in a different state from the differences that I listed. It's always interesting to be surrounded by the standard AZ license plate design with a cactus when it's dumping down snow in the winter.
Eastern Kentucky: More tied to coal and mountain culture than the rest of KY. Unfortunately creates a huge negative stereotype of the state.
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