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For South, it’s close between NC and Florida but I choose Florida because it more politically matches Texas. Multiple metro areas throughout the state, St.Pete and Austin have similar skylines, Tollroads everywhere, Horizontal Traffic Signals, Multicultural, Shares a shore with the Gulf of Mexico, Even working on a HSR between Miami and Orlando just like DFW and Houston are.
Northeast: New York (very trumpy parts, go big state proud attitude, pick up truck everywhere, very liberal cities, inferior complex to surrounding states)
Midwest: Illinois (dense built up liberal cities, rural conservative lands that dont consider the cities “real ___”, farmlands, etc.)
west: Arizona. (Very strong feelings on border, urban sprawl, white people cowboy stereotype, growing fast, hot, etc)
Southeast: Florida (big urban liberal cities with conservative countryside, fun, easygoing, etc)
For the Northeast, I'd probably say Pennsylvania. One of the physically largest NE states. Has 2 large anchoring cities (Philly and Pittsburgh) on opposite sides of the state with lots of rural infill, kind of similar to Houston and Dallas. Huge high school football culture and a blue blood football program (Penn State) similar to Texas. Instead of oil, the state has steel for an industry.
Northeast: New York (very trumpy parts, go big state proud attitude, pick up truck everywhere, very liberal cities, inferior complex to surrounding states)
Midwest: Illinois (dense built up liberal cities, rural conservative lands that dont consider the cities “real ___”, farmlands, etc.)
west: Arizona. (Very strong feelings on border, urban sprawl, white people cowboy stereotype, growing fast, hot, etc)
Southeast: Florida (big urban liberal cities with conservative countryside, fun, easygoing, etc)
Only exurban people near Phoenix have strong opinions on the border. Literally everyone else here, in actual Phoenix and all the other cities, are more aligned with California and New Mexico when it comes to the border. I don’t think people seem to understand how unaligned politics of a place can be when less than 40% of the population votes in the federal, and even less in local.
NY- more gray area, because its really two different identities, NYC and everyone else.
Ohio is like TX is than its one of only a handful of states with three larges metro areas (California, Ohio,
Florida and TX) but the culture is not one I think of as really as very distinct or noteworthy by foreigners.
Wyoming - no, Colorado would be more like Texas because it has western culture but also big city flavor. A lot more Texans and Coloradans have ties and exchange travel than Texans and Wyomites.
Oklahoma, because of Oil & Gas and love of Football (50% of their college rosters tend to be Texas recruits).
For South, it’s close between NC and Florida but I choose Florida because it more politically matches Texas. Multiple metro areas throughout the state, St.Pete and Austin have similar skylines, Tollroads everywhere, Horizontal Traffic Signals, Multicultural, Shares a shore with the Gulf of Mexico, Even working on a HSR between Miami and Orlando just like DFW and Houston are.
I just don't see St. Pete and Austin having similar skylines unless you are thinking Austin of 20 years ago.
NY- more gray area, because its really two different identities, NYC and everyone else.
Ohio is like TX is than its one of only a handful of states with three larges metro areas (California, Ohio,
Florida and TX) but the culture is not one I think of as really as very distinct or noteworthy by foreigners.
Wyoming - no, Colorado would be more like Texas because it has western culture but also big city flavor. A lot more Texans and Coloradans have ties and exchange travel than Texans and Wyomites.
Oklahoma, because of Oil & Gas and love of Football (50% of their college rosters tend to be Texas recruits).
but LI and Staten Island give off major TX vibes with attitude and politics. NYC area isnt as liberal as you think it is. Lot of people are vocal about conservative views.
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