Which state is the most British-influenced? (weight)

[Outer_Bluegrass]

My vote goes to Maine.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by Turnerbro

The fact that New England is so heavily Catholic should disqualify it from consideration.

Depends where. Boston South Shore around the original Plymouth plantation, everyone is named Murph and Sully. It’s the Boston Irish working class white flight part of Massachusetts. Pickup trucks and MAGA hats.

Boston inside 128 has had massive inward migration from everywhere forever.

Northern New England has seen almost no inward migration. Some French Canadian and some migration to the small mill towns but there are lots of families who can trace their roots back to the Revolutionary War era. It’s the whitest part of the United States. There are no cities and there has always been very limited economic opportunity. Nobody ever got rich farming rocks in Vermont getting up at dawn to milk the cows.

[P Larsen]

Northern New England, again (the French Canadian areas of which are more thinly populated):

https://www.vividmaps.com/wp-content...t-Ancestry.jpg

[TacoSoup]

Originally Posted by Prickly Pear

Hawaii has the Union Jack.

Lol, I was gonna say the same. They did have a monarchy in place up until the late 19th century as well. But it ends there.

[Gaylord_Focker]

Massachusetts. Virginia.

[sidneyinmyeyes34]

when I think of British influenced I think of New England and where the 13 colonies where established for America mostly in Rhode Island,Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. But when I worked at bookstore in Santa Monica California on the 3rd street promenade alot of the British Expats would come in that lived in Santa Monica. There is a small British expat community in Santa Monica.

[Oculus_Rift]

Originally Posted by sidneyinmyeyes34

when I think of British influenced I think of New England and where the 13 colonies where established for America mostly in Rhode Island,Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. But when I worked at bookstore in Santa Monica California on the 3rd street promenade alot of the British Expats would come in that lived in Santa Monica. There is a small British expat community in Santa Monica.

The British have a long history of emigrating to California. Out of the 700,000+ British born in the US, about 200,000 live in and around Los Angeles county, mostly Santa Monica. "The Accent on Brits." LA Times 2010.

But maybe their number is even greater.

LA Times article from 1985, where the number of British born in California was estimated between 250,000 to 500,000


It's definitely not a small expat community at all.


Not that I'm saying the answer is California. Somewhere in New England is probably the correct answer - although every state has considerable British influence.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Maryland is slept on here. All the little planned suburbs with attached townhomes, rowhomes (some of which are stone). Every 6th street name is like Duke/Lord/Queen/Prince _______Court. Especially apartment complexes.

Even the Counties' Queen Anne, Prince Georges.. heavily influenced by Britain.

[achtung baby]

Originally Posted by Oculus_Rift

The British have a long history of emigrating to California. Out of the 700,000+ British born in the US, about 200,000 live in and around Los Angeles county, mostly Santa Monica. "The Accent on Brits." LA Times 2010.

But maybe their number is even greater.

LA Times article from 1985, where the number of British born in California was estimated between 250,000 to 500,000


It's definitely not a small expat community at all.


Not that I'm saying the answer is California. Somewhere in New England is probably the correct answer - although every state has considerable British influence.

Agree.

According to dozens of Brits (from London) I know, the Brits love the sunny Southern CA. There’s a huge community in Santa Monica where you’d see stores selling P.G Tips tea (the English household staple.) biscuits and essential daily groceries, down to daily newspaper.

There’s was the Hampstead Village shop on State Street in Santa Barbara, sold everything from the U.K. It’s permanently closed possibly due to Covid.

[Pincho-toot]

Boston reminded of Britain and coastal New England in general. Lots of cobblestone walkways etc.