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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
The United States comprises several different regions, each with its own rich history and cultural identity.
Exactly where those regions start and end has been a long-running debate, but according to author Colin Woodard, the United States can be divided into 11 distinct sub-nations.
Woodard mapped out the regions in his 2012 book "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America." Some of his regions might sound familiar, like the "Deep South"; others might surprise American readers, like his "Midlands" region that stretches from New Jersey to northeastern New Mexico.
Recognizing the distinct values of each region is critical to understanding the United States, Woodard said.
http://www.businessinsider.com/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1/#yankeedom-1
msongs
(67,420 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)He's got Central Florida as the Deep South and certain counties of the "Florida Heartland" as part of the Spanish Caribbean... not sure I agree...
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)to a different county. Much of the country is well-churned. And radio first, TV later, and now the internet may have had further homogenizing effects
Here's an interactive map on internal migration:
http://www.netmigration.wisc.edu/
Sedona
(3,769 posts)Born in Boston, raised in South Florida, raised my family (20 years) in Sedona AZ, tried LA for a few years after my kids (and wayward husband) left the nest.
For now I'm settled in suburban Atlanta with my hopefully forever partner in the TV/ film production biz.
I do real estate admin/marketing and can work anywhere.
We'd like to retire somewhere warm and cheap and not too red
Sancho
(9,070 posts)born in NC, raised in SC, but lived in multiple parts of Texas, Alaska, Georgia, and now in FL.
I would not call the West Coast of central FL "Deep South" at all.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)Simplistic bullshit that barely rises to the level of a horoscope.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)With quotes from an interview in 2015?
What is new in this article?
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)but you go ahead on with the divisive rhetoric.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)They work, raise their kids. We are more alike than you might imagine. The problem is the politics.