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Even though the states come nowhere close to bordering, wouldn't you agree they are quite similar? They're both multipolar and don't have a single dominant city, their southern region is "hillbilly" country with lots of wooded highlands, they both have an old city on an important large river (St Louis and Cincy), they're both Midwestern and have a lot of corn and soy growing land, they're both moderately conservative and the major cities proper are very black and the rest of the states mostly white.
I don't think they are much alike at all. The most they have in common is the fact that the US census lists them both as Midwestern states. Major differences, first Missouri is a lot hillier and a lot more wooded. I think Missouri is far more religious ( they are part of bible belt), and they are also more politically conservative. Missouri while clearly part of the Midwest has a lot of southern influence, sent troops to the confederacy and had slavery. Ohio is flat, it is politically moderate and it is less religious. You are right though, they both have close ties to the rivers they border but really the similarities end there.
People are much nicer in Ohio. Cities have a better vibe.
Ohio has Lake Erie.
Eastern part of the state feels much more northeastern than it does midwestern.
(and yes there is a hillbilly culture in South Eastern Ohio, but it is friendlier than the Ozark culture of MO)
I think their major cities are a lot alike. St Louis and Cincinnati were both prominent, late 19th century, frontier river cities. Kansas City and Cleveland are both early 20th century cities. During the height of 20th century American industrialization, Cleveland and Cincy kind of switched places in terms of prominence, and the result became that Cleveland became culturally a lot like more like St Louis, and KC grew to be very culturally similar to Cincinnati as it sort of faded from prominence.
Outstate Ohio and outstate Missouri are very different, though. Comparing Columbus to Columbia would make a pretty good analogy to the overall outstate differences between the 2.
People are much nicer in Ohio. Cities have a better vibe.
Ohio has Lake Erie.
Eastern part of the state feels much more northeastern than it does midwestern.
(and yes there is a hillbilly culture in South Eastern Ohio, but it is friendlier than the Ozark culture of MO)
What makes you say that? Not necessarily disagreeing with you, just interested in where in MO you thought people were unfriendly/what they did/said. My experience as a transplant in Kansas City is that people been that people have been overall really friendly. Sure there are some rude people but no more than anywhere else. I don't however have any experience in St. Louis.
What makes you say that? Not necessarily disagreeing with you, just interested in where in MO you thought people were unfriendly/what they did/said. My experience as a transplant in Kansas City is that people been that people have been overall really friendly. Sure there are some rude people but no more than anywhere else. I don't however have any experience in St. Louis.
What makes you say that? Not necessarily disagreeing with you, just interested in where in MO you thought people were unfriendly/what they did/said. My experience as a transplant in Kansas City is that people been that people have been overall really friendly. Sure there are some rude people but no more than anywhere else. I don't however have any experience in St. Louis.
Because I lived in both states, I found the people in Ohio to be very open and friendly, and the people of Missouri (St. Louis area) to be insular and judgemental.
Missouri Hillbillies (rednecks) are much scarier and mean compared to the Ohio variety.
Heck, Northern and Southern Missouri aren't even alike. Missouri is so different all over the state, it is hard to compare it to another.
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