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What about the Twin Cities? Given their reputation for left-wing politics its always surprising to see that many parts of Minnesota are staunchly conservative to a point where the state was pretty close in the 2016 election.
What about the Twin Cities? Given their reputation for left-wing politics its always surprising to see that many parts of Minnesota are staunchly conservative to a point where the state was pretty close in the 2016 election.
Good one. Seems like Minnesota is creeping closer to the other midwestern states.
I think the OP was talking city, in which case Miami/Miami Beach can be like living in a foreign country in many parts.
I agree with you about MSA, outside of Miami/Miami Beach.
I don't know that I necessarily agree. Certainly Miami and Miami Beach propers are a tiny piece of the overall metro, but nearly all 2.7M of Miami-Dade County is especially culturally different from the rest of Florida, and it's not an insignificant part of the overall Miami metro. From the dominant Cuban community in Hialeah, to the Venezuelan and Colombian communities in Doral, Miami-Dade's cultural dissimilarity goes beyond the small confines of its named core city. Additionally, the international/cultural influence continues its push into Broward County as well. Certainly it could be argued that Palm Beach County feels more like other parts of Florida, but it's in no way the dominant culture of South Florida.
I don't know that I necessarily agree. Certainly Miami and Miami Beach propers are a tiny piece of the overall metro, but nearly all 2.7M of Miami-Dade County is especially culturally different from the rest of Florida, and it's not an insignificant part of the overall Miami metro. From the dominant Cuban community in Hialeah, to the Venezuelan and Colombian communities in Doral, Miami-Dade's cultural dissimilarity goes beyond the small confines of its named core city. Additionally, the international/cultural influence continues its push into Broward County as well. Certainly it could be argued that Palm Beach County feels more like other parts of Florida, but it's in no way the dominant culture of South Florida.
You have a point, but to me, "Venezuelan/Colombian communities of Doral" aren't all that much dissimilar to some communities in East Orlando and Kissimmee...
Broward County literally reminds me of Tampa Bay on nearly all fronts.
Palm Beach County, more culturally akin to the Orlando Metro (Seminole County specifically.) You could take Lake Mary and drop it there and it would fit right in.
I feel like El Paso, Houston, Miami, and New Orleans are the only cities that I can make cases for wherein the differences extend beyond just "large city ≠rest of the state that is lesser populated."
You have a point, but to me, "Venezuelan/Colombian communities of Doral" aren't all that much dissimilar to some communities in East Orlando and Kissimmee...
Broward County literally reminds me of Tampa Bay on nearly all fronts.
Palm Beach County, more culturally akin to the Orlando Metro (Seminole County specifically.) You could take Lake Mary and drop it there and it would fit right in.
While other metros in the state may have population/cultural representation that reminds you of other parts of the greater Miami metro, the variety, richness, depth and cultural impact in MiamiDade isn't matched anywhere in the state. The Hispanic/Latin American saturation in MiamiDade is 70%, and nearly 75% speak a language other than English at home. The White, non-Hispanic/Latino population in MiamiDade is just 13%, putting it in 3rd position behind Hispanic/Latino and Black/African-American. I don't believe that that is replicated anywhere else in the state.
Atlanta doesn’t feel right here. I mean it’s not Macon, but the Piedmont big cities all grew up late in the suburban age so the disconnect with their country cousins feels less jarring. There’s more than enough country boys in Alpharetta to fill up Chick-fil-A 6 days a week and church on the seventh. It’s not quite like the Philly/Pennsylvania or Chicago/Illinois divide.
Atlanta doesn’t feel right here. I mean it’s not Macon, but the Piedmont big cities all grew up late in the suburban age so the disconnect with their country cousins feels less jarring. There’s more than enough country boys in Alpharetta to fill up Chick-fil-A 6 days a week and church on the seventh. It’s not quite like the Philly/Pennsylvania or Chicago/Illinois divide.
I won't speak to Philly, but Chicago has huge swaths of the North (and increasingly near West/near South) side filled with Big10 graduates who were raised in basically every generic Illinois/Midwestern suburb or small city from Joliet to Peoria, Kalamazoo to Des Moines. I mean, we're not talking like the city is swarming with transplanted Parisians. Most of the population in Illinois is skewed towards Chicagoland anyway...so from a people perspective, Chicagoland kind of defines what it is to be an Illinois resident on average.
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