Re: 11 American Nations

Posted by Barry MacKichan on Nov 09, 2013; 11:02pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/11-American-Nations-tp7584250p7584254.html

It makes sense in a sorta-kinda way, but after a century of different migration patterns other than the original east-to-west direction, the effect seems diluted. I’ve lived in 5 of the regions, and in three of the cases we were near (i.e. one county in the west, maybe a couple of counties in the east) the boundary with another region. There were of course differences, but not enough generalizable ones to justify 11 zones, in my opinion.

—Barry


On Nov 8, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

> An alternative view to the (I can't help but hear it in Dr. Suess' cadence) Red-State Blue-State version of Murrica.   I don't agree with it in detail but in sweeping generalizations (5.5x less general than red/blue?) it captures what I know our cultural "melting pot" to be crufted into:
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/08/which-of-the-11-american-nations-do-you-live-in/ 
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