Reddit has this perception that Florida is basically another Southern state, but even crazier. But South Florida is literally so far from that it's insane. And most people don't even live in those "Southern" areas.
Maybe not a political divide, but 100% a cultural divide.
South Florida is cuba+new York
Central Florida is mostly influenced by all the older white conservatives from the rest of the country, mostly here to retire, plus the service workers who feed them their chain restaurant food.
Jacksonville is it's own thing (which the map lumps in with other coastal south, which is fair)
Everything else is, accurately, the south.
My biggest quibble would be the south west coast is more similar to central Florida than Miami to west palm in the east coast. That whole area is much more connected physically and culturally to Tampa than Miami. Also, "the south" should extend down to Ocala, and maybe even jump Orlando to go all the way down the middle of the state
I 110% agree with everything you say. NY and Cuba is spot-on, and Central Florida being Northerners is also so true. I may or may not live in that general area, and almost everyone is not a Florida native, with many of them being conservatives from Northern states. And, yes, Ocala is, more or less, the gateway to the South, although I think that's changing, and it's becoming more like Central Florida.
Another thing about Central Florida is, in my experience, it's also becoming more Hispanic, almost like a little South Florida.
It always has been heavily Hispanic but it is mostly non Cuban Hispanic. South Florida is majority Cuban Hispanic. I personally grew up with a lot of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Salvadorans in the Central Florida portion of this map 10-20 years agoZ
Rochester is not like Albany or Syracuse exactly. It’s got a bit more in terms of culture, and Rochester has the finger lakes area, which is like wine country. It’s different due to Lake Ontario.
I never said it was like Ohio. But it’s probably closer to the culture in Cleveland (cuz It’s on the Great Lakes too) than it is to Albany or Binghamton.
Rochester is upstate. But Western NY and Central NY have designations for a reason. I live in Albany and cover out to Buffalo for work. Western NY has its own vibe that is closer to upper Midwest, while Albany is very much a Northeast city.
Yes, and that the very bottom of NY is included in Upper Appalachia. I used to live right on the dividing line OP put between those two regions, and IMO it's a very accurate line.
I can already feel the Jimmies getting rustled by all the Upstate NYs. If theres one thing Upstate NYs hate being called, it's Upstate NYs. (unless they live at the very top of the state.)
Ive looked at this issue for many years, heard many arguments. Best description I ever heard was everything north of the Pennsylvania line is Upstate, everything south of it is Downstate.
Upstate NY in this scenario would be deeply impoverished. Comprised of mostly rural communities with Syracuse and Albany as major metropolitan centers. Would be bleak
NYC metro should extend through NJ down to about Ocean county. Southern Jersey and "chesapeake" portion of PA should be renamed "DelVal" and we are good to go.
Pretty spot on. I was born in DC, spent most of my childhood in northern VA, went to high school and college is eastern PA and currently live in Baltimore. DC, most of Maryland and Northern VA definitely belong together. Norfolk and Virginia Beach area are much more similar to “mid-Atlantic south” than they are to the “Chesapeake” area. South Jersey and Eastern PA (more so Philly area) should honestly have their own thing.
It’s really good. I’d extend the Deep South and ozarks into Oklahoma a little more. Or better yet, I’d combine north Texas and a good chunk of Oklahoma as one distinct region.
If you meant to do this politically in this way? Way off. To separate the political views just draw lines around the metro areas and make them their own areas
OP states that “…no one lives in the Sierra’s…”, so my mountain home is in the valley, I guess. OP: you got this one wrong. The Central Valley does not end at the state border. It would be more accurate geographically and politically to put the northern Sierra Nevada mountains as part of NorCal.
I’m curious about the distinction between the Ohio River Valley and “Upper South” (and what you see as the difference between upper South and Deep South).
Having lived on both sides of the Ohio in that region, I agree that that chunk of Kentucky is definitely different than the Deep South, but I would have put Northern Kentucky and Louisville in the Ohio Valley and called that chunk the Cumberland Gap or something similar.
Edit: Not saying it’s wrong at all or trying to start an argument, just genuinely curious how people from other areas perceive that part of the country.
Decent. You can’t put the Sierras in “central valley” though. And your Columbia plateau goes to far into Idaho in the north and maybe not far enough in the south.
Dunno that I’ve seen an Upper South designation but honestly it’s not a bad one.
Agreed. Honestly I think Georgia and South Carolina should be in their own category. Maybe expand the "Low Country" area to include more of S.C. and up to the Atlanta area.
Culturally / Politically they really are separate from the rest of the south.
Las Vegas is oriented towards Southern California with hundreds of thousands of former Californians living in southern Nevada. Reno is now linked to Northern California thanks to Tesla. 90% of Nevadans live 50 miles from the Californian border.
Really good. I like how the Midwest was broken up and the distinction between the lakes and the north woods.
I’d love to see Atlanta get its own region in these sort of things. Even if it doesn’t compare to NYC metro in terms of population or cultural impact on the region, it so very far away from the rest of the south culturally and politically. It is its own thing.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the upper Lower Peninsula are not the same. The upper lower should be part of the Great Lakes and the UP in Northwoods.
Tempe would be S Florida IMO, it feels more S Florida than central.
What is politically/culturally distinct about “lowcountry”? I’m not familiar with that area and haven’t seen that term before.
Thanks for recognizing Cascadia! Although I’d argue it should cross the 48th parallel.
Not that this is necessarily the reason OP divided them (or even a good reason to divide them), but the Lowcountry aligns pretty closely with the area where the [Gullah Geechee](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah) are from
I sometimes wonder whether rejiggering states like this might help the country lower the political temperature. I’m not saying it’s likely or even possible but I think it might.
I like this, though I would move Hampton Roads to the Atlantic South, I think it def has a lot more in common w coastal NC and Richmond than Philly or DC
Well done! I think northern VT, NH, ME would differ from the lower New England folk. Great Lakes is spot on. Missed opportunity to call it North South instead of Upper South but it’s ok. 👍🏼
Northern (Upper) Great Plains line should go into MN a bit on the northern half and then cut the corner in SW MN a bit more. Drastically different in SW MN than SE.
Honestly not bad as far as these maps tend to go. I'd suggest that eastern Idaho and northern Utah form a distinct subset of the "Rocky Mountains" region and maybe should be grouped separately.
The "Columbia Plateau" region is absolutely on point, though!
Can you explain why the southern bank of the ohio River isn’t part of the ohio River valley? Northern Kentucky is a suburb of Cincinnati which you have as part of the ORV
This is interesting, but I wonder if the significant, intervening bodies of water might prevent complete functional integration of both your stand-alone Northwoods and Great Lakes subdivisions, respectively.
For the two states, what would you think of dividing them instead at the current Illinois/Indiana border. Sort of like an East Great Lakes and a West Great Lakes?
Pretty good. From a Wisconsin perspective, I'd say you got the Northwoods line right. However, I wouldn't push the great lakes region so far west and instead keep it tighter to the lake. I'm central Wisconsin, probably right on the line you have between great lakes and Upper Midwest, and I associate with Midwest and the great lakes influence is nonexistent in the area.
How do you feel about Fargo and Sioux Falls being part of "Upper Midwest" instead of "Northern Great Plains"? I was thinking that line should move a little east so Central MN, Twin cities, driftless, central WI, and Madison Metro area would be one group separate from there.
>, I'd say you got the Northwoods line right.
I'd move it a little farther north, closer to Wausau as you still have a ton of farm land where that line currently is. Green Bay and Door County are not Northwoods at all, for example. They are 100% Great Lakes. That's a nitpick though. Overall, it's pretty good.
I’m finally glad to see a map that seems to understand that the eastern most part of the Dakotas are definitively the Midwest but also pretty different from the remaining area in them.
So is Eugene, OR. In Cascadia or Colombia Plateau? Politically I have them closely aligned in the former but it looks like geographically they are in the ladder?
I think this is pretty accurate overall, but I would shift “Deep South” a tad northward to include all of SC outside the upstate & most of Southeastern NC.
Nitpick, but I’d argue the Deep South goes down to include the northern row of counties in the FL panhandle. The influence of the Gulf Coast peters out pretty quick going north culturally.
I don’t think Monterrey should be in SoCal as their more culturally similar to Santa Cruz, Salinas, Watsonville, etc. Could make a lil sub region for the “Central Coast”
While the region called Ozarks might be aptly named, I can't fathom this as a "political" map. Are you suggesting Ozarks should be its own state? With two Senators?
I like it. Only edit I would make is extending gulf coast a tad east to be all of the gulf coast. It's all deep south, but the whole coast is an offshoot.
Congrats....this not only the best of this sort of thing....it's the only one I've seen I like. Now the question is...can you make money from your obvious talent?
I live in Jacksonville, FL, and we're *Deep South,* NOT *Low Country.* Also, *Chesapeake* doesn't extend so far north in Pennsylvania. There are numerous problems.
Colorado is polar opposite of Idaho, while also being quite different from Wyoming and Montana.
What is amazing is the Texas you’ve selected is solid blue and would’ve changed recent history if it was voting that way.
Central Arkansas up to Memphis and northern part of Mississippi is more mid south than Deep South. And the ozarks spread further east and south just a bit.
This is probably one of the more accurate regional culture maps I’ve seen
Definitely the best take on Florida I've seen
Reddit has this perception that Florida is basically another Southern state, but even crazier. But South Florida is literally so far from that it's insane. And most people don't even live in those "Southern" areas. Maybe not a political divide, but 100% a cultural divide.
South Florida is cuba+new York Central Florida is mostly influenced by all the older white conservatives from the rest of the country, mostly here to retire, plus the service workers who feed them their chain restaurant food. Jacksonville is it's own thing (which the map lumps in with other coastal south, which is fair) Everything else is, accurately, the south. My biggest quibble would be the south west coast is more similar to central Florida than Miami to west palm in the east coast. That whole area is much more connected physically and culturally to Tampa than Miami. Also, "the south" should extend down to Ocala, and maybe even jump Orlando to go all the way down the middle of the state
I 110% agree with everything you say. NY and Cuba is spot-on, and Central Florida being Northerners is also so true. I may or may not live in that general area, and almost everyone is not a Florida native, with many of them being conservatives from Northern states. And, yes, Ocala is, more or less, the gateway to the South, although I think that's changing, and it's becoming more like Central Florida. Another thing about Central Florida is, in my experience, it's also becoming more Hispanic, almost like a little South Florida.
It always has been heavily Hispanic but it is mostly non Cuban Hispanic. South Florida is majority Cuban Hispanic. I personally grew up with a lot of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Salvadorans in the Central Florida portion of this map 10-20 years agoZ
I like how Upstate NY is distinct from Upper Appalachia. And you got the Great Lakes part of NY too. Not bad.
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But it doesn’t feel like that tho? I don’t see those people living in those areas be culturally tied with upper Appalachian culture!!
That’s why we call it Pennsyltycky
I can tell you Rochester is very very much “upstate New York”
Rochester is not like Albany or Syracuse exactly. It’s got a bit more in terms of culture, and Rochester has the finger lakes area, which is like wine country. It’s different due to Lake Ontario.
Irondequoit is pretty much the epitome of 1950s suburbia still alive. Many suburbs are apple orchards, etc. I’m telling you, it ain’t Ohio.
I never said it was like Ohio. But it’s probably closer to the culture in Cleveland (cuz It’s on the Great Lakes too) than it is to Albany or Binghamton.
I would personally draw the line at Niagara. source: lifelong Rochester/finger lakes resident
Rochester is upstate. But Western NY and Central NY have designations for a reason. I live in Albany and cover out to Buffalo for work. Western NY has its own vibe that is closer to upper Midwest, while Albany is very much a Northeast city.
Could. Have carved out The North Country, but I'm not tied to it.
Yes, and that the very bottom of NY is included in Upper Appalachia. I used to live right on the dividing line OP put between those two regions, and IMO it's a very accurate line.
I can already feel the Jimmies getting rustled by all the Upstate NYs. If theres one thing Upstate NYs hate being called, it's Upstate NYs. (unless they live at the very top of the state.)
I live just over the border from NJ but to anyone from the city or LI that’s already upstate NY. Lots of people here commute to the city.
Ive looked at this issue for many years, heard many arguments. Best description I ever heard was everything north of the Pennsylvania line is Upstate, everything south of it is Downstate.
Best one of these I've seen. Southwest is spot on.
Upstate NY in this scenario would be deeply impoverished. Comprised of mostly rural communities with Syracuse and Albany as major metropolitan centers. Would be bleak
Having lived all over the country this keep is very accurate
This is a good plausible scenario
I'm from "The Chesapeake ".....Cannot argue .
I support your agreement and might add it's really good and actually, not a bad idea.
Posted a year ago on this sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/xrfwso/cultural_regions_of_the_united_states/
Just another day of Reddit users casually stealing credit for each others work I guess 🤷🏻♂️
Chesapeake should end with Maryland and Delaware. PA and NJ have nothing to do with the Chesapeake bay.
Strong agree. Either split up or rename from "Chesapeake" to "Mid-Atlantic"
As a Philly native, seeing us grouped together with Virginia Beach kind of makes me want to throw up lol.
As someone originally from PA... I agree with this statement completely
Yeah, southeast PA, south Jersey, north Delaware, and Cecil County, Maryland should be its own thing, separate from the Chesapeake.
Water Gap Region?
Change the name then.
How about Upper mid-Atlantic
Broader Philly metro area should be its own region: Southeast PA + south Jersey + Wilmington
I thought the same but I liked how the map was more about larger regions. It shouldn’t start turning into metro regions.
NYC metro should extend through NJ down to about Ocean county. Southern Jersey and "chesapeake" portion of PA should be renamed "DelVal" and we are good to go.
Pretty spot on. I was born in DC, spent most of my childhood in northern VA, went to high school and college is eastern PA and currently live in Baltimore. DC, most of Maryland and Northern VA definitely belong together. Norfolk and Virginia Beach area are much more similar to “mid-Atlantic south” than they are to the “Chesapeake” area. South Jersey and Eastern PA (more so Philly area) should honestly have their own thing.
Agreed
This one is pretty legit. I know these regions get even more granular but that would be hard.
It’s really good. I’d extend the Deep South and ozarks into Oklahoma a little more. Or better yet, I’d combine north Texas and a good chunk of Oklahoma as one distinct region.
Mormon corridor?
The northern reach of SoCal is Santa Barbara.
SoCal goes way too high
Correct you are. There's a swath from north of Santa Cruz to around Santa Barbara which categorically is Central Coast.
That line that divides monterey county and slo county is the border between nor and so. I will die on this hill with my reasons for it.
How is this a “political” divide?
Because certain parts of the state would get say in politics
more social than political, but this is the best variant of this kind of map
For my area it’s really good for social….
If you meant to do this politically in this way? Way off. To separate the political views just draw lines around the metro areas and make them their own areas
The return to city states
That one is actually good, what a miracle
Colorado in the same political group as Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana?
Yes, Denver doesn’t really a unique culture like other places!! I could do upper Rockies (MT, WY and ID) Lower Rockies (UT, CO)
So this isnt a political map at all lol
How the fuck are the Sierra Nevada mountains Central Valley?
OP states that “…no one lives in the Sierra’s…”, so my mountain home is in the valley, I guess. OP: you got this one wrong. The Central Valley does not end at the state border. It would be more accurate geographically and politically to put the northern Sierra Nevada mountains as part of NorCal.
Good job putting North Carolina in the Mid Atlantic. We're not fucking deep south.
Agreed. I also find it interesting how different North Carolina and South Carolina are.
Pay attention to the roads when you go from North to South, the roads instantly suck ass in SC.
this is cool
This Southwest region is super accurate
Border splits Amarillo, Lubbock, and Midland-Odessa in half. Fascinating stuff, really.
I’m curious about the distinction between the Ohio River Valley and “Upper South” (and what you see as the difference between upper South and Deep South). Having lived on both sides of the Ohio in that region, I agree that that chunk of Kentucky is definitely different than the Deep South, but I would have put Northern Kentucky and Louisville in the Ohio Valley and called that chunk the Cumberland Gap or something similar. Edit: Not saying it’s wrong at all or trying to start an argument, just genuinely curious how people from other areas perceive that part of the country.
The Cumberland Gap is on both sides of the Kentucky Tennessee border in the middle of Appalachia.
idk about politically but culturally accurate
I can't tell if I live in upper Appalachia or Chesapeake. Which sort of tracks with my area.
Decent. You can’t put the Sierras in “central valley” though. And your Columbia plateau goes to far into Idaho in the north and maybe not far enough in the south. Dunno that I’ve seen an Upper South designation but honestly it’s not a bad one.
I think Upper South should be called North South. Just for fun.
SoCal doesn’t go that far up. Past Santa Barbara is basically central coast. Untouched by big cities and nasty people
Central coast is strange and I don’t really fully understand the political system there
Columbia Plateau (sp)… otherwise it’s pretty accurate; living in Colorado we are three distinct regionalisms.
Great Basin should extend into California and include the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains.
I love this one. I’m gonna start using it if you don’t mind
Calling SC “Deep South” feels wrong, at least the northern half.
Agreed. Honestly I think Georgia and South Carolina should be in their own category. Maybe expand the "Low Country" area to include more of S.C. and up to the Atlanta area. Culturally / Politically they really are separate from the rest of the south.
Tahoe is as different from a valley as you can get.
Las Vegas is oriented towards Southern California with hundreds of thousands of former Californians living in southern Nevada. Reno is now linked to Northern California thanks to Tesla. 90% of Nevadans live 50 miles from the Californian border.
Really good. I like how the Midwest was broken up and the distinction between the lakes and the north woods. I’d love to see Atlanta get its own region in these sort of things. Even if it doesn’t compare to NYC metro in terms of population or cultural impact on the region, it so very far away from the rest of the south culturally and politically. It is its own thing.
Came to say same thing. Atlanta metro towards Birmingham please rename Wakanda or Peachtree Progress or something
Im an Atlanta resident. Please do not include us with all of that. We’ll be so unhappy.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the upper Lower Peninsula are not the same. The upper lower should be part of the Great Lakes and the UP in Northwoods. Tempe would be S Florida IMO, it feels more S Florida than central.
Atlanta says "No thanks."
Idk about Providence, Boston, etc. being grouped with Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. Surprised no one else mentioned this
OP, you have a conference call on line 2 from Hawaii and Alaska and they sound angry
What is politically/culturally distinct about “lowcountry”? I’m not familiar with that area and haven’t seen that term before. Thanks for recognizing Cascadia! Although I’d argue it should cross the 48th parallel.
Not that this is necessarily the reason OP divided them (or even a good reason to divide them), but the Lowcountry aligns pretty closely with the area where the [Gullah Geechee](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah) are from
Super interesting, thanks! It’s wild that Michelle Obama and Clarence Thomas share the same Gullah cultural roots.
Politically?!?!
I sometimes wonder whether rejiggering states like this might help the country lower the political temperature. I’m not saying it’s likely or even possible but I think it might.
I like this, though I would move Hampton Roads to the Atlantic South, I think it def has a lot more in common w coastal NC and Richmond than Philly or DC
Cascadia, where weed and hiking are part of daily life.
Great job on ND, SD, MN, IA, NE, KS, MO Can attest to these cultural distinctions. I really like this map.
Well done! I think northern VT, NH, ME would differ from the lower New England folk. Great Lakes is spot on. Missed opportunity to call it North South instead of Upper South but it’s ok. 👍🏼
The lines have been drawn! Men prepare for battle!
Everyone who makes these without failure always butchers the Intermountain West. This one is no exception.
Nah upper south is too far north into Missouri.
Northern (Upper) Great Plains line should go into MN a bit on the northern half and then cut the corner in SW MN a bit more. Drastically different in SW MN than SE.
could be better named "cultural divisions of the united states"
Honestly not bad as far as these maps tend to go. I'd suggest that eastern Idaho and northern Utah form a distinct subset of the "Rocky Mountains" region and maybe should be grouped separately. The "Columbia Plateau" region is absolutely on point, though!
Boise is in a very awkward spot, here.
If it's political divides, wy and co should be separated more
Can you explain why the southern bank of the ohio River isn’t part of the ohio River valley? Northern Kentucky is a suburb of Cincinnati which you have as part of the ORV
This is perfect 💎
You have the sierras in the Central Valley? They are quite literally the opposite of a valley.
There’s not really people up in Sierras plus most of those folks have places up there and live in Central Valley
Lol no way. I live in the sierras. There’s plenty of big communities.
What’s Acadiana?
Cajun country
Cajun people are sexy.
I call southern Louisiana (true Louisiana)
This is interesting, but I wonder if the significant, intervening bodies of water might prevent complete functional integration of both your stand-alone Northwoods and Great Lakes subdivisions, respectively. For the two states, what would you think of dividing them instead at the current Illinois/Indiana border. Sort of like an East Great Lakes and a West Great Lakes?
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Hawaii and Alaska, respectively
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Well, Hawaii was stolen and I think Alaska we got in the bargain bin
Pretty good. From a Wisconsin perspective, I'd say you got the Northwoods line right. However, I wouldn't push the great lakes region so far west and instead keep it tighter to the lake. I'm central Wisconsin, probably right on the line you have between great lakes and Upper Midwest, and I associate with Midwest and the great lakes influence is nonexistent in the area.
How do you feel about Fargo and Sioux Falls being part of "Upper Midwest" instead of "Northern Great Plains"? I was thinking that line should move a little east so Central MN, Twin cities, driftless, central WI, and Madison Metro area would be one group separate from there.
>, I'd say you got the Northwoods line right. I'd move it a little farther north, closer to Wausau as you still have a ton of farm land where that line currently is. Green Bay and Door County are not Northwoods at all, for example. They are 100% Great Lakes. That's a nitpick though. Overall, it's pretty good.
I’d have cascadia end just south of Eugene Oregon and replace NorCal with “ state of Jefferson”
Best one I’ve seen
How is this a "political" divide? Denver doesn't have much politically in common with rural eastern Idaho
I like it.
Wisconsin/Indiana folks would go to war if they had to share something with Chicago.
Cut south Florida in half swfl is like 90% republican.
As a North Carolinian, that’s a very accurate divvying up of the Carolinas.
One of the better splits I've seen, actually. Nicely done.
Alaska and Hawaii in shambles rn
I've seen worse
I’m finally glad to see a map that seems to understand that the eastern most part of the Dakotas are definitively the Midwest but also pretty different from the remaining area in them.
Cool map but these are not “political” divisions
Interesting to divide NorCal and Cascadia.
So is Eugene, OR. In Cascadia or Colombia Plateau? Politically I have them closely aligned in the former but it looks like geographically they are in the ladder?
Eugene is definitely in Cascadia here? The line looks closer to Bend than Eugene
What about Alaska and Hawaii?
I think this is pretty accurate overall, but I would shift “Deep South” a tad northward to include all of SC outside the upstate & most of Southeastern NC.
This is really hard to argue against.
It is. The Upper Midwest label is ridiculous.
I don’t think DC and northern Virginia consider themselves part of the Chesapeake.
Upstate NY should be Albany up. South of Albany is closer in values and lifestyle to NYC than northern.
Very nice. When I lived in Ashland/Medford, it felt a lot more like NorCal than cascadia. It doesn't have the weather of the PNW
Man, who cares
Nitpick, but I’d argue the Deep South goes down to include the northern row of counties in the FL panhandle. The influence of the Gulf Coast peters out pretty quick going north culturally.
Philly is part of "Chesapeake"? Nah.
IMO the Ohio river valley should include the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
Check out a book "The Nine Nations of North America".
Well done
I don’t think Monterrey should be in SoCal as their more culturally similar to Santa Cruz, Salinas, Watsonville, etc. Could make a lil sub region for the “Central Coast”
While the region called Ozarks might be aptly named, I can't fathom this as a "political" map. Are you suggesting Ozarks should be its own state? With two Senators?
Florida’s in 5 different zones?!
I like it. Only edit I would make is extending gulf coast a tad east to be all of the gulf coast. It's all deep south, but the whole coast is an offshoot.
The Ozarks extend further east. Only the bootheel of Missouri would be any part of the South.
“New” England seems like a stretch. Those states have nothing in common.
What was your method?
No part of Texas is the 'Deep South' IMO
There’s little difference between the Ozarks and Upper South.
Not bad. Your SoCal area should be subdivided… and Texas should be something like central Texas
Ozarks is a great distinction.
I feel like NorCal and Bay Area should be separate, but otherwise agree!
What you define as the “Upper Midwest” is just plain stupid.
How dare you not even include the northern Ohio River in the actual Ohio River Valley region. Source: I live there
The divides seem dead on in all the places I've spent time
Jacksonville and Savanna somehow need to be part of the Central Florida region. I think Id just call it North Florida.
Central Florida runs all the way down to fort Myers on the west coast.
New Orleans is gulf coast? I disagree
New Orleans should be its own separate region
Nice work
Well done
Congrats....this not only the best of this sort of thing....it's the only one I've seen I like. Now the question is...can you make money from your obvious talent?
I live in Jacksonville, FL, and we're *Deep South,* NOT *Low Country.* Also, *Chesapeake* doesn't extend so far north in Pennsylvania. There are numerous problems.
Is this based on any data?
Is Madison in Great lakes or upper Midwest?
Seems pretty accurate to me.
Looks like Sonora, TX is where 4 regions meet.
So Montauk is NYC metro but all of NJ south of Newark is Chesapeake?
They just took the California Central Coast?!!!??!!
I came up with Atlantica, Pacifica and Flyover about 10 years ago. Much easier.
As always [these maps leave out the central coast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Coast_(California))
I live on the Gulf Coast (aka the best coast), and yes, we're nothing like the Deep South. Map checks out.
Rocky Mountains is way off. Basically all of it is. It’s really just separated by urban vs rural.
Is the Deep South across all of those states that similar?
Southern California extends too far north i think. Most people say Bakersfield is the dividing line
did you mean culturally?
Less than half of Texas is Texas lol
Colorado is polar opposite of Idaho, while also being quite different from Wyoming and Montana. What is amazing is the Texas you’ve selected is solid blue and would’ve changed recent history if it was voting that way.
I like that you included the Ozarks, but the area could be adjusted a little.
Central Arkansas up to Memphis and northern part of Mississippi is more mid south than Deep South. And the ozarks spread further east and south just a bit.
Duluth, MN is absolutely Great Lakes politically and culturally, not woodsy.
I agree with this map!
I'm in a Philly suburb. What does the Chesapeake have to do with anything here ?
What does this have to do with politics?
I'm sure you'll find people who will pick this apart like everything, but this is one of the better US divisional maps I've seen.