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Originally Posted by lio45
Agree, that premise is ridiculous, but there's still common cultural traits to be found.
For example, you can expect people in "Breadbasket" to own old pickup trucks, eat calorie-rich food, dress unsophisticatedly, and maybe own guns, while you can expect people in "Cascadia" to drive hybrid or electric Toyotas, sip $5 lattes, walk to work, and carry an umbrella.
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I would counter that, particularly in the US, there are more cultural affinities between areas of similar economic development. The wealthy metropolitan areas have converged culturally (along with some other places like small college towns) while the rest of the country became culturally polarized in the opposite direction. This phenomenon is much more significant than the difference between, say, Oregon and Idaho.
You will find the pickup truck guy in just about any rural place in the US (e.g. a 1 hour drive out of San Francisco or Seattle, depending on traffic), and the latte sipper in any wealthy area (Boston, NYC, DC, Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, ...).