State-Province Analogues.

[240glt]

I think BC is more like it's neighbor just to the south than California

[vid]

Northern Ontario has nothing in common with New York. We're more like Alaska. Very sparsely populated, especially in the north, with one or two major cities (one of which is 65% port) and it's chock full of wingnuts.

Caribou, too.

[LordMandeep]

I compare Toronto to Chicago, well becuase they are very alike in population.

I compare Calgary to Houston, well they have similar economies.

[MolsonExport]

There is no place in the States analogous to Quebec, just like there is no place in Canada analogous to Mississippi.

[big W]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

There is no place in the States analogous to Quebec, just like there is no place in Canada analogous to Mississippi.

I am with you on that one. Granted that can be said about most states in the US and most provinces as I personally feel each province is distinct from the other and most are distinct from US states (which are quite different as well).

Having recently been to Colorado (was there in late October) I cant see the resemblance to Alberta. It is in some ways similar but Alberta is truely distinct from any place in the US I have been to (about 40 states). There is nothing in Colorado like northern Alberta, which is half the province (land area and population). Yes is it similar when you are in the South but once you go North then its different. Not to mention the people in Alberta are generally much more left leaning than what you will find in Colorado.

[vid]

Are we talking about the same Colorado here? The Colorado that is legalising pot? Or am I mixing up Denver with the entire state?

Calgary won't be legalising pot for a long time. I bet the federal government will get there first.

[Greco Roman]

^ I love the quote on the bottom of your post

[dennis]

Prince Edward Island and Hawaii are both completely surrounded by water.

[vid]

Alberta and Maine both have lakes.

[The Jabroni]

I can understand Manitoba being like Indiana. Indianapolis and Winnipeg both have beltways, both farming regions, but that's about it. I don't know what else Indiana has in terms of flora and fauna, but all I can say is that Indiana doesn't have 100,000+ lakes in the region.

Also, Quebec being like Florida?

[Only The Lonely..]

Well in my opinion, Manitoba is the love child of North Dakota and Minnesota.

Minnesota has 10,000 lakes, we have 100,000 lakes. The province even looks like a super sized version of the state.

However, parts of the province are quite flat like North Dakota. I’ve never been in a city as flat as Winnipeg, and most who visit this place are quick to point that out.

Many people often associate Winnipeg with Minneapolis. Having grown up in Winnipeg and visited Minneapolis I would suggest that Minneapolis is considerably more suburban than Winnipeg.

A lot of Winnipeg's neighbourhoods are more urban, having been built around old street car lines whereas in Minneapolis the freeway is king.

From watching movies, Winnipeg looks and acts more like a U.S. rust belt city. I have seen films shot in Cleveland, Buffalo and Detroit and have often thought to myself that some of those scenes could just as easily been shot here.

[MistyMountainHop]

BC - California (The City of Vancouver is San Francisco, the suburbs (and eastside is LA)
Yukon/NWT/Nunavut - Alaska
Alberta - Colorado in the rockies, Texas in the plains
Saskatchewan - Kansas or Nebraska
Manitoba - Minnesota or North Dakota (flat and cold in winter with plenty of lakes)
Ontario - New York
Quebec - Hawaii (radically different from everything else)
PEI - Rhode Island (small)
Newfoundland - Florida (wild weather)

I'm not sure about New Brunswick or Nova Scotia.

[Windex]

You could probably compare B. C. to the Northern half of California, from San Francisco up. Comparing it to the whole state just doesn't work in my mind though. As for New York to Ontario, that seems pretty valid just for the disparity between NYC and Upstate New York as compared to Northern and Southern Ontario.

[ReginaGuy]

The problem is that it's hard to compare any province with any state, beacause the provinces are so huge and radically different from region to region

[crooked rain]

Just to prove how arbitrary these comparisons are, I will make the case that every Canadian province is essentially the same as Minnesota

BC - both BC and MN are known as highly left leaning politically
Alberta - AB has a town called Viking and MN has a football team called the Vikings
Saskatchewan -agricultural land in the south, Canadian shield and lakes in the north
Manitoba - for the same reason as Sask
Ontario - for the same reaon as Sask
Quebec - great rivers cut through both (the St Lawrence and the Mississippi)
New Brunswick - lots of forest land in both, both have a old port city past its peak (Saint John and Duluth)
Nova Scotia - Twin Cities -> Minneapolis - St Paul, Halifax - Dartmouth
PEI - famous fictional ladies (Anne of Green Gable and Mary Tyler Moore)Newfoundland - if 'Fargo' is to be believed, both a populated by people with funny accents


Were a nation of Minnesotas.

[MistyMountainHop]

^

[big W]

Originally Posted by crooked rain

Just to prove how arbitrary these comparisons are, I will make the case that every Canadian province is essentially the same as Minnesota

BC - both BC and MN are known as highly left leaning politically
Alberta - AB has a town called Viking and MN has a football team called the Vikings
Saskatchewan -agricultural land in the south, Canadian shield and lakes in the north
Manitoba - for the same reason as Sask
Ontario - for the same reaon as Sask
Quebec - great rivers cut through both (the St Lawrence and the Mississippi)
New Brunswick - lots of forest land in both, both have a old port city past its peak (Saint John and Duluth)
Nova Scotia - Twin Cities -> Minneapolis - St Paul, Halifax - Dartmouth
PEI - famous fictional ladies (Anne of Green Gable and Mary Tyler Moore)Newfoundland - if 'Fargo' is to be believed, both a populated by people with funny accents


Were a nation of Minnesotas.

Thats the best post in this thread. I love it.

[LordMandeep]

i disagree Minnesota doesn't have a major urban center...

[vid]

Originally Posted by LordMandeep

i disagree Minnesota doesn't have a major urban center...

Minneapolis has more people than Montreal and is almost twice as big. How does it not have a major urban centre????

Fuck if Duluth was in Canada it would be the 14th largest city. It has more people than Halifax in it's metro area!

Lack of an urban centre, my ass. What about Rochester?

TrueViking did a really good comparison, showing that Minneapolis/St Paul was like Calgary/Winnipeg.

[240glt]

I fly in & out of Minneapolis on my way to Milwaukee for work (It's the hub for Northwest Airlines) & I'm always blown away by how big the twin cities area is!