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(#1) Texas: 'All Of The Frontier Mentality, Excess, Beauty, And Culture Of America'
From a former Redditor:
I mean, it's Texas.
All of the frontier mentality, excess, beauty, and culture of America in one state.
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(#2) New York: 'Has A Big City... Rural Towns... A North/South Divide'
From Redditor /u/nohead123:
[New York] has a big city, giant river, mountains, rust-belt cities, small rural towns, diverse communities, not-so-diverse communities, and a north/south divide.
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(#3) Ohio: 'It's Just So Average'
From Redditor /u/theGhats:
I don't think any do, but the one that comes the closest would be Ohio. It's just so average.
Besides, I think that's why Ohio's also really good at predicting future presidents.
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(#4) 'All... Or None'
From a Redditor:
All of them do or none of them do.
From Redditor /u/ShinySpoon:
All of them do equally. Every single state is representative of America. Without one of [them], America would not be whole.
From Redditor /u/Pojodan:
None of them do. The West Coast is significantly different from the East Coast is significantly different from the South is significantly different from the North, etc.
There are states that have roughly the same general demographics as the country as a whole, but that's only a small part of the puzzle...
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(#5) Ohio: 'It's A Big Test Area For Food Chains'
From Redditor /u/rem87062597:
I'm saying Ohio based purely on the fact that it's a big test area for food chains (Columbus, specifically).
Companies with resources have determined that if you want to test your new menu item on a microcosm of America, that's where you do it.
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(#6) California: 'Everything People Love And Hate Comes From There'
From Redditor /u/only_response_needed:
California. Everything that people love and hate comes from there. Even Americans who don't live there like to see themselves as being as good as those who do.
The most beautiful people live there, the entertainers, artists, media - we [in New York] come in a close second, but we're an overpriced, desaturated metropolis. The days of slumming NY are long gone, and only the package it came in is left, and remodeled.
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(#7) Texas: 'Where You Have The Best Chance Of... The American Dream'
From Redditor /u/jackblack2323:
I'd say Texas is the epitome of American culture. With guns, cowboys, and Tex-Mex food, its culture is generally what you think of when foreigners think of America.
I'd say it's also probably one of the states where you have the best chance of having the American dream. It has above-average incomes and below-average housing costs, good weather, and no income tax at all. There [are] tons of job opportunities in manufacturing and oil production in Houston, lots of tech industry in Austin and Dallas.
Lots of other states have similar things, but I think Texas is probably the epitome of America.
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(#8) Michigan: 'There's A Reason Shows/Movies Pick Michigan As The Location People Are From'
From Redditor /u/therealmrmiagi:
I don’t disagree with all the comments saying Ohio, but I think Michigan is a better example: beaches on the west side that are actually nice, the Upper Peninsula/northern part of the Lower Peninsula [that] shows off the natural beauty our country has...
Couple that with major university culture, all four major sports teams, and automotive culture. There’s a reason shows/movies pick Michigan as the location people are from, like American Pie or Freaks and Geeks. Additionally, Michigan has a lot of the urban problems seen in this country, Flint being an extreme example, and the opioid crisis affecting the more rural areas...
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(#9) Ohio: 'Almost The Perfect Mix Of Urban And Rural'
From Redditor /u/ClearlyBanned22:
Probably Ohio. It has everything: rolling farmland, isolated hill folk, big cities, industry, tech.
It's not dominated by a city (Illinois, New York) or by small towns, but almost the perfect mix of urban and rural.
But really, America is so much more than any state. Never would I dare to say that Cleveland is more "American" than Miami, or anything else.
It's all American, baby.
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(#10) Pennsylvania: 'Where The US Was Born'
From Redditor /u/ElfMage83:
Pennsylvania is where the US was born, so I'll say that.
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(#11) New Hampshire: 'Live Free Or Die'
From a Redditor:
New Hampshire. Their state motto is "Live free or die"; doesn't get more American than that.
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(#12) California: 'Extreme Diversity In Population And Landscape'
From Redditor /u/stievstigma:
I say California only because [of] the extreme diversity in both population and landscape.
Just in Southern California you can drive in about a 50-mile radius and experience dense cities, suburbs, mountains, forests, beach towns, and... desert.
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(#13) Colorado: 'Liberal And Conservative'
From Redditor /u/teaching-man:
Colorado. Rural and urban. Mountains and plains. Liberal and conservative.
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(#14) Ohio: 'It's A Bellwether State'
From Redditor /u/Handsomechanning:
I’m pretty sure it’s a “bellwether state." It means we tend to vote for whichever political candidate is going to win because Ohio’s population is representative of the rest of the entire nation in the correct ratios of urban/rural/education/age/etc.
Obviously not perfectly. But I think it’s a pretty good argument for why we could be the “epitome” of America.
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(#15) Missouri: 'Mark Twain Lived... There'
From Redditor /u/ColossusOfChoads:
Well, my immediate gut response is "Missouri." It's Midwestern, but it's also a little bit Western and a little bit Southern. It's got a couple of large cities and it also has a lot of farms...
[I]t abuts the Mississippi, and Mark Twain lived and died there.
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(#16) Pennsylvania: 'Contains The Diversity Of Distinct Rural, Suburban, And Urban Cultures'
From Redditor /u/messiestbessie:
Pennsylvania is fairly representative racially and ethnically. It contains the diversity of distinct rural, suburban, and urban cultures. It’s a state situated in three distinct geographic and social regions.
Like other people in Flyover America, many Pennsylvania "T" residents [i.e., Republicans in the central and northern part of the state] feel imposed upon by the media behemoth of a large coastal city. It’s politically split where both parties are well represented by moderates and extremes.
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(#17) Iowa: 'The Midwest Is The Real America'
From Redditor /u/nemo_sum:
Iowa's the most Midwestern state, and the Midwest is the real America.
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(#18) Texas: 'Hard Capitalist Individualism'
From Redditor /u/YourWorstReward:
If [you are] looking for hard capitalist individualism, a set of traits normally associated with being American, Texas is pretty [spot] on.
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(#19) Virginia: 'Mother Of Presidents'
From Redditor /u/BabyBellGuy75:
Virginia has the nickname "Mother of Presidents" due to the huge amount of them who were born here.
In fact, seven of the 15 antebellum presidents were from Virginia, and since the end of the Civil War, there was... one more, Woodrow Wilson...
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(#20) California: 'As California Goes...'
From Redditor /u/bilkzor:
California. There's a reason why there's a saying: "As California goes, so goes the nation."
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(#21) New York: 'Has A Diverse Range Of Seasons'
From Redditor /u/nowhereman136:
New York... has a diverse range of seasons. New York City in particular can get to 0 degrees in the winter and 100 degrees in the summer.
That's some of the biggest spread for a single spot in the US.
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(#22) North Carolina: 'The Influx Of Migrants From Around The Country'
From a former Redditor:
I'd say North Carolina. Why? The influx of migrants from around the country in the past two decades, [and] the booming growth that... has made it the newest cross-section of America.
North Carolina is a great representation of America...
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(#23) Florida: 'You... Want To Go To Disney'
From Redditor /u/RockyArby:
Florida. Doesn't make any sense, but you still want to go to Disney.
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(#24) Virginia: 'Where We Discovered The First Big American Cash Crop'
From Redditor /u/XeshTrill:
I would have to say Virginia. It's got everything: mountains, coastline, forests, plains, crops. It's where we discovered the first big American cash crop (read: tobacco) that really helped this place take off.
It was colonized mostly as a business venture (which is America's true draw, the way I see it - even today), [and was] named for British heritage but [has] plenty of Native American-named areas.
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(#25) Alaska: 'Men Crossed An Ocean... To Get To It'
From Redditor /u/brugmugg56:
Alaska. Men crossed an ocean (or Canada) to get to it, carved settlements out of wilderness, etc.... same as the rest of the US, but more recently.
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