Hmm, maybe I should rephrase my question. I guess intelligent people are evenly spread here, too (aside from the majority of the South). But I guess what I'm getting at is where are the more progressive people, in terms of politics, technology, social issues, culture? The problem with the South is that they can't get out of the 1800s. And everywhere else except the SW and NE can't get out of the 1900s. The areas where the population has moved on to the 21st century are located mostly in Southern California and surrounding parts of Nevada and Arizona, as well as most of New England. Seems funny that they're at opposite ends of the country.
[Oh and before people start flaming me, I've been to nearly every state in the U.S. and have relatives from the South, and even cousins that live in Alabama (tragic, I know
), so don't tell me I don't know what it's like at those places. I've road-tripped across the country and visited many places, many times]
And I'd also like to add that visiting Alabama is funny and a bit nostalgic for me. I was last there in the summer of '05 and I felt like I was in the 90s. They didn't know what electronic music was, the internet was a foreign concept (myspace still hadn't caught on yet), gay and bi people only existed in the movies (and those movies were never to be seen around there), and, I shit you not, I was asked many times to speak slower (and I talk nowhere near a mile a minute).
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