Interesting divisions, and certainly something that can be argued about forever. My feeling is that Michigan probably has most in common with Wisconsin, Illino

Interesting divisions, and certainly something that can be argued about forever. My feeling is that Michigan probably has most in common with Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Maine and the rest of New England. I'm not sure it's a Yankee kind of thing though. More of a shared culture based on the environment, lakes, hunting, and exposure/familiarity with large forests. I wonder how, in a parallel universe, such states combined with Ontario/New Brunswick/Newfoundland would end up looking like, as a nation surrounding the Great Lakes and North Atlantic coast. Sorry I'm rambling.