What are the two most opposite places you can think of to live in the US?

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1. Hawaii and North Dakota

2. New Orleans, middle of nowhere Nevada/Arizona

3. Wyoming and New York

4. SF Bay Area & Wyoming

5. Middle of Alaska and LA?

6. Take a small town in North Slope Alaska and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Languages are completely different: North Slope Alaska speaks Inuit languages and English while Puerto Rico speaks Spanish and English. Climate is the absolute opposite, where North Slope Alaska is tundra, with midnight sun in the summer and a night that lasts for months in winter, while Puerto Rico has a tropical climate. Economy is absolutely different: petroleum in North Slope Alaska and tourism in Puerto Rico being the largest respective sectors. Diet is very different in the two places. The two are separated by at least 3500 miles. Also, San Juan is a metropolitan city with old architecture while North Slope Alaska is flat and empty, largely devoid of plant and animal life. Taking the larger administrative divisions they lie in, Alaska and Puerto Rico have two have very different political statuses and landscapes: Alaska is a federal state but Puerto Rico is a dependent territory, making Alaska much more politically relevant to the country as a whole than Puerto Rico. Both Alaska and Puerto Rico would seem like likely places for separatist attitudes due to their cultural difference from the contiguous US, but Alaska culturally identifies much more strongly with the USA than Puerto Rico does.

7. Alaska and Hawaii

8. Barrow, AK and Key West, FL.

9. New York City and Brownfield Texas.

10. Northern Florida and southern Florida;)

11. New York City and the Alaskan bush

12. American Samoa and Washington DC

13. In terms of cities/urban areas of comparable size:

    Seattle and Miami

    Opposite corners of the country. One cool and wet and the other hot and humid. Grunge v Latin/Raggeaton. Slightly cold/keep to yourself personality v exuberant over the top excess. Pine tree v Palm tree.

    Very different cities

14. Miami and Anchorage.

15. Rural Alaska and Honolulu.

16. Anchorage & Miami

17. Provincetown, MA and Waddy, KY (the latter being the town represented by the sponsor of KY’s recent anti-gender affirming care bill).

18. Alaska and Florida

19. Alaska and Texas

20. Wyoming and anywhere I have been on planet Earth.

21. LA and Birmingham Alabama

22. San Diego and Vicksburgh, Mississippi

23. Alaska and hawaii

24. Hawaii and Alaska

25. In terms of climate, culture, and overall vibe, I’d say Fairbanks, Alaska and Key West, Florida are two of the most opposite places in the US. Fairbanks has extremely cold winters, a more sparse population, and a rugged, outdoorsy culture, while Key West is known for its tropical weather, vibrant nightlife, and laid-back beach atmosphere. They definitely offer two drastically different American living experiences!

26. Minnesota/Arizona

27. Try to get a backwoods Louisianan to have a conversation with someone from Staten Island

28. East St Louis, IL and Beverly Hills, CA

29. Boston and Tucson.