Which US state feels more like Germany?

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1. Probably Georgia

   Like germany, it starts with a g

   And like germany. It has alot of army man bases

2. I have no idea. I also have no idea what my third favorite dinosaur is.
   What does Germany feel like??

3. How is this getting downvoted??!? People will cry over anything that’s crazy

4. Probably a Midwestern state with a lot of Germans. If I had to guess, I’d say Wisconsin.

   Check out this map:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.svg

5. Probably Wisconsin. It’s really hard to tell because the largest wave of German immigrants cam to the US in the 1840s-1850s. A lot of their traits blended very nicely into American culture. But then, during the First World War, there was a concerted effort to remove German heritage identity.

6. Wisconsin in my opinion.

7. Mississippi.

8. Why?

9. I wanna say Michigan, mainly because of cities like Frankenmuth.

10. Climate wise I’d probably guess Pennsylvania and Virginia. We have a ton of German and Czech towns here in central Texas so maybe here. No mountains. Just hill country.

11. Pennsylvania, iowa, and any state in between. The state would need a large german immigrant population and green scenery to feel like germany, I think.

12. [Huntsville,Alabama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih1FYUwz02E)

    [Yaphank, New York](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYoXh_29MTk) (the original owners of this tract of land kept a clause in its bylaws requiring the homeowners to be primarily “of German extraction.” That has kept this community entirely white and german. For hell they even had Hitler street)

    [https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000017f-f456-d497-a1ff-f6d6c6af0000/60/a7/eeee401c17ebce116a8d94e58a04/1018316866.jpg?precrop=1846,800,x0,y302&height=831&width=1920](https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000017f-f456-d497-a1ff-f6d6c6af0000/60/a7/eeee401c17ebce116a8d94e58a04/1018316866.jpg?precrop=1846,800,x0,y302&height=831&width=1920)

13. I know growing up in the Cincinnati ohio area there has always been a big German influence into the culture around here.

14. Lancaster Pennsylvania

15. Wisconsin in many ways. It’s geographically similar. Climate is similar. Germans settled Wisconsin. Wisconsin is industrial. Both are very subdued and conservative/risk averse in their thinking.

16. The scenery going down the Hudson Valley reminds me of the Rhine but I don’t think that’s what you mean

17. As a German who has lived in Jersey, Wisconsin, Iowa, Texas, and California, it’s California because of its social laws regarding maternity leave, sick leave, kin care, unemployment, health care etc.

18. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania.

    Climate, culture, and 2 generations ago German was widely spoke in Western Pennsylvania.

19. Wisconsin for sure. There are towns there that use German side by side English. We stopped at one during our drive from Minnesota (another very German state) to Wisconsin and it wasn’t hard to find signs and posters in German. That was just one of many similar towns along the way.

20. I lived in Germany for a year – and have lived all over the US. None of our states come close to your cleanliness or efficiency. It’s something I’m deeply envious of. But if I had to pick one… oddly enough, I’m going with Michigan. I think it comes closest to your small town life, weather, and scenary, especially northern Michigan.

21. For a less serious answer, Leavenworth, WA.

22. Wisconsinite here. Lots and lots of Germans settled here (along with Irish, Norwegians, Danish, Finnish, and more, but the biggest percentage is German.)

    The town, Watertown, boasts the first American kindergarten, a word that has become part of American English, as well as other phrases that are direct translations from German to English. One example: “Come here, once.” You’ll hear that phrase all over the place where I live, which is southeastern, south central Wisconsin.

    Lots of Lutherans are here, too. Lots of places observe Oktoberfest, the capital, Madison, has a big festival every year called Bratfest, where they serve bratwurst, beer, and play music from all over. I don’t know how that’s worked in the aftermath of the pandemic and stuff, though. Perhaps other Wisconsinites would know better than I.

    Wisconsin has some of the best microbreweries in the nation. And yes, we were and are still industrial, though perhaps not so much as in decades past (much like we were once known for our mining, but no longer.) However, our nickname, Dairyland, still stands, as we are still well known for our cheeses. (Wisconsinites are called Cheeseheads, especially sports fans in particular.) We even host a big Dairy Expo every year.

    We may not have mountains, but we have beautiful bluffs, forests, great places for fishing and hunting, and farmland, of course.

    Come and visit! 😃

23. Probably somewhere in new Hampshire, but with large modern cities

24. Western North Carolina, Helen, GA, Old Salem in NC.

25. I’m gonna throw a wild card in here, after living in Germany for a couple years. Upstate New York reminded me of far western Germany, specifically Rhineland-Pfalz. Between the rolling hills and farms I felt like I was coming up on Bitburg from the B50 again.

26. Michigan has Frankenmuth, a German styled town. There’s also Gaylord, called the Alpen town. The climate is similar. We just have. Crappier roads.

27. Depends by what aspect you’re looking for. In general I would say that the states along the Great Lakes and Pennsylvania would probably be the most similar. Having lived in both regions, the environment and climate especially feel very similar to me.

28. Iowa.

29. The hill country in Texas has a lot of towns that were settled by Germans, for example New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Boerne, etc.

30. Florida reminds me of an earlier Germany, say 1936.

31. State? None of them. There are towns, though, that have a German-esque vibe to them, though. Still, having lived in Germany for several years? I can’t say I’ve been anywhere in the US that actually reminds me of Germany.

32. Do you mean current culture and atmosphere? Probably Pennsylvania or Wisconsin

    Do you mean Germany circa 1939? That would be Florida or Texas.

33. I grew up in southwestern Indiana, and there was definitely a lot of German influence there. My grandfather and grandmother (on different sides) both grew up speaking German. There are also German themed street fests in several of the towns and some very neat German and Austrian architecture and stained glass at nearby churches, convents and monasteries.

34. i wouldn’t say a ton of full states are german, more like small pockets. in ohio, at least, the cincinnati and toledo areas are quite german

35. Not sure, but I feel the Cuban sandwich is the American culinary invention that’s most German. German chocolate cake, not so much.

36. Over here in indiana. My German fiancee loves Switzerland county. I might buy some land there.

37. I would have to say Wisconsin.

38. Most of the north east states, but I’m going with Pennsylvania. It’s not as picturesque as the really beautiful parts of Germany. But there’s an entire community and multiple towns settled by the Germans.
    There’s a whole story behind the PA dutch culture. It’s actually German. There’s was some confusion when the people emigrated, they were asked where they came from and the Germans answerd Deutsch. And the officials thought they said Dutch.

39. Well, Florida is beginning to feel like Germany circa 1938…

40. Probably Massachusetts because they have a high quality of life and never stop sucking themselves off

41. Germantown, Maryland just because of the name as a troll.

    It is nothing like Germany at all. But the history of the town came from German and other European Immigrants who settled there and called it German Town.

42. Hermann, MO is VERY heavily influenced by the German immigrants during the 19th century. All along the MO river in Eastern MO.

43. Although the entire state isn’t Germanic, Ohio has many Germanic hints! Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati all have historic German neighborhoods. Love seeing the architecture.

44. There’s an area in Missouri called the Missouri Rhineland, heavily German and has similar scenery to Germany

45. Florida (late 1930s)

46. I think in terms of people, the Midwest has the most German Americans (diluted over the generations of course, but still influencing them)

    In terms of social structure, the northeast for certain. I can anecdotally say three European friends of mine have all said similarly. I’ve been to a lot of European countries, and I definitely feel like Western Europe (Scandinavia and Ireland in particular) feel a lot like home to me, just with the social expectations and norms, etc. Might just be me though, and I’ve not visited Germany yet.