Which feels more British: New England or Virginia and the Carolinas?
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Anonymous
| Wait, NONE of them “feel” like UK. Certainly not the Carolinas. Maybe New England’s working class towns feel a little rollicking Irish. America doesn’t feel British at all though. |
Anonymous
| Charlottesville area |
Anonymous
I agree that the Carolinas feel the least English. Some of the dmv suburbs feel a little like some London suburbs. Chevy Chase could be somewhere like Pinner, for example. Some of the smaller New England towns feel a little like English seaside towns, I guess. After a couple of drinks. |
Anonymous
| Boston- lots of Irish influence. People take awhile to warm up to in northeast so if you’re looking for friendliness overall try the Carolinas or Georgia. VA if you stay S/SW. You might also try Nashville TN, good people, nice place. |
Anonymous
| Tangiers VA and NC's Outer Banks are probably the places in the US where something akin to the West Country accent still exists (or at least did until fairly recently). |
Anonymous
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Neither over the other.
Which part of the UK is most American? New York and London both stand out as international cities but beyond that, would a Virginian feel more at home in Hull or in Cardiff? I don't see a strong difference. |
Anonymous
A northern Virginian? Milton Keynes, no question. |
Anonymous
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There are plenty of British in New England, especially CT. I think the culture is more British overall.
But I can see the argument about VA but the South is just very different from the UK in some ways - focus on Christianity, the food, etc. |
Anonymous
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I am southern of British descent (a long way back) and have lived in London and New England.
The South, hands down. Lots of cultural similarities which is understandable given how many people are of british descent. The manners, the subtle ways of talking of the southerners and british can be very similar. |
Anonymous
Came here to say this. Fascinating read. Different classes of Brits from different regions with different traditions settled different parts of the colonies and influenced their respective cultures. I’ve always thought Canada would be closer than the U.S. today. My husband used to work for a British company. Can confirm that those guys loved Las Vegas and Florida. They went crazy in Vegas. |
Anonymous
| More like Las Vegas. They like to fry themselves in the sun on holiday. And when they’re burnt to a crisp they like to go drink and gamble. |
Anonymous
Canada does have more British influence even though it's closer culturally to the US than Canada. Victoria BC feels more like England than anywhere in NA (and it's not just a show for the tourists, lots of British-born people on Vancouver Island). Newfoundland also retained close ties to England until it joined Confederation in 1949. In fact the provincial flag was the Union Jack until 1949. And they celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in Newfoundland. |
Anonymous
| Correction: Union Jack was the provincial flag until 1980. |
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New England and England are more similar in terms of politics, population density and level of religiosity (British Tories are like New England Republicans, people like Charlie Baker and Phil Scott).
On the other hand, the South is the more "Anglo Saxon" region and retains more of the English influence in terms of mannerisms, language, food and drink etc. |
Anonymous
| Savannah, GA seems more like a British place. |