What region of your state is least like the other parts?

[SP Cook]

A WHOLE lot more to culture than transitory political leanings.  Particularly those that arose in the last decade and a half.

[corco]

The Arizona Strip is infinitely more Utah than the rest of Arizona.  San Joaquin Valley and Owens Valley are far much agriculturally driven than the urban areas of California.

How about the areas north of Redding up to the Oregon Border they have to be more in common with Oregon than California though.

Yes, the old State of Jefferson saga.

Would that state even have enough people to be a state?

Yes. It's above 60,000, but not by much.

It would be much smaller than Wyoming, so I'm doubtful. Maybe they should just join Oregon instead.

Or Idaho! The Greater Idaho Movement was gaining steam earlier this year-  https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/03/effort-to-move-eastern-oregon-to-idaho-muffled-by-stay-at-home-order-coronavirus-response-further-divides-rural-urban-oregonians-petitioner-says.html

http://www.greateridaho.org/

[hbelkins]

A WHOLE lot more to culture than transitory political leanings.  Particularly those that arose in the last decade and a half.

I thought this thread was about geographical features. If we're talking cultural/political differences, then obviously Kentucky's different places are Louisville and Lexington.

[Roadgeekteen]

The Arizona Strip is infinitely more Utah than the rest of Arizona.  San Joaquin Valley and Owens Valley are far much agriculturally driven than the urban areas of California.

How about the areas north of Redding up to the Oregon Border they have to be more in common with Oregon than California though.

Yes, the old State of Jefferson saga.

Would that state even have enough people to be a state?

Yes. It's above 60,000, but not by much.

It would be much smaller than Wyoming, so I'm doubtful. Maybe they should just join Oregon instead.

Or Idaho! The Greater Idaho Movement was gaining steam earlier this year-  https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/03/effort-to-move-eastern-oregon-to-idaho-muffled-by-stay-at-home-order-coronavirus-response-further-divides-rural-urban-oregonians-petitioner-says.html

http://www.greateridaho.org/

That area is quite far from Idaho.

[gonealookin]

The Ruby Mountains southeast of Elko stand as a beautiful alpine oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert.  It's one of very few places in Nevada where you'll find alpine lakes and running water.  A number of other mountain ranges within Nevada are designated as National Forest land but they tend to be nearly as dry as the desert around them.

A few other alpine areas in Nevada would be Lake Tahoe and the Carson Range immediately adjacent, Great Basin National Park in the far east and the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas.

[andrepoiy]

Most of Ontario's landmass is sparsely populated and barren... so that would mean Southern Ontario would be unique haha.

[Max Rockatansky]

The Ruby Mountains southeast of Elko stand as a beautiful alpine oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert.  It's one of very few places in Nevada where you'll find alpine lakes and running water.  A number of other mountain ranges within Nevada are designated as National Forest land but they tend to be nearly as dry as the desert around them.

A few other alpine areas in Nevada would be Lake Tahoe and the Carson Range immediately adjacent, Great Basin National Park in the far east and the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas.

Nevada has always struck me as Metro Las Vegas and the more traditionally rooted everything else.  The difference between the mining towns or anything that was on the California Trail compared to Las Vegas is completely night and day.  Places like Fallon, Hawthorne, Tonopah, Ely, Goldfield, and are basically alien to what one would expect in Las Vegas.

[gonealookin]

The Ruby Mountains southeast of Elko stand as a beautiful alpine oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert.  It's one of very few places in Nevada where you'll find alpine lakes and running water.  A number of other mountain ranges within Nevada are designated as National Forest land but they tend to be nearly as dry as the desert around them.

A few other alpine areas in Nevada would be Lake Tahoe and the Carson Range immediately adjacent, Great Basin National Park in the far east and the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas.

Nevada has always struck me as Metro Las Vegas and the more traditionally rooted everything else.  The difference between the mining towns or anything that was on the California Trail compared to Las Vegas is completely night and day.  Places like Fallon, Hawthorne, Tonopah, Ely, Goldfield, and are basically alien to what one would expect in Las Vegas.

Your point is valid, but once in a while the answer to the "Name the most BlahBlahBlah in your state" has to be something other than "Las Vegas" for Nevada.  I mean, look at the other 99% of the land area of the state once in a while.  An obscure mountain range near Elko sort of fit the bill here.  I realize even most Roadgeeks are just trying to make it from Salt Lake City to Reno in 7 hours, but if you ever want to do a little bit of a detour, at least go up Lamoille Canyon, it's a surprise out there and well worth the drive.

[Max Rockatansky]

The Ruby Mountains southeast of Elko stand as a beautiful alpine oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert.  It's one of very few places in Nevada where you'll find alpine lakes and running water.  A number of other mountain ranges within Nevada are designated as National Forest land but they tend to be nearly as dry as the desert around them.

A few other alpine areas in Nevada would be Lake Tahoe and the Carson Range immediately adjacent, Great Basin National Park in the far east and the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas.

Nevada has always struck me as Metro Las Vegas and the more traditionally rooted everything else.  The difference between the mining towns or anything that was on the California Trail compared to Las Vegas is completely night and day.  Places like Fallon, Hawthorne, Tonopah, Ely, Goldfield, and are basically alien to what one would expect in Las Vegas.

Your point is valid, but once in a while the answer to the "Name the most BlahBlahBlah in your state" has to be something other than "Las Vegas" for Nevada.  I mean, look at the other 99% of the land area of the state once in a while.  An obscure mountain range near Elko sort of fit the bill here.  I realize even most Roadgeeks are just trying to make it from Salt Lake City to Reno in 7 hours, but if you ever want to do a little bit of a detour, at least go up Lamoille Canyon, it's a surprise out there and well worth the drive.

Kind of reminds me of Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive, another slice of green atop a barren desert landscape. 

[US 89]

The Ruby Mountains southeast of Elko stand as a beautiful alpine oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert.  It's one of very few places in Nevada where you'll find alpine lakes and running water.  A number of other mountain ranges within Nevada are designated as National Forest land but they tend to be nearly as dry as the desert around them.

A few other alpine areas in Nevada would be Lake Tahoe and the Carson Range immediately adjacent, Great Basin National Park in the far east and the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas.

Nevada has always struck me as Metro Las Vegas and the more traditionally rooted everything else.  The difference between the mining towns or anything that was on the California Trail compared to Las Vegas is completely night and day.  Places like Fallon, Hawthorne, Tonopah, Ely, Goldfield, and are basically alien to what one would expect in Las Vegas.

Your point is valid, but once in a while the answer to the "Name the most BlahBlahBlah in your state" has to be something other than "Las Vegas" for Nevada.  I mean, look at the other 99% of the land area of the state once in a while.  An obscure mountain range near Elko sort of fit the bill here.  I realize even most Roadgeeks are just trying to make it from Salt Lake City to Reno in 7 hours, but if you ever want to do a little bit of a detour, at least go up Lamoille Canyon, it's a surprise out there and well worth the drive.

Kind of reminds me of Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive, another slice of green atop a barren desert landscape.

I've been to Great Basin National Park and it's amazing how different it is from the surrounding desert - it even has a glacier! To be honest the whole Wheeler Peak area reminds me much more of the higher terrain of northern Utah than anything else in Nevada.