10-28-2019, 05:30 AM
(10-20-2019, 08:33 PM)IainH Wrote: Gadzooks Jay! I didn't mean to insult Pennsylvanians by saying they were from East Anglia, my bad. The Puritans were from East Anglia, the mid Atlantic states were settled by folks from the English Midlands. The Southern Tidewater region was settled by Southern English and the backwoods by Scots Irish, plain old Scots, some Welsh and northern Englishsters. Also some Germans and Jews in North and South Carolina. Each contributing to the development of distinct regional cultures. The idea of a single American culture is and always has been bunk.
I actually grew up in Massachusetts, so I don't mind you badmouthing Pittsburgh or PA. I actually don't mind you badmouthing New Englanders, either. They can be a stuffy lot, and really conservative and stingy with employment--I had to move to find a "career" job. If you're a little bit not what they expect, you won't find gainful Bachelor-degree level employment in New England.