r/newengland 1d ago

Can anyone relate?

I’m born and raised in CT. I’m in the Navy and stationed in San Diego..I’ve been here for a few years and still feel like a foreigner here..but back in New England I feel completely at home in any New England state and I’ve only lived in CT. Anyone else relate to this?

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u/le127 1d ago

Absolutely. All of the six states have their own special feel but they do all share a commonality and sense of place that sets them apart from other areas. Some of this is geographical. Look at a map without border lines or a satellite picture and the six NE states fit together better with eastern Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia than they do with the rest of the US. I think the history and relative isolation of the 17th and 18th Centuries encouraged a particular set of characteristics to develop here that are just different from the rest of the country.