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Originally Posted by Sparks
I get what you're saying but I'm not sure that Montana is the best example. I suspect it would apply better to rural Albertans since city culture is quite different and Montana doesn't really have an equivalent to Calgary or Edmonton.
I get that people in shared geographical regions share many defining features and have had similar challenges historically, but there are many influences that are distinctly Canadian (or American) as well - whether national or provincial - that would be ridiculous to ignore.
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For the big urban centers that's probably true as I'd consider myself rural for the most part and see it from that point of view although I have lived in both Edmonton and Calgary. I'd also say a province like New Brunswick doesn't have a city that equals Calgary or Edmonton either.
I agree there are distinct Canadian / American qualities , however my point was if an outsider was to meet a typical Maritimer, Albertan , and Montanan and was asked which two were from the same country, I'd bet he'd guess the Montanan and Albertan.
Both countries are so big and diverse, the regional differences are much greater than those provinces and states that are just over the boarder from each other.