Which parts of the UK correspond to which parts of America?

[Whitehorsewaves]

This is just a light heart random thought that occasionally pops into my head for some reason. I try to work out which bits of the UK could be mapped across to the states. Obvious the climate is very different but hopefully you get the idea.

I think about characteristics/ terrain or just whatever tenuous link I can think of!

So for me:

London = New York
Manchester = Chicago
Cornwall = Florida
Devon = Louisiana
Edinburgh = Seattle
Wales = Montana

Any more ideas or better suggestions?

Just for fun

Clearly travelling is off the cards so I'm on a mental road trip

M1 - route 66

I'm stuck on one for the lake district

Route 66 is north coast 500

Brighton is San Francisco
Florida is Norfolk
Jersey is Hawaii

Essex = New Jersey

Red Wall = Rust Belt

Louisiana Birmingham
Long Island Aldeburgh
Seattle Edinburgh
LA Blackpool
New York London
Atlanta Milton Keynes
Texas Southern Counties
Montana - the lake district

Brighton = SF
Essex = NJ

Like it!

Los Angeles?

Liverpool = Boston (even more so than London = NYC)
Sheffield = Philadelphia
Blackpool = Atlantic City
Bristol = Seattle (✈️)
Lincolnshire = Nebraska

I’m stuck on one for the lake district

Maine?

The Hamptons = Scarborough / Filey / Bridlington. Obvs.

Middlesbrough = Detroit
Lake District = Wisconsin

Essex: New Jersey
Norfolk: Mississippi
Liverpool: Detroit
Cheshire: Georgia
Hampshire: Virginia
Channel Islands: Hawaii
Cornwall: Florida
Yorkshire: California or Texas

Maine could work

I'm not sure Edinburgh is seattle- Seattle is really wet and californian while Edinburgh is v cold, drier and windy and the people are games for being stuck up and not properly Scottish. (I don't agree with that at all, it's just that's what people have said about Edinburgh while I've grown up there!)

I think Edinburgh is more like a draughty East coast city like Philadelphia or maybe even Boston. Could Glasgow be more Seattle?

Scilly Isles = Hawaii
Highlands & Islands = Alaska

York = New York
Hampshire = New Hampshire
Boston = Boston
BIrmingham = Birmingham

.... clearly not getting this 🤣.

Yes, Edinburgh = Boston

Utah: Shropshire
Las Vegas: Blackpool

Kentucky: Peak District
Alaska: Highlands

Some excellent responses 👏

Cornwall's a bit higher up than Florida. Near Roanoke and the like.

Some of the banks still have a small number of older people who speak with what is a Cornish accent.

Channel Islands would be the islands off New England- Cape Cod, Nantucket etc. Wealthy but also quaint.

Struggling to think of an equivalent for Bath- Charleston perhaps?

Shetland = Alaska. But colder.

I think Bristol = Portland

Vermont for the Lake District? Maine is a good shout though

What would New Orleans be I wonder? 🤔
Loving this thread!