>>212662673
VGH ship rock... Dine land... respect the forefathers!

And yeah it really is the most distinct state. Because it's so distinct even from the rest of the SW and East Texas. The rest of the SW was mostly settled by anglo settlers without much if any spanish precense. But NM already had a pretty big Hispano community and the % of the population that's native has remained steady since statehood unlike the Dakotas, Montana, AZ and other big native states (only alaska shares with NM in this feat).

You could argue Hawaii or Alaska but 100% NM is the most distinct state in the 48. That's not to say there's not a lot of interesting cultural zones in the US but they usually don't neatly follow state borders

>>212569959
You'd have loved it bro...