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1 Lubbock TX
2 Amarillo TX
3 Abilene TX
4 Wichita Falls TX
5 Shreveport LA
Least Similar Cities
1 Joliet IL
2 Naperville IL
3 Antioch CA
4 Concord CA
5 Aurora IL
Odd. I’m not from Texas, and have never spent much time there. Air Force Basic at Lackland AFB, and a couple of short trips to Houston for baseball/Astro World 40 years ago.
It was a terrible quiz. My most similar were Milwaukee and 4 towns in CA not one of which I have ever been to. The least similar were all in the near midwest (3 in OH, one IN, and Buffalo). The last time I took such a quiz the answer was “You are as Philly as cheese steak” If not, maybe Baltimore. Well, I spent the first 26 years of my life in Philly, so they got that right.
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1 Sioux Falls SD 26.5
2 Grand Rapids MI 25.7
3 Green Bay WI 25.6
4 Rockford IL 25.3
5 Milwaukee WI. 25.0
I guess this is correct. I grew up in The northern suburbs of Chicago.
My most likely was the upper midwest, especially Michigan. Least likely was southern pennsylvania. Where I lived until I was 12, western NY, was around the middle, and Florida, where I’ve been since, was a low probability.
I’ve taken, maybe, three of this type of quiz over the years. Their conclusions always seemed to me to be incorrect. Now, this one is on dialect and not accent; but I don’t think I speak significantly differently from other Southern Californians.
For what it’s worth I decided to try the 140 question version. Twice. Both times the thing just crapped out before I was halfway through. They must not have been prepared for a number of us to be hitting their server all at once.
I may try one more time at some odd hour to see if there’s any difference in how they place me, but right now I feel that it’s been a waste of time. I’ve been to New Orleans and I know I don’t talk that way!
My dialect is midway between educated Australian and received standard British English. I don’t think the survey copes well with that: it thinks I come from Appalachia, and gives:
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1 Lexington KY 32.4
2 Birmingham AL 32.4
3 Huntsville AL 32.0
4 Montgomery AL 31.9
5 Chattanooga TN 31.5
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1 Worcester MA 19.1
2 Plymouth MA 19.3
3 Providence RI 19.4
4 Lowell MA 19.6
5 Boston MA 19.7