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lmao this romanticized view of us. there's only a tiny amount of people in northern north dakota and minnesota who still speak swedish or norwegian. there are still elderly people who speak german all over, but they're dying off and they often didn't teach their children much of it.
I guess I may have a different view on what normal is because I was born here (eastern south dakota), but I'd still say we're relatively normal or at least rural normal. no one cares if you own guns or finds it weird if you enjoy outdoor stuff (if that's a thing anywhere). loads of people hunt and fish, boat in the summer, snowmobile in the winter. I'm surrounded by nothing but farmland and small state parks, so camping is "camping" with electricity at a campground. we have hutterites instead of amish, and it's always a bit silly running into them at a place like walmart but other than that you forget they exist. might be more of a western thing, but I've not met anyone even remotely interested in prepping/survivalism/bushcraft stuff or who were overtly white supremacist, just your average casual racism
don't get me wrong, I really like it here and I wouldn't trade it for much (maybe montana desu), and you very well might love it up here, but it's not as zany as you're making it out to be. rather than go on an interesting adventure or meet the kind of people you listed you'll have conversations about football/hockey or hunting/guns over some beers.
