Regional Personality Traits (WSJ article)

[Orchidflower]

Hopefully, I can get this link to work for you. This is from today's (9/23/08) Wall St. Journal, and, for those who don't get the WSJ, I thought you might enjoy it. Takes awhile sometimes to load up, but the interactive map is an eyeopener:
The United States of Mind - WSJ.com

 

[donheff]

Wow, we DC'ites are #1 on openness and #3 on extraversion, but #50 on agreeableness (the later 2 don't surprise me).

 

[BLS53]

I don't put much stock in studies that treat states as a whole. Many states cover a large geographical area, and are diverse in how people think and feel.

It would work better in broken into regions.