Personality traits vary by region in the US

[Flannel Boy]

Here is an article and here is the full paper.

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Some correlations at the state level

Extraversion is correlated with robbery and murder rates.

Agreeableness is negatively correlated with robbery and murder rates and positively correlated for life expectancy. (Correlation remain nearly identical when controlled for income, race, education, population density)

Conscientiousness is negatively correlated with social involvement, the arts, and life expectancy.

Neuroticism is significantly correlated with heart disease and cancer. It is negatively correlated with exercising, life expectancy, and the arts

Openness is significantly correlated with robbery and murder rates, liberal values (legalization of marijuana, abortion, same sex marriages), and the arts. 

[recursivelyenumerable]

oregon seems like a good fit for me in everything except neuroticism.  maybe I should move to vermont.

I'd be interested in seeing maps for other countries ...

[Great Rumbler]

Openess: 4th
Agreeableness: 1st
Conscientiousness: 1st
Extraversion: 3rd
Neuroticism: 3rd

[tiesto]

Openness: 1st
Agreeableness: 5th
Conscentiousness: 5th
Extraversion: 4th
Neuroticism: 1st

Obviously NYC skews all the figures here, and upstate is vastly different, but this is pretty much been my experience living here most of my life.

[Eric P]

never thought i'd see info based on psychogeography here on eb