the northeast is the same way except its colder in the winter and we have atlantic city and foxwoods (north americas biggest casino) instead of las vegas. i have surfed, snowboarded, and wakeboarded in the same week in the northeast. here, you can drive through new jersey, new york, connecticut, mass, new hampshire and maine in 4.5 hours.
if the northeast megalopolis was a country, we would rank 5th in gdp, only behind the rest of the u.s, japan, china, and germany. the northeast megalopolis has 50 million people in and area smaller than california (the most populous state with only 34 million people). the northeast is also home to all eight ivy league schools.