A very nice map of the US, by county, color-coded to show what people generically call soft drinks. (And, yes, it is tied to, and referenced by, this site, which I’ve mentioned before.)
I’m solidly from “soda” country (and still say so, even if I’m in “pop” country now).
(via Scott)
There are actually some pretty close numbers in Colorado (Douglas County shows an almost even split) — which I’m not surprised by, considering that I picked up calling is “soda” when I moved out here — this is by far closer to a “soda” state than South Dakota is at any rate.
One of the reason’s that Colorado is mostly balanced in the nameing is that most everybody is from somewhere else (or, at least there parents are).
My Dad is from the Soda section of New York, while my Mother is from the Pop state of Nebraska. Both were interchangable while growing up.
It wasn’t until I got into the workforce and started to meet folks from the “Coke” section of the country that I even knew that that concept existed. It was weird to go out to lunch with engineers from the south and they would order a “Coke” and when they would be told “We only have Pepsi”, the would say “well…that’s what I meant”.
I think you’ve nailed it, Stan — Colorado has so many immigrants (CA, AZ, TX in particular, but many others, too) that the “soda culture” is still in flux.
What I’d love is to see a similar map from a decade from now. Of course, I’d love to see any map from a decade from now. 🙂
I want to know what they call it in Lake of the Woods MN(with a high other). Maybe it is so cold there it is called it just called “popsicle”. 🙂