Reply #17: Being on the border was probably a big factor as well [View All]

[RZM]

No place can be said to be perfectly representative of the country as a whole. Some are more than others though. Vermont and North Dakota wouldn't be, for example.

I remember reading once that Ohio cities were often chosen to test-market products because some places here do have demos that roughly mirror those of the country as a whole. I do remember as a kid we would sometimes get new flavors of soda before the rest of the country ;)