Alaskans: Self-absorbed, but at least we're not neurotic

[Fireweed247]

from A Northwest Personality?
http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2009/04/14/a-northwest-personality

I found this study interesting in explaining some of the behaviors I have experienced since moving from CA...


here is a fascinating study in academic psychology that appears to show the presence of a fairly distinct Northwest personality. The researchers ranked the 50 states plus DC according to the presence of each of five personality traits: extraversion; agreeableness; conscientiousness; neuroticism; and openness.


Northwest states are among the most open and least neurotic places you can find, but we are also among the least extraverted. Not surprisingly, Oregon and Washington perform almost identically on every measure. More interesting, perhaps, is that Alaska, Idaho, and Montana are also very similar in some respects (though quite different in some others)....


(now this part is really insulting!)

Alaska, however, ranks 51st; it's the least conscientious state in the country.

Alaska (51st), which is the least agreeable state.



And this just might be the explanation for Ted Stevens, Don Young and Sarah Palin.