The author of this Boston Globe article has a new way of mapping the U.S. Rather than looking at topography or industry, he looked at personality types, specifically these five: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extroversion, neuroticism and openness to experience.

Then he mapped the personality tests his team did across the country and voila! All regional stereotypes are scientifically proven to be true! For example, the map at right is of neurotics. (That would be our hometown in the heart of the storm.)

Here's what he says about the rest of the country: