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I have been (for longer than a couple of months) in Tampa, New Orleans, LA, they are different but all speak American English Tampa & New Orleans feel older, and out West does feel different.
The highway system is federal and those interstate roads all do look the same.
And all of the medium sized cities do have some road (here in Tampa it's Dale Mabry) that you could pretty much plop down into any other medium sized city, switch them without anybody noticing. Miles of strip malls. Impossible to cross safely on foot.
Highway systems are one of those subtle things where you're reminded that you're in another country.
The line markings, the signage vary slightly. The way on- and off-ramps are handled is a little different. That's the case in Europe. I bet there are enough people who can identify the country just by seeing the pedestrian traffic light.
For all the uniformity of the interstate system, there are sections of roadway in the northeast and southwest that offer spectacular views. One of the most beautiful interstate passages is up through Franconia Notch (I-93) in New Hampshire in autumn when the trees turn color from a few good, sharp, dry, cold snaps. That kind of temperature drop gets the most reds to pop and when it happens, it's just breathtaking.
Truly there are some gorgeous stretches on the interstate highways, all over the country.
You wouldn't say this if you'd been to Miami. That said, you wouldn't have anything nice to say about Miami either. Lived there. Wouldn't recommend. It's a shit hole.
Miami is where I learned that I knew more Spanish than I thought, lol. But I'm in West Tampa - there's Spanish here and in LA, and Haitian Creole and of course in New Orleans my grandpa spoke French.
I think accents are less distinct now than they were, too. Miami is probably nice if you are loaded. LA is like that too.