Given the above criteria, that leaves a very large number of places suitable for test markets.
Our own Pittsburgh area is actually a fairly good blend of southern redneck, polite midwestern and east coast snob culture. You can find great examples of all three within an hour's drive of our fair city. We have a black population fairly close to the national average and what we lack in Hispanics we more than make up in Indians.
“...and what we lack in Hispanics we more than make up in Indians.” LOL—interesting.
RE: what we lack in Hispanics we more than make up in Indians.
What Indians? The ones who used to have feathers on their heads? Or the ones who gave us the ‘guru’?
If you’re successful with the latter, you have a billion people market to sell to.