So, Brooklyn writer and political gadfly William Bryk wants to be the next Democratic senator from the state of Idaho. Let’s see how his hometown compares to the fiercly independent Rocky Mountain state.

Population

Idaho: 1.4 million

Brooklyn: 2.5 million

Fearless leader

Idaho: C.L. “Butch” Otter

Brooklyn: Marty Markowitz

State horse

Idaho: Appaloosa

Brooklyn: The B37

Best known export

Idaho: Potato

Brooklyn: Barbra Streisand

Widely used motto

Idaho: “Esto Perpetua” (Let it be perpetual)

Brooklyn: You talkin’ to me?

Gun laws

Idaho: Gun laws? What gun laws?

Brooklyn: Strict enforcement of handgun ban.