Are you using a VPN or not? I'm in Texas and have no problems accessing directly or with NordVPN using any US node. I haven't tried international nodes lately - primarily because I have a Nord docker container, one with a socks5 proxy, and one with a tinyproxy container, and I use the SwitchyOmega browser extension to control which proxies I use. I needed that extension because it lets me set certain sites to go direct if they won't allow VPNs (like va.gov). Works great.
Are you using a VPN or not? I'm in Texas and have no problems accessing directly or with NordVPN using any US node. I haven't tried international nodes lately - primarily because I have a Nord docker container, one with a socks5 proxy, and one with a tinyproxy container, and I use the SwitchyOmega browser extension to control which proxies I use. I needed that extension because it lets me set certain sites to go direct if they won't allow VPNs (like va.gov). Works great.