Tell us about the states

[Elrohir]

We all know California, Florida, Texas and all that, but a lot of the states are just names on a map. So Americans, please tell us a little about the different states. What is Kenducky like for an example? What's the deal with Utah? Keep it relatively short, and please refrain from inside jokes and oneliners that no one but Americans understand anyway.

Kenducky has a lot of ducks. Kentucky, on the other hand....

Hawaii is nice, that's where I've lived the longest. It's generally warm, but rarely is it actually really hot. The beaches are usually nice, but try to visit some besides Waikiki. The roads aren't too great, but the scenery makes it worthwhile.

 

[Narz]

I've never heard anyone say anything negative about Montana. South Dakota, yes (unless you ride a Harley). Montana, no.

Spoiler :

Montana has the 2nd highest suicide rate in the nation (after Alaska). I only knew one fellow from there well (met him at a personal growth program ironically), he killed himself.

Ted Kaczynski is also from Montana.

I hear it's pretty though, albeit lonely and bitterly cold in the winter.

 

[Phlegmak]

More fun facts about Louisiana:

Louisianians have a poor impression of themselves, in comparison to the rest of the country. Actually, I don't know what the rest of the country thinks about Louisiana, but I know what Louisianians think the rest of the country thinks about them.

Louisianians believe that the rest of the country looks down upon them, as if Louisiana is the armpit of the nation. Louisiana has tremendous crime (mostly in New Orleans), many poor people, poorly educated people, and plenty of businesses who don't give a damn about the environment. There are more offshore oil rigs in Louisiana than the rest of the nation.

The environmental laws are set up to favor businesses. There is a portion of Louisiana that's supposed to have a higher rate of cancer than anywhere else in the nation.

Politicians in Louisiana are generally considered to be morons. Louisianians think their politicians look like clowns compared to the rest of the nation.

Many Louisianians hate Louisiana.

You know, looking at what I wrote above, it's like I described an Eastern European country during communism.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Massachusetts: Democratic Party stronghold, has lots of cool historical stuff. Plymouth and Boston both have been settled by Brits since the early 1600's (1620 and 1630, respectively). Contains many universities, such as Harvard, the oldest university in the US, and MIT. American Revolution fighting started in Mass. Fair weather in the summer, has some nice beaches, especially in Cape Cod and the islands Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. People tend to be professional sports fans, espeically of the Red Sox (baseball) and the Patriots ((American) football). Claims political dynasties Adams and Kennedy.

Suffers from a superiority complex.

Georgia: Republican stronghold, most of the cool historical stuff got burned in the second half of the 19th century. Mostly rural, but the Atlanta area is just as much a big city as any other I've been to. Pretty skyline, awful traffic. Hot and humid in the summer, which I'm not around to enjoy. Claims Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King, Jr. Known for peaches, peanuts, and sweet onions.

Referred to as the "Empire State of the South."

Tennessee is rural.

I find it boring, but apparently many here love it.

I like it!

 

[Whomp]

Montana has the 2nd highest suicide rate in the nation (after Alaska). I only knew one fellow from there well (met him at a personal growth program ironically), he killed himself.

Ted Kaczynski is also from Montana.

I hear it's pretty though, albeit lonely and bitterly cold in the winter.

Yeah I suppose that would happen in places where there's so much solitude and space. It's not like Cheyenne is some whopping big city.

 

[LuckyAC]

Yeah I suppose that would happen in places where there's so much solitude and space. It's not like Cheyenne is some whopping big city.

How did Cheyenne get into the discussion?

 

[ybbor]

one thing I think the two previous posters failed to note about illinois was the complete aplit between Chicagoland and the rest of the state. A little over 2/3 of the state lives in Cook county (which houses Chicago) or one of the counties bordering it (and that's assuming the suburbs stop at the county lines). Outside of Chciago, it's a lot of agriculture puncuated by the occasional city.

 

[LuckyAC]

Utah: The Mormon state. Famous for polygamy, even though that is now in the minority. Extremely conservative.

Nevada: The Libertarian state. Gambling and prostitution are legal, extremely low taxes, divorces are easy. Las Vegas used to be owned by the mob and is still corrupt, although it is now becoming more traditionally corporate.

California: Extremely diverse, obviously, with a population of 36 million and an economy the size of Italy's. A high-tech center (in the Bay Area), and a media center (in Los Angeles) but also strongly agricultural. Very diverse with a huge Hispanic population, many illegal, but also many Asians and Indians. Deservedly famed for the perfection of its climate. Very good colleges which attract students from around the world, with Stanford, Cal Tech and the best public system in the world (especially UC Berkeley). Strong division between South and North, at least in their own minds. A liberal bastion, infamous for hippies and new-age fads, especially in the South.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Utah: The Mormon state. Famous for polygamy, even though that is now in the minority. Extremely conservative.

Because polygamy is illegal and no longer Mormon doctrine?

 

[Rossiya]

California: Extremely diverse, obviously, with a population of 36 million and an economy the size of Italy's.

It's not as perfect in every way like Italy is though.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Pah. The mediterranean area is overrated. In summer its too hot, and in winter you freeze because they haven't developed central heating yet.

 

[Rossiya]

Pah. The mediterranean area is overrated. In summer its too hot, and in winter you freeze because they haven't developed central heating yet.

Stereotyping! In Scandinavia, everybody is mad, and very cold.

 

[Scuffer]

Delaware. Does it really exist, or is it a practical joke by map makers?

 

[LuckyAC]

Because polygamy is illegal and no longer Mormon doctrine?

Yeah, although polygamy laws are not enforced, the official Mormon church position is now against it, so it is now reduced to mostly extremists (about 2%, or 40000 people, is the estimate).

 

[Irish Caesar]

Delaware. Does it really exist, or is it a practical joke by map makers?

I knew a guy from Delaware, it has nice beaches.

 

[bombshoo]

I think Metropolis is in Delaware.

 

[Phlegmak]

Delaware. Does it really exist, or is it a practical joke by map makers?

Delaware? I have to drive through about 10 miles of that when I go to Washington DC.

That reminds me:

7. Washington DC:

Go visit this before you die. It's the best man made tourist place I've ever been to. The museums are so awesome, you could spend two weeks there, staying in the museums only, and not see all of it.

 

[jamiethearcher]

Delaware. Does it really exist, or is it a practical joke by map makers?

Thats amusing....go to law school, take a course in Corporate law, and 9/10's of the cases you will read are from the Delaware court system. Apparently its changing, but most major corporations are actually registered in Delaware because it had the best corporate law, and its courts developed a lot of experience in the area.....

 

[Scuffer]

As important as it it might be for US corperations, I literally know nothing else about Delaware, except roughly where it is, and that it has some nice beaches, and it may be the location of Metropolis.

I'm guessing Metropolis is a superman reference, but the entire state seems so damn obscure, Superman could probably exist there and I'd never know.

There must be some more top-notch Delaware facts out there!

 

[Whomp]

How did Cheyenne get into the discussion?

I realized when I was at the store I should come back here and say that I'm stupid. It still might be the biggest city near Montana.

one thing I think the two previous posters failed to note about illinois was the complete aplit between Chicagoland and the rest of the state. A little over 2/3 of the state lives in Cook county (which houses Chicago) or one of the counties bordering it (and that's assuming the suburbs stop at the county lines). Outside of Chciago, it's a lot of agriculture puncuated by the occasional city.

I didn't want to hurt the rest of the state's feelings.