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The 50 states of the U.S.A can often get Europeans confused. Is there really that much difference between Mississippi and Alabama? Washington and Oregon? To outsiders not so much, but of course locals will definitely let you know! To get more clarification on how to distinguish between them, one Redditor asked Americans what are the things everyone should know about each state. It's hard to say if this person got what they were asking for, but the result is definitely amusing.

While some users offered tactful descriptions about unique nature of their states and shared important historical facts, others were a lot more candid. Americans dispelled absurd myths, showed what makes them proud and didn't hesitate to point fingers at their own flaws with hilarious examples. Proving once again that they know how to laugh at themselves. Scroll down to see for yourself!

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    #2

    United States By Americans

    theHamburglersNugget Report

    Heidrance
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    say it again louder for the folks in the back!

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    #5

    United States By Americans

    omnithought Report

    A S Koziol
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just moved here, this is super-accurate.

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    #6

    United States By Americans

    deleted Report

    #7

    United States By Americans

    guccigreene Report

    Jim Price
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Texas:: Miles and miles and miles of just miles and miles and miles.

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    #8

    United States By Americans

    xueimel Report

    Quinn
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was on a college campus tour in Wisconsin once. A concerned parent asked "Do students often head off into town to drink?". The tour guide replied, "Oh, don't worry, there's a bar on campus!" By far the most Wisconsin misunderstanding I've ever been witness to.

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    #9

    United States By Americans

    yru1 Report

    Brittney Stanford
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was really hoping for something much better for my home state. They could have went all out lol

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    #11

    United States By Americans

    deleted Report

    Jef Bateman
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We have one almost as good, but at eight times the price."

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    #12

    United States By Americans

    sir_flagon Report

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    #14

    United States By Americans

    marveloriddle Report

    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 50-100 years time it'll be filled with the Atlantic Ocean...

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    #16

    United States By Americans

    rambunctiousmango Report

    Dan H
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    +1 for pop not soda

    Randomcthulu
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandma was originally from Detroit and she calls it soda pop lol

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    Samantha Krawczyk
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ITS POP BECAUSE IT POPS IN YOUR MOUTH IT DOESNT "SODA" IN YOUR MOUTH

    Julie Lynn
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we compromise with "soda-pop?" Big smiles!

    Marlyce Crist
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UP of Michigan is also noted for their delicious pasties...

    melissa brown
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    also home of superman ice cream and Vernos cures everything

    Jill
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just happened to be looking around on the Japanese Coca Cola website and found this map of the soda/pop/coke divide. I'm a pop person myself. soda-or-po...a8dbf0.png soda-or-pop_article_1-5aec154a8dbf0.png

    Barbara Cooke
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep the map is correct. It's coke in the south

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    Quinn
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This could be Minnesota as well. Along with several other midwestern states.

    Riley Dirckx
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Minnesota agrees (Pop because that is what happens when you leave a soda in the car during winter, it goes pop)

    Marnee DeRider
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It IS pop, not soda (from Minnesota)

    Brandy Cannon
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MICHIGAN : WE HAVE REAL WEATHER HERE, AND LIKE TO MESS YOUR DRINK ORDERS UP WITH SODA>POP

    Sue Grigg
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? Where in Michigan is pop called soda?

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    Maci Wilcox
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born is Arizona and moved to Michigan, so I call it soda. It's a good conversation starter XD

    nek0kitty
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats ok. Im minnesotan and for 3 yrs my family lived in texas and everyone made fun of how I said certain words XD

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    Vinniegret
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK. If that's how you want it

    Jim Hunt
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not quite accurate: FREEZING in winter. HOT & HUMID in summer. eh?

    Kristin Connon
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Warmish in the summer. Especially in the UP

    Lydia Austin
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay I'm from Michigan and I call it SODA (fight me), and something should be said about Michigan & State because that's a HUGE thing. (Which I happen to not care about in the slightest).

    Lydia Austin
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh and Vernon's (ginger ale for all you non-Michiganders out there) that's a big thing

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    Christina S.
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    here in the south pop is another word for dad/grandpa.

    nek0kitty
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is up north too, but we still use it for soda too

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    LADYLULU
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I THOUGHT ONLY US CANADIANS CALLED IT POP 😁

    Sue Grigg
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My state. Was hoping it would be something funnier.Also, if you're not in the U.P. the summers aren't warm they're hot and humid.

    Jill
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where Florida’s elderly “snowbirds” come from.

    John Montgomery
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call them all coke weather it's actually a coke cola or Pepsi, Sprite, Dr Pepper, or anything carbonated.

    Tmntgirl3
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call it Soda, but it's BOTH

    karisha_mccarthy
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a Michigander and here are a few more to add... it's a couch not a sofa, we use our right hand as a map of the lower peninsula, distance is measured in the amount of time it takes to go anywhere, and we have a lot of fresh water (though Flint forgot they need to keep their pipes in good maintenance if they want to keep the populous healthy).

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    #17

    United States By Americans

    pashtun_far Report

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    #18

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    Wakeboarder223 Report

    Moo Jar
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the name! Say it... M I SS I SS I PP I

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    #19

    United States By Americans

    libertyseeker775 Report

    Dan H
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strictly regulated brothels operate legally in isolated rural areas, away from the majority of Nevada's population. Prostitution is illegal in the following counties: Clark (which contains Las Vegas), Washoe (which contains Reno), Douglas, and Lincoln.

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    #20

    United States By Americans

    BishopWicked Report

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    #21

    United States By Americans

    Wanderingjackelope Report

    A S Koziol
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And one of the most beautiful states no-one has ever seen!

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    #22

    United States By Americans

    jessipirate Report

    Connie Marshall
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The real description: Philadelphia on the east, Pittsburgh on the wet, Alabama in the middle.

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    #23

    United States By Americans

    mwatwe01 Report

    Moo Jar
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AND... FRIED CHICKEN. Its finger-lickin' good

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    #24

    United States By Americans

    deleted Report

    Timbooo
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can confirm this is true. My school had a silent auction with a basket full of Old Bay Seasoning.

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    #25

    United States By Americans

    wrestlingfan007 Report

    ThePanda
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who knows that Springfield, NOT Chicago is the Capital?? :) ;)

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    #26

    United States By Americans

    diggens00 Report

    Rebekah
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd prefer: "So flat, we put fake curves in the highways. Literally."

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    #28

    United States By Americans

    sinnermanz Report

    Stille20
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about Rhode Island... no we're not part of New York

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    #29

    United States By Americans

    retroman000 Report

    Emily Rose
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to live in Nebraska, and I loved it! Down to earth, kind people.

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    #31

    United States By Americans

    aLonelyFuck Report

    Sue Clasen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And incredible National and State Parks

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    #32

    United States By Americans

    JBeContact Report

    Moo Jar
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Toto, I dont think that we're in Kansas anymore.

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    #34

    United States By Americans

    MountainsAndTrees Report

    Moo Jar
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very much the only reasons I ever been to Vermont 😂

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    #35

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    XBLINK182FUGYEAHX Report

    #36

    United States By Americans

    Kng_Wasabi Report

    Danny Boi
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also weed and skis and the best damn mountain views

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    #37

    United States By Americans

    zandyman Report

    Carrie Ratkevich
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should say, "We are a part of the United States, you idiots"

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    #39

    United States By Americans

    MsWhimsy Report

    Moo Jar
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in CT, and if I could describe it in one sentence... "We invented Lyme disease, and that is the most interesting thing that has happened here)

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    #40

    United States By Americans

    The_Insane_Gamer Report

    Christine M Quigley
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's really Misery- the state bird is the Mosquito.

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    #41

    United States By Americans

    spacehoney Report

    Jill
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ”Where family trees go i circles.” (Karma: I’m probably going to have to pay for this comment somehow.)

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    #42

    United States By Americans

    I_Cant_Alphabet Report

    Moo Jar
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess that's why they they call us Massholes

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    #44

    United States By Americans

    xRavax Report

    Melissa
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in Ohio and have never seen people in pajamas in public. I would have put "Turn signal? What's that?"

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    #45

    United States By Americans

    Hyoto Report

    Caitlin Smith
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'We have waffle house' does not accurately describe the waffle house situation down there.

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    #46

    United States By Americans

    Liar_tuck Report

    James Grandmaison
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm only an a*****e when it's warranted. Like when tourists visit and ask where top go to look at leaves. Right out your hotel window Sharon

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    #47

    United States By Americans

    angry-all-the-time Report

    Martha Donaldson
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yellowstone super-volcano should worry more than just people in Wyoming - If it ever does erupt.

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    #48

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    2013RedditChampion Report

    mearz
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hold our beer" PA said this year.

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    #50

    United States By Americans

    MST3Kimber Report

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