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Every single state in the US has its very own motto. I mean, New York's state motto is “Excelsior,” and “Eureka!” speaks of California. But what if we try calling the states by their very real names? After all, these do indeed sound a little outdated.
So when someone on r/AskReddit posted a question “If the US States had honest slogans, what would some of them be?” the level of hilarity reached up to the max, and we have some of the most painfully accurate suggestions down below.
We do suspect these will not be approved by the governors any time soon, but hey, we all secretly know that the “You can't afford to live here” motto for California would fit way better. No empty promises, no understatement, simply facts.
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AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
It's not cute at all lol I live here and let me tell you, this summer has been the hottest summer EVER. Not in individual degrees mind you because I know of several summers where it hit 122 or higher for a day or two (or several) but this year has seen Forty THREE straight days of over 110 and TWENTY TWO of those days were over 115 (so far) and NO rain. Oh wait, I washed my car yesterday and it rained just long enough to make my car dirty again... (five minutes tops) We're dying. We know what hell is. The devil won't come here because it's too hot, that's why he went to Georgia. Damn dry heat.
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Robert Brenneman 5 years ago
When I lived there there were bumper stickers that read "Where's the Beach". Still miss Arizona night skies...
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GirlFriday 5 years ago
Having grown up in Southern Illinois, you are not wrong.
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Anna Repp 5 years ago
My parents' friends took their little kids on a road trip from Chicago to St. Louis. The kids were eagerly looking out of the window and then asked:" Hey, are we still in Chicago, or is this America already?"
Bobbie Kooiman 5 years ago
Not true. That state is unaffordable. Tax the F’ out of its residents until they’re trapped with no way out. Beautiful state, but unaffordable for most.
Kelly Hartle 5 years ago
I was born in Illinois--the rest of the state really resents it when people refer to any part that isn't Chicago as "southern" Illinois.
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blugeagua 5 years ago (edited)
Yes it does. I'm from the state, and I always have to say "I'm from WA state" otherwise people will say "oh DC"?
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "Half of our employees work for the bad guys. Which half depends on whom you support."
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Are you from DC? I am and I’ve never heard any locals call it Washington. Only transplants from other states.
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Eunice Probert 5 years ago (edited)
And then there's the original Washington, in County Durham, UK!
Analyn Lahr 5 years ago
We here in Washington refer to the other one as Washington D.C. or D.C. Unless you're a news anchor and have to say Washington. That's not the building in Olympia, is it?
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
So true, lived there and always had to explain, "No, not D.C., the other one.". Even had someone confused there were two of them!
The motto “In God we trust” is known to virtually every American, but do you know what’s the motto for the state of Florida? (This question is for Pandas living in different states.)
In fact, every single US state has its very own motto, a unifying pledge for its people which represents the nation’s common good. Interestingly, 24 of these mottos are in English, 20 in Latin, and the rest are in French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Hawaiian, and Chinook.
Mottos encapsulate the essence of every state and speak of religion, equality, history, patriotism, and other American values.
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
If they would allow they same speeds as on the German autobahn it would attract a lot of tourists.
Jesse 5 years ago
Montana used to have no speed limit during daylight hours. It was "Reasonable and Prudent". It was fun. Some important person's kid got killed in a high speed accident and that ended it.
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Martha Meyer 5 years ago
How do people not go mad driving at snail speed on highways that go on seemingly forever?
Colin Jamieson 5 years ago
Hang on. Don't we need to turn to continue in this road? Or was this taken 3 hours, 59 minutes and 30 seconds in?
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
I lived in Arizona for 8 years. This is a perfectly accurate description of the heat.
RitaGG 5 years ago
Been here in AZ longer than y'all were sperm. It is beyond hot here. If one more person says "but it's a dry heat" and hasn't actually been here, then I get to smack some sense into you.
Heather 5 years ago
Are you talking about the dust storm? At least over here in Queen Creek- we had 4 raindrops and a whole lot of dust!
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Randy Klefbeck 5 years ago
They heard too many wild west cowboys in Tombstone say "Reach for the Sky!"
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
The home of the famous Florida Man who leads quite an exciting life according to the news: Florida Man Uses $4 Million in COVID Relief to Buy Lamborghini - Florida Man Clings to Semitruck Speeding Down Highway - Florida Man Sets Hospital Bed on Fire to Get Nurse’s Attention - Florida Man ‘Sexually Assaults’ Stuffed Olaf Doll at Target.
Cat 5 years ago
And spare a thought for the original Florida man who got drunk and picked up a gator on his way to a liquor store to buy more drinks LMAO
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But some states have more peculiar mottos than others. For example, Washington's state motto is "Alki" or "Al-ki" in the American indigenous language Chinook. It translates as "bye and bye," but can be interpreted to mean "Into the future."
According to Forbes, this peculiar motto can be traced back to JK Duncan of Governor Stevens’ state surveying expedition that designed its territorial seal in the 1850s.
“It refers to the forward-thinking nature of the west coast settlers who named their settlement New York when they built it at Alki Point.”
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Brandy Grote 5 years ago
Although millions do... We have the largest county in the US, but it is also one of the poorest.
Just JoLynn 5 years ago
The size of a county has nothing to do with it's economic value. Santa Clara county is one of the smaller counties in CA but one of the wealthiest in the nation.
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
The building in the foreground is Griffith Park Observatory, and the place that the original Terminator "landed" in the first "Terminator" movie.
Analyn Lahr 5 years ago
Well, there's a difference between living and just existing. You can exist there just fine.
Treessimontrees 5 years ago
Not to state the obvious, but there's lots of places in CA that aren't stupid expensive, they're just in land or up past Sacramento.
Bobbie Kooiman 5 years ago
I don’t honesty know why anyone would want to live in California. Not impressed
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Eagle Girl 5 years ago
Whoever made this post got lost. Disney is in Orlando. The only thing southern about Orlando is All-You-Can-Eat Buffets.
David Butler 5 years ago
North Florida, true end of The South. Central Florida, South Florida. Three different places.
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "We used to be a soverign kingdom. And people really do live normal lives here."
Other interesting mottos include: "Live free or die" for New Hampshire, "To be rather than to seem" for North Carolina, and "Mountaineers are always free" for West Virginia.
One unique example is Alaska, which adopted the motto "North to the future," which speaks of Alaska as a land of promise since 1967’s Alaska Purchase Centennial.
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Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
The sun has riz / The sun has set / And here I am / In Texas yet.
Damon Gates 5 years ago
I'm reminded of a description by H. L. Mencken: "The place where there are the most cows but the least milk and the most rivers with the least water in them, and where you can look the farthest and see the least." Doesn't make for a snappy motto, though. Maybe "The most with the least"?
Philler Space 5 years ago
Welcome to Texas. Upon arrival, please pick up your complimentary Stetson and reciprocated hatred of California.
deanna woods 5 years ago
As a Texan, I have to confirm that this is true. We don't determine how long a trip is in miles, we determine it in hours.
Nicole Cabrera 5 years ago
Before Covid hit, we drove from CA to the ECoast. I think we all said, "We're STILL IN TEXAS??!" at least twice.
john dannar 5 years ago
On an old postcard sold at truck stops and cafes: "The sun has riz the sun has set and here we are in Texas yet".
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Whipple Walker 5 years ago
as a Kentuckian, it hurts how right this is. But at least it's a good place to be when the apocalypse hits. everything happens here 30 years late.
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Mama Panda 5 years ago
Yes there is a tree but you can't see it because all of the dogs are lined up!
Harold Summer 5 years ago
As a past resident of NM, I can attest that a sizeable number of Americans don't realize New Mexico is a state and not a foreign country.
John Doe AKA "READ MY DAMN COMMENT OR REPLY BEFORE YOU DISLIKE!" 5 years ago
It be like that when you live in a country of such monumentally stupid idiots that they don't know s**t about the country they'd "so readily die for."
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Kittie Penna 5 years ago
Oh yeah and "Where's my car, oh nevermind it was stolen."
Load More Replies... Mama Panda 5 years ago
When someone says that NM isn't a state: Then what is between Arizona and Texas? The most common answer is: a state line.../smh
Kelly Hartle 5 years ago
It says something about the state of our education system that they always have to add "USA" to their license plates.
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "There's way more to us than NYC. But you'll probably never get the urge to find out."
Dave P 5 years ago
Yes, but us in NYC control Albany, we have nearly half the population. there are 8 lower counties that control the other 53 counties. It really is two states here
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Craziest, noisiest, smelliest, weirdest, wildest city.... and I love it. (But I'd never want to live there.)
Slune 5 years ago
Agree. But could live here... upper westside.....with a well of money....and traveling during the winter....and ...yeah dreaming!
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Jewels Vern 5 years ago
NYC doesn't have a name, it's just called "The City". Everything else is called "Upstate".
Chelsea Cretu 5 years ago
You are aware he did that for almost every state, or ? I've seen so many comments like this one but only when it came to new york.
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Amy Broderick 5 years ago
I drove through here with my Dad and he decided he loved it for the drive-thru liquor stores
Mare Freed 5 years ago
Dang. I have to ride 4 escalators just to get to work on public transportation.
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Henry Cheves 5 years ago
My mom literally had to travel out of state to avoid marrying a cousin.
Wendy Kozeny 5 years ago
I made NW Arkansas my home when I was in my mid 30's. The Ozarks and Boston Mountains are majestic and the people are the nicest I've ever found!
Brandy Dor 5 years ago (edited)
Oh snap! That's a pic of fort smith. Also our motto should be "the first state to integrate " "Home of the lone ranger" "Walmart lives here"
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Felix Feline 5 years ago
It can get so cold that a car's engine won't start.
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Heather 5 years ago
Minnesota: Our State bird is the mosquito Minnesota: yes, please Baaaaaaaag that up for me. Yes, I'd like a Baaaaaagel Minnesota: hes up on the ruff. Everywhere else: Roof Minnesota: I'd like a soft shell taco Everywhere else- you mean flour tortilla Minnesota: I want a pop Everywhere: Soda
Allan Asimov 3 years ago (edited)
It's not soda in the south, it's coke. "You want a coke?" "Yeah, I reckon I do." "What kind?" "Sprite." Everywhere else if someone offers you a Coke, it's Coke.
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In Minnesota, you quickly learn that most cars are made for urban environments in warmer climates
Victorya Chase 5 years ago
Having been here six years it's much more like "Welcome to Minnesota, now leave."
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Seriously, I got downvoted for this? My SIL has lived in MN for 30 years and this is *her* opinion....
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Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago (edited)
Nah, I was thinking of Maine. Maine isn’t a state you confuse with another state. That’d be like Wyoming or Montana or something. Maine stands out.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
Why yes it does. I love in Maine. It should say, maine, we're 96% white and don't know why. Lmao!
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Myxomatosis 5 years ago
As a resident of the state, Stephen King is a no body here. We're sick of lobstah and fighting with Canada over who own them. We make blueberries and toothpicks.
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
That probably why King still lives there. He's treated just like anybody else. That is definitely something to be admired about the people of Maine.
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Edyta Z 5 years ago
As an European and book lover I always think about Stephen King when someone mentions Maine. I would love to visit it.
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
You should. It's beautiful and the people are very friendly. Much more so than most of the east coast
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SaraFromHell 5 years ago
I love here in vacationland. Its a sort of eutopia. All the people can disagree but still be friends. Its the best place.
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Zenozenobee 5 years ago
As a French girl... Main is the place where Stephen King's story occur, so Native American cemetery, evil clown....
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K.Kobayashi 5 years ago
No, it's "Thank God for Mississippi." Although Alabama *has* fallen behind MS in some respects...
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Mark Burke 5 years ago
Sorry, assuming you partake of your crops on that weed farm, the machinegun part is false because federal law prohibits marijuana users from owning firearms. That's something that the NRA--those great proponents of "anything goes" 2nd Amendment rights--have strangely decided NOT to fight. Too busy embezzling members' funds?
Bill 5 years ago
No you can't. Especially for a Class 3 federal license for automatic weapons.
Craig Lee 5 years ago
Yeah certain people don't want to know that, because they would rather assume and just live in their closed little world.
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Aubrie Allen 5 years ago
Colorado: you can get weed in other states. Please stop moving here! It's stupid crowded and expensive now.
MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "Rich white folks, poor brown folks, nothing in between. And if it's not a ski resort, you won't care."
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Finn The Crab 5 years ago
Honestly, this is so true (from someone living in georgia) and it's like "What street do we turn on?" "Peachtree street." "WHICH ONE?!"
Nicole Tomme 5 years ago
And this is why we use landmarks a lot in metro Atlanta, especially as you get nearer the downtown. A literal maze with similarly named streets. Big Chicken, anyone?
Jewels Vern 5 years ago
There are six streets in Atlanta named Peachtree and three of them meet at one intersection. https://www.atlanta.net/Blog/Atlanta-s-Peachtree-Streets--Our-Top-5/
Hollysmom 5 years ago
Sorry, maybe you just meant the street names are the same
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Lizzie Robbins 5 years ago
Im 15 and one of the only black people here because me and my twin sister were adopted by white people. When I see a black person i do a double take 😂
Lizzie Robbins 5 years ago
Ik this has nothing to do with what this says but just thought I might share
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Jewels Vern 5 years ago
My sis was visiting some relatives and she noticed they didn't lock the car most places, but they did when they went to church. "If you don't lock your car here you'll find it full of zucchini when you come out."
MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "The only state which bans coffee and beer, but not wacko religious beliefs."
JD Lee 5 years ago
I grew up here & still own a house in UT; coffee and beer are legal ... and no license needed to enter a liquor store. Tip: the best hiking and shopping days are on Sunday, but yes, the liquor store will be closed... that's what Saturday is for.
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Adelaide Hunter 5 years ago
nah not really. i have lived in many places in utah my whole life, ppl here are actually very open minded. if u arent a mormon or religuos ppl dont hate. we honestly accept anyone and are down for anything as long as we think it is a good idea.
Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 5 years ago
Can I say that you guys are judging my religion, by saying we are so judgmental, don't judge a group by individuals
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Lea Springstead 5 years ago
We also have a couple of mountain ranges, tons of fresh water bodies, beautiful farm country, high quality farm produce and products, sprawling valleys, white stone cliffs, quartz filled mountains, dissected plateaus, some of the best water on the planet, and views of the Milky Way at night...to name a few things.
Dave P 5 years ago
just the northnmost 52 counties, which is only 85% of the state. Don't exagerate.
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Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
As a resident of Illinois, I completely understand.
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Raine Soo 5 years ago
My friend in Jordan (near Syracuse) keeps telling me that New York City is a drain on the state.
Dave P 5 years ago
NYC actually sends the State 4x more than it gets back. However they control the state so they enact policies in Albany that benefit the NYC area but destroy the upstate economy.
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Jro308 5 years ago
Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Corning, Binghamton, Jamestown....I could go on :)
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Allan Asimov 3 years ago
To bad it doesn't have its own name, though. You're not even supposed to say "New York city", for some reason.
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Joshua Seaman 5 years ago
That's because, as was earlier stated, you can't afford to live in California, and all of the Californians head North because Oregon is cheaper.
Analyn Lahr 5 years ago
So do your north border neighbors. They're driving up the cost of living. I may have originally come from there but it's been too long.
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
We have almost as many Californians as we have militant, separatist, white supremacists.
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "Keep out of trouble. Just send us your paycheck and stay home."
Charlotte Anderson [STUDENT] 5 years ago
I live like 20 minutes from the strip and from what I’m seen, this is quite true
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K 5 years ago
96% of Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming. The Fountain Paint Pot - also in Wyoming.
Mike Rodrick 5 years ago
Yellowstone is AWESOME! PLEASE don't feed the animals.
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Clara Knaub 5 years ago
When I went to Yellowstone we were mostly in the Wyoming part though we did do some Montana.
Destini Mattocks 5 years ago
Actually, more like raising a nice crop of Dental Floss, supposed to be a great harvest this year!
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Chewie Baron 5 years ago
Fold Alaska in half and it's still bigger than Texas!
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Clara Knaub 5 years ago
I went to Alaska and we had to be flown into our resort by float plane lol
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Clara Knaub 5 years ago
Yesss! We got so much mosquito stuff in Alaska. From magnets to pins, you name it!
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Jennifer Johnson 5 years ago
I live on an island here. very pretty but can only leave by plane or boat
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Angela 5 years ago
Yes, the irony is we are always under construction but STILL have the worst roads?!??!?
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Also applies to Pennsylvania. Two seasons: Winter, and road construction.
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Kevin Hickey 5 years ago
The toothbrush was invented in West Virginia. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would be called a teethbrush.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
West Virginia: So poor that black lung looks like an acceptable risk if it means a hjob
Mommyofboth 5 years ago
I agree with this. Don't forget the heroin though we had 26 overdoses in 4 hours.
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Nannychachi 5 years ago
You forgot to add that we all have one leg that's shorter than the other. (WV girl and I have all my teeth. Lol)
CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
It takes a minute to get used to the accent, but once you do you feel like you've learned a new language.
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "We have more cows than people. And if you don't like football and beer, just leave."
Squirrelflightisawesome 5 years ago
Yes! Add cheese on there and perfect.
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Toasty 5 years ago
If you order a Bloody Mary in Wi, you'll get a side beer to wash it down. That's right, we wash booze down with more booze.
Mario Clouâtre 5 years ago
United States version of Québec. Cheese curds, fun people, dairy state, deer hunting, snowmobile...
FireStone Beware 5 years ago
Yep! You can have 5 glasses of the strongest beer they got, be drunk as a bastard, and they'll still be glad to give you 10 more
Philip Malchek 5 years ago
We have 11 seasons here in Wisconsin: Winter, Fool’s Spring, Second Winte,r Spring of Deception, Third Winter, Mud Season, Actual Spring, Summer, False Fall, Second Summer (one week), Actual Fall. And this is why we drink...
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Kelly Hartle 5 years ago
Notice there's not enough to say about Indiana that we get anything beyond The Hoosier State, and no one knows for sure what a Hoosier was, originally.
ZombieGirl 5 years ago
I have never heard anyone say that phrase while living here in Louisiana, lol. Am I missing something?
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Damon Gates 5 years ago
This may be in reference to the notoriously crazy drivers. So maybe "Look both ways before crossing a one-way street."
Cori 5 years ago
I have family who live there and my mom and my brothers and I all took a road trip out to see them. Everyone, and I mean everyone, goes 15-20 miles over the speep limit. It's like a herd of gazelle and the cops are the lions. The gazelle know the lions can only catch a few of them.
Tim Douglass 5 years ago
Having driven in Boston, not being from Boston, I can get behind this one!
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Ana Fuentes 5 years ago
I live in Oklahoma, We have had more earthquake then California some years!!!
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
Yes, that stupid ugly building in the middle of gorgeous art deco architecture. Well, the tallest one, I mean. And hey, if you can't take the weather...well...nobody can, really.
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Kevin Malone 5 years ago
Charleston is the best i've lived here my whole life and i have no complaints except when i go to the beach it is soooo touristy. and a lot of richer people from up north come down here.
Luna Lovegood 5 years ago
Yeah... yeah. I can't dispute that.When I get enough money to move, I'm moving to North Carolina. LIke no questions asked.
Mer☕️🧭☕️ 5 years ago
Cooper is doing what he can to improve it, too. Welcome (whenever you can get here)!
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Only to people who have never been to Charleston. Y'all don't know what you're missing.
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "We're located in the North, but we vote like we're in the South."
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
I only stayed b/c every road outside Indianpolis was "county road something" and they were the same no matter what county we ended up in... Never so glad to see Ohio in my life.
FireStone Beware 5 years ago (edited)
Hey! Indiana isn't that boring! In Indianapolis we've got Lucas Oil Stadium, an AMAZING Children's museum, and beautiful scenery. In West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, we've got Purdue University! And that's just what I've seen!
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
I attended a national convention in Indianapolis a couple years ago. It's a great city!
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Eagle Girl 5 years ago
Ahh, but the views amazing & fresh. Drove thru to Maine & was bummed when I left. Stopped in Portsmouth was great!
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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
I live in Virginia. I'd have said: "The Yankee South. Just ask the rest of the South."
Nicole Tomme 5 years ago
The Southern state no other Southern state sees as Southern (and all Northern states do. No one wants Virginia... It and Florida are the Southern outcasts. Fake Southerners.)
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Philler Space 5 years ago
Rhode Island: mostly not an island. Barely big enough to be a state.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
I'm from those island. Its not all a shithole..should be it's motto. Its rich in history, food is like no other.. I love r.i..and my kids do to.
Philler Space 5 years ago
Rhode Island: we have only just as much Senatorial clout as your state!
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Luna Lovegood 5 years ago
Hey!! Georgia has excellent coastline! And Atlanta! And Savannah! And some hills! And small southern towns and... yeah that's all I got. And I grew up in Georgia.
Mer☕️🧭☕️ 5 years ago
Georgia is what "missed potential" looks like - could'a been so, so much more but it just...didn't. Some of the people and scenery are great, though.
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And I wouldn't live anywhere else. I will be on my porch with my sweet tea and shotgun if you wanna challenge me (just kidding. Most of us are not rednecks. Every state has those.) But I would much rather offer you a glass of sweet tea and have a nice friendly conversation about how blooming hot it is down here. Love the culture, hate the heat.
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Little Dino 5 years ago
[from Cincinnati] - I haven't seen many cows around here, but there are many horses. However, I probably just haven't seen them before.
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Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
Cincinnati is a fabulous city. There is much more there than you would expect
Little Dino 5 years ago
I live in Cincinnati and I guarantee as soon as you get out of the city/suburbs it's just corn. My teacher once told a story of when he went to California and he mentioned he's from Ohio and they legit asked if he was a farmer. So...yeah?
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Malakai 5 years ago
Yep! LLCs have the greatest protections in Delaware vs any other state, and you can legally register a business in Delaware and operate it regardless of the actual state you're running it from--you just have to pay taxes if you make over a certain amount in sales, I believe.
Iris Wolfie (づ ◕‿◕ )づ 5 years ago
"Wait, you actually mentioned us?!" My dad went to DC and it was very fast to get from one side to the other :/
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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Sugar beets. Ask SW Idahoans about sugar beets. You can get a dissertation on 'em. Been tehre, done that.
JD Lee 5 years ago
I disagree. In trying to flee Boise one year we were stopped on the highway for hours as a flash potato flood had covered the highway south. Literally. Heavy rain washed an entire field on the side of a hill onto the road. We watched thousands of potatoes rolling downstream across the highway. (They are removed from the vine about 2 weeks before they're dug up in some places.) = The perfect storm.
Stephanie Did It 5 years ago
How on earth do they remove potatoes from underground vines BEFORE they dig them up??? Legit asking.
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Nathan Girard 5 years ago
All those cars and there's only one identifiable Subaru in the photo though
Lynda Gutierrez 5 years ago
I've driven in Vermont in the winter. If you don't have all-wheel drive, you're screwed.
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all caps 5 years ago
Hm, seem to have attached the wrong ballpark picture here. citbank_to...2b5da7.jpg 
Eagle Girl 5 years ago
And Cows? I've driven the whole state & only place I saw a cow was on a Borden's carton.
Nicole Tomme 5 years ago
Farmland as far as the eye can see. Lovely but being from hilly GA being able to see over miles of flat terrain kinda weirds me out.
all caps 5 years ago
The mountains in central/western PA are like "Am I a joke to you?".
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MrTree1779 5 years ago
Better: "The Orange Menace was already a Florida Man, so we welcomed him with open arms."
Eagle Girl 5 years ago
We didn't welcome him. We put him on an Island & raised the bridge.
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What do you think ?
Mainecoonsandhuskies 5 years ago (edited)
this was a good article and was a fresh change from all the disney princess stuff bored panda's been putting out lately
Malakai 5 years ago
Florida: We aren't really the Sunshine State. We're the "wait 5 minutes and it might turn sunny again" state
Nicole Tomme 5 years ago
I know! It is sunny one minute, pouring the next. I always remember that from summer vacations as a kid. Loved it. It wasn't a trip in Florida unless you drove through at least one rainstorm.
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Clara Knaub 5 years ago
Why did they shorten it to the top 30 though? The US has 50 states. 🤦♀️
Arcticflower170 5 years ago
And when you clicked the extension to see all the ones they did (52) they still didn't do every state.
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Rachel Ashwell 5 years ago
Well thank goodness it wasn't in there as it would have just been stereotyped and trashed like all the other states.
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T.Milly 5 years ago
Connecticut: Where absolutely everything is taxed in an effort to raise money for all sorts of "improvements." I've lived in CT for 40 years & there are infrastructure "improvements," for example, that were started BEFORE I WAS BORN & are still not even remotely close to being finished.
Mohammad Ammar 5 years ago
Wow, the US is so diverse. I wonder how people manage to stereotype Americans.
Isabella R.W. 5 years ago
As a vermonter I must say : we have trees everywhere and a fair that only happens once a summer
David Redman 5 years ago
As a tourism person with 55 years in the industry, this was so refreshing. Added my own comments for each and hopefully I didn't offend anyone. Biggest surprise was how much land area NYC has compared to rest of state.
Mainecoonsandhuskies 5 years ago (edited)
this was a good article and was a fresh change from all the disney princess stuff bored panda's been putting out lately
Malakai 5 years ago
Florida: We aren't really the Sunshine State. We're the "wait 5 minutes and it might turn sunny again" state
Nicole Tomme 5 years ago
I know! It is sunny one minute, pouring the next. I always remember that from summer vacations as a kid. Loved it. It wasn't a trip in Florida unless you drove through at least one rainstorm.
Load More Replies... Clara Knaub 5 years ago
Why did they shorten it to the top 30 though? The US has 50 states. 🤦♀️
Arcticflower170 5 years ago
And when you clicked the extension to see all the ones they did (52) they still didn't do every state.
Load More Replies... Rachel Ashwell 5 years ago
Well thank goodness it wasn't in there as it would have just been stereotyped and trashed like all the other states.
Load More Replies... T.Milly 5 years ago
Connecticut: Where absolutely everything is taxed in an effort to raise money for all sorts of "improvements." I've lived in CT for 40 years & there are infrastructure "improvements," for example, that were started BEFORE I WAS BORN & are still not even remotely close to being finished.
Mohammad Ammar 5 years ago
Wow, the US is so diverse. I wonder how people manage to stereotype Americans.
Isabella R.W. 5 years ago
As a vermonter I must say : we have trees everywhere and a fair that only happens once a summer
David Redman 5 years ago
As a tourism person with 55 years in the industry, this was so refreshing. Added my own comments for each and hopefully I didn't offend anyone. Biggest surprise was how much land area NYC has compared to rest of state.
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