What's your favorite US State?

[The Huskar Social Union]

Probably just going to be in the city of Indianapolis exclusively so cant hop over to Ohio. Though i will have to stop in Chicago on my way there due to the flights, i probably wont leave the airport in that time but technically ill have seen part of Illinois as well.

Your five second Chicago tour guide: "IF you look out the window to the left, you can see two homeless people fighting over a turkey sandwich, on the right you can see a guy getting shot for going down the wrong street. And that concludes your tour, IMA NEED YO WALLET MO FUCKA!"

Thats basically Chicago in a nutshell. Atleast all but the touristy rich parts.

Well ill be there for seven hours according to my brother as that is how long he had to wait, would be tempted to go out of the airport for a bit, but think ill just hang back inside and snap photos of the city with a camera.

[Eisen Wolf Reich]

Your five second Chicago tour guide: "IF you look out the window to the left, you can see two homeless people fighting over a turkey sandwich, on the right you can see a guy getting shot for going down the wrong street. And that concludes your tour, IMA NEED YO WALLET MO FUCKA!"

Thats basically Chicago in a nutshell. Atleast all but the touristy rich parts.

Well ill be there for seven hours according to my brother as that is how long he had to wait, would be tempted to go out of the airport for a bit, but think ill just hang back inside and snap photos of the city with a camera.

If you are gonna stay in Indi, you need to go eat at skyline chili, atleast you'll get a taste of Ohio

[Catlander]

Question for the north-american citizens:

a) If you wants to live in a nice valley with snowed mountains around it, rivers, good fishing, good communities, apple pie, cows and wheat farms... which state would you choose?

b) What do you think about Iowa? (0-10)

[USS Monitor]

Mississippi, since they're the most anti gay "marriage", and Oklahoma, since they're the most anti-baby killing.

Mississippi is my current living place, it sucks here. Too hot, too humid, no real winter, idiot people, Bible Belt god obsessed idiots, everyone is poor.

My condolences.

[USS Monitor]

Question for the north-american citizens:

a) If you wants to live in a nice valley with snowed mountains around it, rivers, good fishing, good communities, apple pie, cows and wheat farms... which state would you choose?

Probably somewhere in the Northwest.

Northern New England has a lot of those things, but is a little weak on the wheat farming.

b) What do you think about Iowa? (0-10)

It's kind of pretty if you like farmland. Lots of corn fields, soybeans, and wide open spaces. Not the most exciting state, but you can get some really excellent quality meat at reasonable prices in local restaurants.

[Farnhamia]

Question for the north-american citizens:

a) If you wants to live in a nice valley with snowed mountains around it, rivers, good fishing, good communities, apple pie, cows and wheat farms... which state would you choose?

Probably somewhere in the Northwest.

Northern New England has a lot of those things, but is a little weak on the wheat farming.

b) What do you think about Iowa? (0-10)

It's kind of pretty if you like farmland. Lots of corn fields, soybeans, and wide open spaces. Not the most exciting state, but you can get some really excellent quality meat at reasonable prices in local restaurants.

And loose meat sammiches! And the Manson crater!

[Napkiraly]

1. North Carolina
2. Colorado
3. Pennsylvania
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan
6. Georgia
7. Louisiana
8. Massachusetts
9. Washington
10. Maryland

Probably my top 10.

[Farnhamia]

1. North Carolina
2. Colorado
3. Pennsylvania
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan
6. Georgia
7. Louisiana
8. Massachusetts
9. Washington
10. Maryland

Probably my top 10.

No one said you could pick that many. Tsk.

[Haja-Mishu]

While my favorite state is undoubtedly Texas, the prettiest state from my experience is West Virginia, (although the mountain roads almost made me puke)

[Farnhamia]

While my favorite state is undoubtedly Texas, the prettiest state from my experience is West Virginia, (although the mountain roads almost made me puke)

Those aren't mountain roads, these are mountain roads: http://www.outtherecolorado.com/4-uniqu ... nal-parks/

[Collatis]

Nebraska, they brought us TV dinner, lock in place pliers, kool-aid, world's largest train yard

ngl those things are all bad.

I mean, not the pliers really.

And the trains are just neutral, I suppose.

Question for the north-american citizens:

a) If you wants to live in a nice valley with snowed mountains around it, rivers, good fishing, good communities, apple pie, cows and wheat farms... which state would you choose?

The Shire.

b) What do you think about Iowa? (0-10)

IDK, like a 5? It's a pretty average state. Not bad. Not good. Nice people. Kind of boring.

[Alkasia]

Virginia.

-An abundance and variety of nature. From forests, to mountains, to beaches, to just rural nowhere. You'll never get tired of exploring.

-Beautiful cities: Fredericksburg and Charlottesville are among my favourite cities I've ever been to.

-Proximity to the capital. DC is beautiful too and taking the metro in from NOVA makes it a piece of cake.

-Pretty central in terms of the East Coast. 5 hours gets you to New York City, about 10 can get you across the border into Florida.

-EAST COAST BEST COAST

-8 US presidents hail from Virginia.

-Southern food is wonderful.

-Fairs and other festivals are ubiquitous.

-We're not Maryland.

-The music scene is pretty solid here, especially in Richmond, Norfolk, etc.

-So much folk and bluegrass.


I could probably go on. If you ignore the racist history from the 19th century back and some resistance to integration, it's a lovely state. Although the historical places are fun to visit as well. The amount of history preserved in our state through buildings and whatnot is kinda staggering.

(And we're a lot less racist now, I swear)

[The Chris Empire]

Virginia.

-An abundance and variety of nature. From forests, to mountains, to beaches, to just rural nowhere. You'll never get tired of exploring.

-Beautiful cities: Fredericksburg and Charlottesville are among my favourite cities I've ever been to.

-Proximity to the capital. DC is beautiful too and taking the metro in from NOVA makes it a piece of cake.

-Pretty central in terms of the East Coast. 5 hours gets you to New York City, about 10 can get you across the border into Florida.

-EAST COAST BEST COAST

-8 US presidents hail from Virginia.

-Southern food is wonderful.

-Fairs and other festivals are ubiquitous.

-We're not Maryland.

-The music scene is pretty solid here, especially in Richmond, Norfolk, etc.

-So much folk and bluegrass.


I could probably go on. If you ignore the racist history from the 19th century back and some resistance to integration, it's a lovely state. Although the historical places are fun to visit as well. The amount of history preserved in our state through buildings and whatnot is kinda staggering.

(And we're a lot less racist now, I swear)

I agree with this!

[Catlander]

Thanks a lot @USS Monitor @Farnhamia & @Collatis

[Major-Tom]

California: because of Hollywood
Arizona: because of hot weather
New York: because of my ancestors lived there
Illinois: because of Springfield ("The simpsons")
Massachussets: because of Boston, my favourite city in the USA.

Believe it or not, Matt Groening based Springfield in the Simpsons off Springfield, Oregon.

[Collatis]

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Agreed. Virginia's pretty great. Despite all the attention Texas and Florida get, I'd say Virginia's easily the best Southern state.

[Catanovam]

I see a lot of people saying their favorite state, but as a native floridian, I can say one thing about florida and living there

humidity

[Novus Maryland]

I like Maryland.

[Catanovam]

I like Maryland.

Is that why you're named after it...?

[Pope Joan]

Pennsylvania, more square miles of certified wilderness than any other state east of the Mississippi yet with excellent higher education

Rare concentration of valuable hardwoods such as ash and cherry

Amply pure sweet water

Business and modern industry are resurgent

Leader in AI and robotics

Pioneer in juvenile transplants for liver, heart and lung

Founded on Quaker principles of tolerance and justice, including fair treatment of Native Americans

Influenced by Ben Franklin and his emphasis on local cooperation for the common good

Pioneer in radio broadcasting, Westinghouse KDKA and KYW, and pioneer in public broadcasting

and my hero, Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates

[USS Monitor]

Pennsylvania, more square miles of certified wilderness than any other state east of the Mississippi yet with excellent higher education

Rare concentration of valuable hardwoods such as ash and cherry

Amply pure sweet water

Business and modern industry are resurgent

Leader in AI and robotics

Pioneer in juvenile transplants for liver, heart and lung

Founded on Quaker principles of tolerance and justice, including fair treatment of Native Americans

Influenced by Ben Franklin and his emphasis on local cooperation for the common good

Pioneer in radio broadcasting, Westinghouse KDKA and KYW, and pioneer in public broadcasting

and my hero, Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates

The area of PA where my family used to own property was dirt-poor and had a radon problem.

[Telconi]

Pennsylvania, more square miles of certified wilderness than any other state east of the Mississippi yet with excellent higher education

Rare concentration of valuable hardwoods such as ash and cherry

Amply pure sweet water

Business and modern industry are resurgent

Leader in AI and robotics

Pioneer in juvenile transplants for liver, heart and lung

Founded on Quaker principles of tolerance and justice, including fair treatment of Native Americans

Influenced by Ben Franklin and his emphasis on local cooperation for the common good

Pioneer in radio broadcasting, Westinghouse KDKA and KYW, and pioneer in public broadcasting

and my hero, Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates

The area of PA where my family used to own property was dirt-poor and had a radon problem.

Had a radon problem? Like it was in the drinking water?

[USS Monitor]

The area of PA where my family used to own property was dirt-poor and had a radon problem.

Had a radon problem? Like it was in the drinking water?

Not sure about the water supply, but it was in people's basements.

The radon wasn't as bad as the poverty, though. It was kind of a classic Rust Belt town where there was a big factory that a lot of the locals worked in, but then the factory closed -- the sort of place with so many abandoned buildings, it seems like there's one on every corner. We used to joke that one of our tenants was keeping a local diner in business because she ate there all the time. Turns out it was actually true. When she died, the diner went out of business.

[Telconi]

Had a radon problem? Like it was in the drinking water?

Not sure about the water supply, but it was in people's basements.

The radon wasn't as bad as the poverty, though. It was kind of a classic Rust Belt town where there was a big factory that a lot of the locals worked in, but then the factory closed -- the sort of place with so many abandoned buildings, it seems like there's one on every corner. We used to joke that one of our tenants was keeping a local diner in business because she ate there all the time. Turns out it was actually true. When she died, the diner went out of business.

Yeah, a lot of those areas are having a rough time.

We've had arsenic-in-water problems around here, iunno if that's better or worse than radon in the basement...

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Alabama, famous for being the capital of the CSA until Virginia stole that, getting their bay captured by the Union, and where the CEO of Apple who isn't Steve Jobs week to highschool and college (War Eagle). Also where Rosa Parks was arrested.

Proud history, much honor. ;-;