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« on: July 19, 2016, 03:21:17 PM »

Some of my associations from the top of my head:

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Alabama: George Wallace, Yellow Mama
Arkansas: you-know-who
Colorado: A place I used to play as a kid was named "Kolorado"
Delaware: Joe Biden, Aubrey Plaza
Florida: Electric chair
Hawaii: It used to be a kingdom
Idaho: Potatoes (for real)
Illinois: Corrupt politicians (not you, muon)
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut, "Eerie Indiana"
Iowa: "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
Kansas: Bob Dole
Louisiana: Cajuns
Maine: Stephen King
Maryland: May God forgive me, but Jack Ryan :/
Massachusetts: The Kennedys
Michigan: First state to abolish death penalty
Minnesota: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale
Mississippi: A river
Missouri: Harry S. Truman
Montana: Forrests
Nebraska: Corn
Nevada: Las Vegas, Harry Reid
New York: NYC
New Jersey: Hell
Oklahoma: Umm, I can't post that
Oregon: Forrests, again
Ohio: The Tafts
Pennsylvania: The Quarkers
Rhode Island: Voting record
South Carolina: Strom Thurmond, Ernest Hollings
South Dakota: George McGovern
Tennessee: Al Gore
Texas: "Dallas"
Utah: Mormons
West Virginia: Robert Byrd
Wisconsin: I have NO IDEA, but Power Rangers (seriously, why?)
Wyoming: Having a little population
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2016, 04:25:39 PM »

Wisconsin is cheese (and the Packers, but mostly cheese).
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2016, 05:06:49 PM »

Why did you randomly forget about a third of them? Huh

Here's the full list:

Alabama: George Wallace, racism in general
Alaska: Sarah Palin
Arizona: Xenophobes
Arkansas: Bill Clinton
California: The best year of my life in San Francisco, my current home
Colorado: Chris Colorado, one of my favorite animated show ever, who has sadly completely fallen into oblivion Sad
Connecticut: Rich people
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: That Bugs Bunny gif
Georgia: Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King, peaches
Hawaii: Warm weather, beautiful beaches...
Idaho: Potatoes
Illinois: Chicago, Barack Obama
Indiana: Generic Republican
Iowa: First caucus State
Kansas: Cornfields
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Napoleon and the Purchase, and the unique culture
Maine: Lobsters
Maryland: The State DC should be part of
Massachusetts: Generic Liberal, Irish-Americans, the Kennedys
Michigan: The auto industry in its glory days, Detroit's decline
Minnesota: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale
Mississippi: Racism
Missouri: A certain poster aside... Tongue Claire McCaskill's obliteration of Todd Akin
Montana: Mountains, nice landscapes
Nebraska: Cornfields
Nevada: Las Vegas+desert, Harry Reid
New Hampshire: Angry women Cheesy
New Jersey: Corruption, Chris Christie
New Mexico: Hispanics
New York: NYC and everything that goes with it (Statue of Liberty etc.)
North Carolina: Mark Sanford, Jesse Helms
North Dakota: Fargo
Ohio: Boring early 20th Century Republicans
Oklahoma: Another poster aside... Tongue right-wing nutjobs, utter boredom
Oregon: Yuppie West Coast Liberals
Pennsylvania: Philly, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between
Rhode Island: The novel I'm currently reading
South Carolina: John C. Calhoun, Strom Thurmond, a State that thinks it's more important than it is
South Dakota: George McGovern
Tennessee: Country music, Al Gore
Texas: Oil, right-wing nutjobs, Dubya
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Bernie, Ben&Jerry's
Virginia: Trending D
Washington: Rainy, cascades
West Virginia: That state that went from solid-D to solid-R overnight
Wisconsin: Robert LaFollette
Wyoming: Smallest State, one of the most rural
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2016, 05:11:39 PM »

No mere associations with posters pls.

Arkansas: you-know-who
You literally forgot your own rule.
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2016, 05:36:05 PM »

Alabama: Civil rights movement and Jim Crow
Alaska: Denali and beautiful scenery in general
Arizona: Cactuses
Arkansas: Wal Mart
California: My road trip down to the Bay Area
Colorado: Vail, Aspen, etc.
Connecticut: Yale
Delaware: "Crossing the Delaware"
Florida: 2000 election
Georgia: Two friends of mine from Atlanta
Hawaii: The sweet, clean smell of the air there
Idaho: The state that doesn't take that long to drive through on the way to Montana
Illinois: Ferris Bueller and Wayne's World
Indiana: Indianapolis 500
Iowa: First caucus State
Kansas: Wizard of Oz, Courage the Cowardly Dog
Kentucky: Creationism Museum
Louisiana: Hurricane Katrina
Maine: Stephen King
Maryland: Annapolis
Massachusetts: All the colleges around Boston
Michigan: The big three auto industry
Minnesota: Vikings fans
Mississippi: Being last in everything
Missouri: Ferguson
Montana: Long weekends in Missoula and Bozeman
Nebraska: Warren Buffett
Nevada: Vegas Strip
New Hampshire: Mount Washington
New Jersey: Jersey Shore
New Mexico: Taos pueblo
New York: Manhattan skyline
North Carolina: Great Smoky Mountains
North Dakota: Wide open spaces
Ohio: Swing stateness
Oklahoma: Land grabs
Oregon: Powell's Books and Voodoo Doughnut
Pennsylvania: Liberty Bell
Rhode Island: Being small
South Carolina: Start of the Civil War
South Dakota: Badlands and Black Hills
Tennessee: Moonshine
Texas: George Bush
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Bernie Sanders
Virginia: Policy wonks in the DC suburbs
Washington: Purple heart
West Virginia: Coal mines and the Rocket Boys
Wisconsin: Laverne & Shirley
Wyoming: Yellowstone
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2016, 06:58:48 PM »

AL: My ex-girlfriend
AK: Lots of ridiculously high mountains
AZ: Grandparents
AR: Bill Clinton
CA: Home
CO: South Park
CT: New London
DE: A vacation I took as lad before 9/11
FL: The Election of 2000
GA: Jimmy Carter, and good accents
HI: Double rainbows, snorkeling
ID: Mormons
IL: Nauvoo
IN: Notre Dame and Purdue
IA: Too much corn
KS: Corn, too much corn.
KY: Derby
LA: Ridiculously good food
ME: Stephen King
MD: Baltimore
MA: 1972 Election
MN: Bizarre accents
MI: Flint water
MS: William Faulkner
MO: An extermination order that some pricks forgot to take down until the 70's
MT: Lolo National Forest
NE: Corn
NV: Lake Tahoe
NH: One of the worst Presidents ever
NJ: Armpits
NM: Carlsbad Caves
NY: NYC
NC: Asheville
ND: Oil
OH: Cleveland
OK: A musical
OR: Crater Lake
PA: Italian immigrants
RI: Brown University
SC: Charleston
SD: Mt. Rushmore
TN: Great Smoky Mountains
TX: Everything's big
UT: BYU, Skiing
VT: 1936 election
VA: Undergrad, Lynchburg & Liberty
WA: Rain
WV: Tobacco farms
WI: Cheese, Packers fans
WY: Yellowstone




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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2016, 07:06:50 PM »

Alabama: The Republican Party
Alaska: Snow and beautiful coastlines
Arizona: Deserts and old people
Arkansas: The Clintons
California: Beaches
Colorado: The Rockies
Connecticut: Suburban college students
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Oranges
Georgia: Ray Charles
Hawaii: Volcanoes and sugar canes
Idaho: Potatoes
Illinois: Chicago and deep dish pizza
Indiana: Manufacturing
Iowa: Poorly run caucuses
Kansas: Flat plains
Kentucky: *In Peter Griffin voice* THE COLONEL!
Louisiana: Jazz and Mardi Gras
Maine: Lobsters
Maryland: Blue crabs
Massachusetts: The Democratic Party
Michigan: Cars
Minnesota: Lakes and cold winters
Mississippi: Catfish
Missouri: Ferguson
Montana: Clear skies
Nebraska: Corn
Nevada: Casinos
New Hampshire: Intelligent, rational, open-minded women
New Jersey: Soulless surburbs
New Mexico: Green peppers and old Spanish cathedrals
New York: Broadway
North Carolina: BBQ
North Dakota: Fargo
Ohio: Undecided voters
Oklahoma: The musical that happens to be its namesake.
Oregon: Forests and Powell's Books
Pennsylvania: Philly cheese steak
Rhode Island: Rich people
South Carolina: Southern drawl
South Dakota: Mt. Rushmore and happy farmers
Tennessee: Walking in Memphis
Texas: Steak and W
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Liberals
Virginia: NOVA Purple heart
Washington: Trees, clean water (also, what TCC said, "Purple heart")
West Virginia: Racism
Wisconsin: Cheese
Wyoming: Yellowstone
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2016, 07:17:50 PM »

Alabama: Golf, Crimson Tide, George Wallace
Alaska: Sarah Palin
Arizona: ASU girls, flight training
Arkansas: Bill Clinton
California: Traffic, illegal immigrants
Colorado: Trustifarians
Connecticut: Yale
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Old people, Canadians
Georgia: Zell Miller, Jimmy Carter
Hawaii: Japanese-Americans, Guam
Idaho: Boise State Football
Illinois: Corruption
Indiana: Bloomington
Iowa: Corn
Kansas: Cessna
Kentucky: Keeneland
Louisiana: Hurricanes
Maine: Franco-Amerians
Maryland: Amtrak, crabs
Massachusetts: Irish-Americans
Michigan: Cars, the Big House
Minnesota: 3M, Hockey
Mississippi: Worse version of Alabama
Missouri: Budweiser
Montana: Max Baucus, Glacier NP, skiing
Nebraska: Cornhuskers
Nevada: Las Vegas, brothels
New Hampshire: Town halls
New Jersey: Chris Christie
New Mexico: Hispanics
New York: Pizza
North Carolina: Banks and universities
North Dakota: Hockey
Ohio: Yuengling (I realize it is from PA, but OH is the closest state to me where they sell it)
Oklahoma: Natives
Oregon: Awful liberals
Pennsylvania: Yuengling
Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee
South Carolina: Lindsey Graham, Charleston
South Dakota: Natives
Tennessee: Country music
Texas: Cowboys, oil, Spec's
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Communists
Virginia: Civil War, NoVA
Washington: Peace Arch, awful liberals
West Virginia: Mountaineers, John Denver
Wisconsin: Cheese
Wyoming: Jackson Hole
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2016, 07:26:50 PM »

Alabama: Racism
Alaska: Snow, Sarah Palin
Arizona: Grand Canyon
Arkansas: Clintons
California: Golden Gate Bridge, beaches
Colorado: South Park
Connecticut: Rich people
Delaware: No sales tax, first state
Florida: 2000 election
Georgia: Peaches
Hawaii: Resorts
Idaho: White flight
Illinois: Abraham Lincoln, Obama
Indiana: The South of the North
Iowa: Corn
Kansas: What's the matter with them?
Kentucky: KFC
Louisiana: Mardi Gras
Maine: Lumberjacks
Maryland: Baltimore
Massachusetts: Kennedys
Michigan: Auto industry
Minnesota: Nice
Mississippi: Racism
Missouri: Truman
Montana: Mountains
Nebraska: Corn
Nevada: Gambling
New Hampshire: Angry women (thanks to someone)
New Jersey: Atlantic City, Jersey Shore
New Mexico: Hispanics
New York: NYC
North Carolina: Ultra liberal Kay Hagen
North Dakota: Energy industry
Ohio: Swing state
Oklahoma: Hell, Bushie
Oregon: Portland
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee
South Carolina: Strom Thurmond, Confederacy
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore
Tennessee: Music
Texas: Dubya
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Bernie Sanders
Virginia: Fairfax County <33333
Washington: Seattle
West Virginia: Racist hicks, coal
Wisconsin: Cheese
Wyoming: Dick Cheney
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2016, 08:18:33 PM »
« Edited: July 19, 2016, 10:55:43 PM by evergreenarbor »

Alabama: Every Southern stereotype, all at once.
Alaska: Mountains and salmon.
Arizona: Mountains, deserts, and harsh immigration laws.
Arkansas: Bill Clinton
California: Beaches.
Colorado: Mountains and hippies.
Connecticut: Rich people.
Delaware: Rich people and Joe Biden.
Florida: "Florida Man."
Georgia: Atlanta.
Hawaii: Luau.
Idaho: Huge mountains.
Illinois: Chicago and Obama.
Indiana: Farmers.
Iowa: Corn farmers.
Kansas: Sam Brownback.
Kentucky: Chicken.
Louisiana: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras.
Maine: Pine forests.
Maryland: Baltimore.
Massachusetts: Boston and Questionable Content (the webcomic).
Michigan: Detroit and auto plants.
Minnesota: Canada.
Mississippi: See Alabama.
Missouri: Ferguson.
Montana: Even bigger mountains.
Nebraska: More corn farmers.
Nevada: Las Vegas.
New Hampshire: Angry women First primary.
New Jersey: Pollution.
New Mexico: Hispanics.
New York: NYC.
North Carolina: HB2, unfortunately.
North Dakota: Oil.
Ohio: Kasich, auto plants.
Oklahoma: Republicans.
Oregon: Portland, beautiful coastline.
Pennsylvania: Rust Belt.
Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee, I guess.
South Carolina: Charleston.
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore.
Tennessee: Country music.
Texas: BBQ, Rick Perry.
Utah: Mormons.
Vermont: Bernie Sanders.
Virginia: Suburbs, old colonial towns.
Washington: Too much to list.
West Virginia: Republicans and coal miners.
Wisconsin: Cheese, Scott Walker.
Wyoming: Low population density.

Edited because I forgot that Arkansas existed.
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2016, 08:27:29 PM »
« Edited: July 19, 2016, 08:39:40 PM by a.scott »

Alabama: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III
Alaska: Wildlife
Arizona: John McCain
Arkansas: Bill Clinton
California: Beaches
Colorado: dude weed lmao
Connecticut: Newtown (my hometown)
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Florida Man
Georgia: Peaches
Hawaii: Leis
Idaho: Potatoes
Illinois: Barack Obama
Indiana: Evan Bayh, John Mellencamp
Iowa: Caucus
Kansas: Westboro Baptist Church
Kentucky: Turtles
Louisiana: My ex
Maine: Stephen King
Maryland: Baltimore
Massachusetts: The Kennedys, Catholicism
Michigan: The auto industry
Minnesota: Hipster churches
Mississippi: Confederate flag
Missouri: Claire McCaskill
Montana: Guns
Nebraska: Cornfields
Nevada: Content Hispanics
New Hampshire: Vacation home
New Jersey: Jersey Shore
New Mexico: Old Mexico
New York: NYC
North Carolina: My college
North Dakota: Rural areas
Ohio: Swing state
Oklahoma: He Who Shall Not Be Named
Oregon: Libertarian liberals
Pennsylvania: Unions
Rhode Island: Family Guy
South Carolina: Beaches, palmetto trees
South Dakota: Badlands, Mount Rushmore
Tennessee: Country music
Texas: Ted Cruz, RWNJ
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Bernie Sanders, maple syrup, Canada, gun-toting liberals
Virginia: Sprawl
Washington: Rain
West Virginia: Coal
Wisconsin: Cheese, Russ Feingold
Wyoming: Gay cowboys
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2016, 08:45:35 PM »

AL: Rednecks
AK: Palin
AR: Huckabee
AZ: Arpaio/Desert
CA: Silicon Valley
CO: pot
CT: rich people
DE: BIDEN
FL: https://www.reddit.com/r/FloridaMan/
GA: muh trending d
HI: Aloha
IA: Corn
ID: taters
IN: uh.......
IL: Bad pizza
KS: Flat
KY: Rednecks
LA: Jazz
MA: Kennedys
MD: Baltimore
ME: Beautiful
MI: rip in car
MN: Canada
MO: CCM Purple heart
MS: Bad
MT: God idk man it's just kinda weird, y'know
NC: Bathroom
ND: uh
NE: weird electoral votes
NV: Vegas
NH: ANGRY WOMEN
NJ: more like New Brooklyn
NM: Susana Martinez and Gary
NY: LEGIT THE BEST YEAH
OH: TOSSUP
OK: not real
OR: pot
PA: Philly
RI: Island? LOL!
SC:
Ha! South Carolina is as Republican as Colorado is Democratic. And everyone insists Colorado is a swing state! SC will go Dem this year!


I TOLD YOU GUYS SC WAS A SWING STATE! BOOYAH!
SD: south uh
TN: Better than the rest of the south for some reason
TX: The wall (c)
UT: Mormons
VA: Swing state
VT: BERNIE
WA: Seattle
WI: Bad politicians
WV: HICKS
WY: lol!!!!!!!
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2016, 08:55:33 PM »

Alabama: Roll Tide
Alaska: Palin
Arizona: crusty old retirees
Arkansas: Pig sooie
California: no water
Colorado: Rocky Mountain high
Connecticut: Hartford Whalers
Delaware: the incorporated state
Florida: Disney
Georgia: where my first crush moved to
Hawaii: the Trans Pac Race
Idaho: blue football fields
Illinois: Chicago sports
Indiana: parks and rec
Iowa: still surprised how they vote for democrats
Kansas: rock chalk jayhawk
Kentucky: horses
Louisiana: bayou
Maine: lobsters and trees
Maryland: crab cakes
Massachusetts: the Red Sox
Michigan: sandy Lake Michigan beaches
Minnesota: an overall "fresh" feeling
Mississippi: "I love Mississippi. I love her people. I love her heritage...."
Missouri: racist miserable sweaty cardinals fans
Montana: big sky
Nebraska: flat
Nevada: gambling
New Hampshire:  angry women (new association for me)
New Jersey: fat obnoxious governor
New Mexico: the first a bomb test
New York: hellhole city
North Carolina: Tar Heels
North Dakota: fighting Sioux hockey (I won't acknowledge the name change)
Ohio: the $uckeye$
Oklahoma: 47 wins
Oregon: hippies
Pennsylvania: Joe pa Angry
Rhode Island: sailing
South Carolina: a state that keeps trying to ruin our country
South Dakota: Hillary Clinton?
Tennessee: Nashville music
Texas: BIG
Utah: Mormon
Vermont: teddy bears
Virginia: is it still southern?
Washington: coffee
West Virginia: scotsirish mountaineers
Wisconsin: [bleeping] cheese heads
Wyoming: dick Cheney lolz
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2016, 09:07:10 PM »

Alabama: Segregation
Alaska: Cold/Northern Lights
Arizona: Desert
Arkansas: Wal-Mart
California: Sun
Colorado: Hippies
Connecticut: Wealth
Delaware: That bridge
Florida: Crazy people
Georgia: Jimmy Carter
Hawaii: Paradise
Idaho: Ranching/Skiing
Illinois: Many things; home
Indiana: Garbage
Iowa: Corn
Kansas: Jayhawks
Kentucky: Appalachia
Louisiana: Saints/Cajun
Maine: Lobster
Maryland: DC burbs
Massachusetts: Sailing
Michigan: Detroit
Minnesota: Scandanavia
Mississippi: Hicks
Missouri: Cardinals/StL
Montana: Ranches
Nebraska: Huskers
Nevada: Vegas
New Hampshire: Live Free or Die
New Jersey: The shore (not the show)
New Mexico: Hispanic population
New York: NYC
North Carolina: Outer Banks
North Dakota: Oil
Ohio: Diversity
Oklahoma: Native America
Oregon: Hipsters
Pennsylvania: Industry
Rhode Island: Small
South Carolina: Southern wealth
South Dakota: Wall Drug
Tennessee: Al Gore
Texas: Conservatism
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Liberalism
Virginia: Old Dominion
Washington: Rain/Hipsters/Coffee/Nirvana
West Virginia: Appalachia
Wisconsin: Packers
Wyoming: Yellowstone
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2016, 09:25:43 PM »

I find that very troubling I'm the only one to whom first accusation with Florida is the electric chair (that thing was heavily featured in the news in the late 90s).
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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2016, 09:26:10 PM »
« Edited: July 19, 2016, 09:28:30 PM by RINO Tom »

Alabama: Crimson Tide
Alaska: Eskimos
Arizona: Phoenix
Arkansas: Wal-Mart
California: Orange County
Colorado: Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park
Connecticut: UConn
Delaware: I have no idea ... seems bland
Florida: Key West
Georgia: Peaches
Hawaii: Beaches
Idaho: Potatoes
Illinois: Too much to list (home); I guess the Illini
Indiana: Indianapolis and Butler University
Iowa: Too much to list (home); I guess the university
Kansas: Generic Republican
Kentucky: Kentucky Derby
Louisiana: True Detective (Season 1)
Maine: Stephen King
Maryland: The sh**ttier, more Democratic side of DC
Massachusetts: Irish Democrats
Michigan: University of Michigan
Minnesota: Minneapolis
Mississippi: The Confederate Flag
Missouri: St. Louis
Montana: Old Western Towns
Nebraska: University of Nebraska
Nevada: Election coverage
New Hampshire: First primary
New Jersey: Jersey Shore (the terrible show)
New Mexico: Hispanic population
New York: Seinfeld
North Carolina: Tar Heels
North Dakota: Badlands or whatever
Ohio: Stereotypical America
Oklahoma: American Indians
Oregon: Ducks
Pennsylvania: Old colonial stuff
Rhode Island: Catholics
South Carolina: Traditional/elegant South
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore
Tennessee: Nashville
Texas: Dallas
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Voting against FDR
Virginia: Capital of the Confederacy
Washington: Rain
West Virginia: Appalachian Mountains
Wisconsin: Door County
Wyoming: Cowboys
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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2016, 10:18:03 PM »
« Edited: July 19, 2016, 10:35:30 PM by Tartarus Sauce »

Alabama: Civil Rights movement, being just one step above Mississippi.
Alaska Really effing cold and gigantic.
Arizona: Grand Canyon, may as well be the Sahara.
Arkansas: Clinton and poor people.
California: Should probably be its own country, too many damn people, overrated city (Los Angeles) and awesome city (San Francisco) and lots of other big effing cities because there are once again too many damn people, earthquakes, landslides, and wildfires.
Colorado: Gorgeous mountains.
Connecticut: New Jersey 2.0.
Delaware: Rehoboth beach area and Cape Henlopen.
Florida: Beaches, rich old people, and tourists.
Georgia Atlanta up north, Savannah down south, a sea of White rednecks and poor Blacks in between.
Hawaii: Vacationers and beautiful beaches, creme de la creme hotel rooms.
Idaho: Mormon spillover and potatoes.
Illinois: Chicago, corn, and corruption.
Indiana: Pocketed with declining small industrial towns that constituted an image of ideal America in the 50s.
Iowa: Literally just corn.
Kansas: May as well be Flatland, also corn.
Kentucky Awesome food and beautiful scenery, Lexington and Louisville, and bucketloads of icky social conservatives.
Louisiana: New Orleans and Cajun culture.
Maine: Quaint New England towns and idyllic coastlines, lots of forests as well.
Maryland: BEST STATE EVER! Forever shall I love thee.
Massachusetts: Boston, my college (sadly not in Boston).
Michigan: Post-industrial urban hellscape, particularly the eastern half.
Minnesota: Southern Canada, Minneapolis, state my sister went to college.
Mississippi: Pretty much an awful state all around, serious contender for worst state of the union.
Missouri: St. Louis on one end, Kansas City on the other, and a whole lot of nothing in between.
Montana: Awesome mountain ranges on the western half, boring plains on the other.
Nebraska: More goddamn corn.
Nevada: Las Vegas, baby!
New Hampshire Meth, Boston tax dodge suburbs, bucolic countryside.
New Mexico Cool pueblo style architecture, libertarians.  
New York: NYC obviously, sorry upstaters.
New Jersey: Traffic hell and Jersey Shore.
North Carolina: Outer Banks, high tech boom cities with tons of Northern transplants.
North Dakota Nobody lives here.
Oklahoma: Tornado dream playground.
Oregon: Idyllic nature and coastline, hipster Portland.
Ohio: Big cities surrounded by snoozefest countryside.
Pennsylvania: Philly on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, West Virginia in between.
Rhode Island: Providence, also always end up flying to TF Green while heading up to school.
South Carolina: Charleston, venerable history of racism and rowdy secessionist spirit.
South Dakota: Mt. Rushmore and nothing else to see here, folks.
Tennessee: Banjos and BBQ.
Texas: The most egotistical state.
Utah: Land of the Mormons.
Vermont: Maple syrup and golf courses.
Virginia: God Bless NOVA, shopping mall suburbia of my birth.
Washington Seattle and gorgeous landscape, super rainy.
West Virginia: Unemployed coal miners, poor as hell, Trumplandia.
Wisconsin: Beer and Cheese.
Wyoming: Yellowstone supervolcano explodey time.
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« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2016, 10:33:24 PM »

WHY HAS NO ONE SAID DUDE FEST FOR INDIANA, HOLY SH!T WOW

Also it appears I've shaped Scott's opinion of Minnesota.
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« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2016, 10:39:03 PM »

WHY HAS NO ONE SAID DUDE FEST FOR INDIANA, HOLY SH!T WOW

Also it appears I've shaped Scott's opinion of Minnesota.

I used to host a big neighborhood baseball game every year that got super competitive!  It actually got pretty competitive in our Iowa City neighborhood of ~1,000 people.

On a similar note, I'm wondering why no one has mentioned it for Iowa...?
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« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2016, 10:59:23 PM »

Alabama: Football and cute girls
Alaska: Snow and igloos
Arizona: Desert
Arkansas: Not much of anything
California: Libruls
Colorado: Pot-smoking hippies
Connecticut: Endless suburbs
Delaware: Irrelevant, small, but first
Florida: Palm trees and beaches
Georgia: Southern suburbanites
Hawaii: Not really America
Idaho: Potatoes and blue turf
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Nice people that want to be Southern
Iowa: Corn and caucuses
Kansas: Plains and tornadoes
Kentucky: Bad basketball allegiances, but very nice people
Louisiana: Cajun and French
Maine: Lobster
Maryland: Urban
Massachusetts: Angry liberals
Minnesota: Nice people, lakes
Mississippi: A poor man's Alabama
Michigan: Decaying auto industry
Missouri: The weaklings of the SEC
Montana: Mountain people
Nebraska: Corn and College World Series
Nevada: The Wild West and Vegas
New Hampshire: Angry women (I had to)
New Jersey: Italians and beaches
New Mexico: Mexico
New York: NYC and ethnic whites
North Carolina: Barbecue and basketball
North Dakota: Oil and FCS football
Oklahoma: Football
Oregon: Granola
Ohio: People who think they're the most important because their state is close
Pennsylvania: The tipping point state
Rhode Island: Everything wrong with New England in one state
South Carolina: Upper-middle class Southerners (I just always do for some reason), often cute girls
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore
Tennessee: Country music and the hub of the SEC
Texas: Steak, Republicans, nice weather, and cute girls
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Hippies and Ben & Jerry's
Virginia: Government people stealing a state from the South
Washington: Rain and annoying football fans
West Virginia: Coal
Wisconsin: Polarized white people
Wyoming: A cold box that randomly exists

If you might be able to tell, I have a major thing for Southern women.
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« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2016, 02:19:39 AM »

First few things that comes to my mind...

Alabama: Sweet Home Alabama, Jeff Sessions
Alaska: Caribou Barbie, Russia
Arizona: John McCain, the Grand Canyon
Arkansas: Cotton (the crop and the Senator) and the Clintons
California: Hollywood
Colorado: Rocky Mountains, pot
Connecticut: Chris Dodd
Delaware: Joe Biden
District of Columbia: The White House
Florida: Sunshine, beaches, "The Golden Girls," the movie "Monster"
Georgia: Peaches, Deliverance
Hawaii: The Pacific Ocean, Colleen Hanabusa, Aloha, hula dancers 
Idaho: Potatoes, the movie "Georgia Rule"
Illinois: Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, Barack Obama
Indiana: Mike Pence (unfortunately)
Iowa: Field of Dreams, The Bridges of Madison County
Kansas: The Wizard of Oz, Sam Brownback, Westboro Baptist Church idiots, tornadoes 
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell, Bluegrass, Kentucky Derby 
Louisiana: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Jambalaya, Mary Landrieu
Maine: The movie "Delores Claiborne," Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, Lobsters 
Maryland: Their state flag, The Blair Witch Project, The movie "Hairspray" 
Massachusetts: First state in the union to legalize marriage equality, Salem Witch Trials/The Crucible (one of my favorite topics in U.S. history)
Michigan: Detroit, automobiles, The movie "The Upside of Anger" (I watch a lot of movies if you couldn't tell)
Minnesota: Amy Klobuchar, The movie "Fargo," and a good friend of mine is from there
Mississippi: Black people, The KKK, The movie "A Time To Kill"
Missouri: HOME Smiley the Gateway Arch, St. Louis Cardinals
Montana: Horses, Brian Schweitzer, Peggy Hill's home
Nebraska: Corn, Nebraska Volleyball
Nevada: Las Vegas, The movie "Tremors"
New Hampshire: Ann McLane Kuster, TNVolunteer's weird obsession with the state
New Jersey: Jersey Shore, Chris Christie, Snooki
New Mexico: Adobe houses, deserts
New York: The Statue of Liberty, Hillary, Rudy Giuliani
North Carolina: Kay Hagan, The bathroom bill
North Dakota: The movie "Fargo," Heidi Heitkamp, the northern accents
Ohio: Hillary's 2008 speech "For everyone who's ever been counted out but has refused to be knocked out..."
Oklahoma: The movie Twister, Mary Fallin, Churches
Oregon: Granola, Portlandia, Pot
Pennsylvania: IceSpear Smiley Philadelphia Cream Cheese, The Liberty Bell
Rhode Island: Family Guy, The movie "Dumb & Dumber"
South Carolina: Lindsey Graham, their state flag, Nikki Haley
South Dakota: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Tennessee: Country music, Nashville, The song "Walking in Memphis"
Texas: Ted Cruz, cowboys, cows, horses
Utah: Mormons, Mitt Romney
Vermont: Ben & Jerry's, Bernie Sanders, Birkenstock
Virginia: This state always takes me back to 2008 when McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenauer claimed that Northern Virginia was not "real Virginia"
Washington: George Washington, apples, the movie "Black Sheep"
West Virginia: The movie "Wrong Turn," the song "Country Roads Take Me Home"
Wisconsin: Scott Walker, Tammy Baldwin, cheeseheads
Wyoming: Cowboys, Matthew Shepard, Cynthia Lummis 
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« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2016, 10:33:26 AM »

Why did you randomly forget about a third of them? Huh

Here's the full list:

Alabama: George Wallace, racism in general
Alaska: Sarah Palin
Arizona: Xenophobes
Arkansas: Bill Clinton
California: The best year of my life in San Francisco, my current home
Colorado: Chris Colorado, one of my favorite animated show ever, who has sadly completely fallen into oblivion Sad
Connecticut: Rich people
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: That Bugs Bunny gif
Georgia: Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King, peaches
Hawaii: Warm weather, beautiful beaches...
Idaho: Potatoes
Illinois: Chicago, Barack Obama
Indiana: Generic Republican
Iowa: First caucus State
Kansas: Cornfields
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Napoleon and the Purchase, and the unique culture
Maine: Lobsters
Maryland: The State DC should be part of
Massachusetts: Generic Liberal, Irish-Americans, the Kennedys
Michigan: The auto industry in its glory days, Detroit's decline
Minnesota: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale
Mississippi: Racism
Missouri: A certain poster aside... Tongue Claire McCaskill's obliteration of Todd Akin
Montana: Mountains, nice landscapes
Nebraska: Cornfields
Nevada: Las Vegas+desert, Harry Reid
New Hampshire: Angry women Cheesy
New Jersey: Corruption, Chris Christie
New Mexico: Hispanics
New York: NYC and everything that goes with it (Statue of Liberty etc.)
North Carolina: Mark Sanford, Jesse Helms
North Dakota: Fargo
Ohio: Boring early 20th Century Republicans
Oklahoma: Another poster aside... Tongue right-wing nutjobs, utter boredom
Oregon: Yuppie West Coast Liberals
Pennsylvania: Philly, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between
Rhode Island: The novel I'm currently reading
South Carolina: John C. Calhoun, Strom Thurmond, a State that thinks it's more important than it is
South Dakota: George McGovern
Tennessee: Country music, Al Gore
Texas: Oil, right-wing nutjobs, Dubya
Utah: Mormons
Vermont: Bernie, Ben&Jerry's
Virginia: Trending D
Washington: Rainy, cascades
West Virginia: That state that went from solid-D to solid-R overnight
Wisconsin: Robert LaFollette
Wyoming: Smallest State, one of the most rural

Arizona isn't that xenophobic. There are much worse states, especially in a certain south-eastern region.
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