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Not only does it have over 10,000 lakes, but all have fish in them and all you can swim in during summer.
What the heck good does it do if you have a lake that the water stays too cold to swim in summer or there are no fish in it ?
Also, nearly every lake in Minnesota has a public access so the " average Joe" can launch a fishing boat and use that lake just like the rich folks who own cabins on the lake.
Fourth, even by your progressively selective standards, just like a good cheese-head tho, fighting for 2nd place to the very end.
662 mi – Lake Okeechobee
427 mi – Red Lake (Minnesota)
216 mi – Devils Lake (North Dakota)
I said already Lake Okeechobee was number one. Red Lake is divided into two distinct lakes -- upper and lower. Devils Lake is a basin that keeps growing and growing and growing in size.
No cheese head here and second place is where you ended up in this discussion.
There are not much in the way of "mountains" east of Colorado
That is plain wrong. Westerners do not have a monopoly on mountains. NC, TN, Va, WV, NY and NH all have some really nice peaks. In Gatlinburg Tn, the base of the mountains is around 1000 foot, and the peak is at over 6000. The mountain is essentially just over 5000 foot high. IN Colorado springs the base elevation is almost 7000 feet on the flat high plains, while the top of Pikes peak is just over 14000. The mountain is essentially 7000 feet high. Yes, the rockies are still a bit higher but not by the great amounts westerners say they are. The Appalachians ARE mountains, no matter what someone from the west says. I know this post was off topic, but I couldnt let that one go.
I said already Lake Okeechobee was number one. Red Lake is divided into two distinct lakes -- upper and lower. Devils Lake is a basin that keeps growing and growing and growing in size.
No cheese head here and second place is where you ended up in this discussion.
Do you actually have any legitimate resources (Wikipedia doesn't count) or do you make up your stuff as you go along?
Minnesota DNR (Lakes, rivers & wetlands: Minnesota Facts & Figures: Minnesota DNR) lists Red Lake as the largest (288,880 acres) on their web site. Even if you were to convince the MN DNR that you know better, one of the two halves would still be larger than what the Wisconsin DNR lists for Lake Winnebago (131,939). Of course I suppose that the WDNR is wrong as well. (Wisconsin Lake Directory - WDNR (http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/findalake/index.asp?letter=L&county= - broken link)).
The MDR site also lists Mille Lacs Lake at 132,516 acres so that drops Lake Winnebago to 5th by even your silly standards.
Florida has its long beautiful saltwater coasts but they have a decent amount of freshwater as well. North Dakota is kettle pond and pot hole country. I tend to think of Nevada as a desert and I was suprised to see they have so much freshwater.
I knew Wisconsin had more square miles of water than Minnesota - a lot more, considering how much bigger the state of Minnesota is. Why are people arguing this - the facts are right there for you to see.
Perhaps you should visit to find out. It certainly doesn't resemble what you have stated. And yes - you are coming across as arrogant.
I'm going to go ahead and turn the tables - what exactly does New York have over Minnesota?
I have travelled all over the country, I am not going to say I have been all over Minnesota because I have not... and who would even want to? But I have been to Minneapolis.
The easier question to answer would be what doesn't New York have over Minnesota? Minnesota has a lot of lakes, so does NY... plus the ocean.
Sure it does. I think NY has TOO much humility. Being humble is fake. Why would you smile and be humble when you know something is true? That is weakness to me. People who smile and act humble get stepped all over like bugs.
Obviously other people, including myself, disagree
I do love the lakes of New York, but in my opinion there's nothing like the lakes of Minnesota and Michigan
I've seen some nice lakes in North Dakota too
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