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Old 03-16-2008, 06:45 PM
 
Location: still in exile......
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Alabama- countryside
Alaska- Beautiful scenery, cold, perfect state
Arizona- Grand Canyon
Arkansas- Ozarks
California- Lake Tahoe, L.A
Colorado- Rockies, Beautiful scenery
Connecticut-Suburbs
Delaware- Rehoboth Beach
Florida- Hot, sticky weather
Georgia- home
Hawaii- Hot, sticky weather, beautiful mountains/volcanoes
Idaho- Potatoes/Sun Valley
Illinois- wide open spaces, Chicago
Indiana- Indy 500, CORN.
Iowa- beautiful hills and countryside, corn
Kansas- Plains, I-70
Kentucky- Appalachains,Louisville
Lousiana- Swamps, Bayous
Maine- snow, and beautiful scenery, Bydand.
Maryland- Hagerstown, Baltimore
Massachusets- Boston, Berkshires
Michigan- Marquette, Snow
Minnesota- Bitterly Cold,Forests
Mississippi- Rednecks, Countryside
Missouri- Ozarks, hills
Montana- Rockies
Nebraska- Sand Hills, Corn
Nevada-desert, Las Vegas
New Hampshire- Mount Washington, Fall Colors
New Jersey- Newark
New Mexico- Deserts and Mountains
New York- Upstate, Baseball HOF
North Carolina- Mount Mitchell, Asheville, Maggie Valley
North Dakota- wide open spaces
Ohio- beautiful hills, corn
Oklahoma- Tornadoes.
Oregon- Mount Hood.
Pennsylvania- Amish People, Pittsburgh
Rhode Island- Family Guy
South Carolina- Heat Exhaustion
South Dakota- Jammie
Tennessee- Mountains, Nashville
Texas- Dallas, Ranch
Utah- Park City, Bryce canyon
Vermont- Fall Colors, Snow
Virginia- Beautiful Countryside
Washington- Mount Rainier
Washington,DC- White HOuse
West Virginia- Rednecks, Mountains
Wisconsin- Cheese, Snow
Wyoming- Rockies, Scenery.

 
Old 03-16-2008, 07:39 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I started .... but realized everything reminds me of either food or sex.
Than I realized.... what the hell am I doing here. I'm taking my beautiful
better half out to dinner.
 
Old 03-16-2008, 08:23 PM
 
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AL: rockets
AK: grilly bears and bald eagles
AZ: Grand Canyon
AR: Wal-Mart
CA: Hollywood
CO: Rockies
CT: old money
DE: 1st state
FL: beaches
GA: tacky billboards along the interstate
HI: dramatic beauty
ID: Napoleon Dynamite
IL: Cubs
IN: Flat farmland
IA: corn
KS: wheat
KY: horse racing
LA: jazz
ME: lobsters
MD: chesapeake bay
MA: American history
MI: cars
MN: cold
MS: rural, poor
MO: arch
MT: big sky
NE: plains
NV: Vegas
NH: White Mountains
NJ: urban blight
NM: desert and mountains
NY: my family
NC: pine trees
ND: lonely
OH: corn and heavy industry
OK: tornados
OR: beautiful coast
PA: steel
RI: water
SC: Ft Sumter
SD: Mount Rushmore
TN: Great Smoky Mtns
TX: sprawl
UT: Mormon and natural beauty
VT: NY money, skiing
VA: American history
WA: rain
WV: coal
WI: Packers
WY: Cowboys
 
Old 03-16-2008, 09:18 PM
JJG
 
Location: Fort Worth
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AL & Miss.: Deeeeeeeeeep South
AK: Snowy Mountains
AZ: Desert
AR: Trees
CA: L.A.
CO: South Park
FL: Sun
GA: Atlanta Hip Hop and R&B artests
HI: Surfers
IL: Married.... with Children
IN: Indianapolis Colts
KS: Farmland
KY: Muhammad Ali
LA: N'awlins
MD: Baltimore
MA: the late 1700's
MI: A state that looks like one glove and a jagged knife.
MN: Hockey (and a girl I know on campus...)
MO: St. Louis
NV: Las Vegas (of course)
NJ: The Sopranos
NM: Southwestern food
NY: The City that never Sleeps and everything associated with it.
NC: NASCAR
OH: Ohio State Univ.
OK: Good ol' J.R. (WWE fans should know that)
PA: Hienz
RI: Family Guy
SC: Auburn, Clemson, and S. Carolina football
SD: Mount Rushmore
TN: Country Music Culture
TX: whatever I see when I open my eyes.... while I'm here.
UT: Mormans
VA: Virginia Tech
WV: Rual Mountain towns
WI: Anthoer girl I know on campus....who looks good .... that and the Packers... which sometimes makes me think of That 70's Show... then I think of cheese...
WY: Boredom in it's purest form.

Regions
The Rest of New England: Clam Chowdah
The Rest of the Midwest: flatland
The Big Sky Region: That's it.... SKY... and nothing else.
The Pacific Northwest: Rain and Grunge
 
Old 03-16-2008, 10:24 PM
 
Location: Iowa, Des Moines Metro
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Default The List

Alabama- Rural homes near swamps.
Alaska- Moose walking down a sidewalk in the city.
Arizona- Conjested desert metro.
Arkansas- Crime in Little Rock. (partly because of show Cops)
California- Earthquakes and Escalades.
Colorado- The Rockies - Estes Park Area.
Connecticut- The country house Lucy and Ricky bought on I <3 Lucy.
Delaware- I know absolutely nothing about Delaware.
Florida- Universal Studios, and the Everglades.
Georgia- Downtown Atlanta at night, very pretty to drive through.
Hawaii- My trips to Waikiki, good cuisine w/ fresh fruit.
Idaho- Preston, Idaho and Napoleon Dynamite. Also Mormonism.
Illinois- Metro Chicago.
Indiana- Metro Indianopolis.
Iowa- Home. I also think of small towns in the farmland with implements.
Kansas- I picture it the same as Iowa, just more arid - not as lush.
Kentucky- High class equestrians who sit pretty in Lincoln Navigators.
Louisiana- Cajun Cuisine.
Maine- Fresh ocean air, lighthouses.
Maryland- My cousin lives out there - I think of her.
Massachusetts- Don't know too much about Mass.
Michigan- Tim Allen - ToolTime.
Minnesota- MSP - the Northern neighbor...
Mississippi- Unfriendly black people.
Missouri- Lake of the Ozarks. Feels like home as well. (Lived on the border)
Montana- Mountains and big sky.
Nebraska- Trips to Colorado - also Omaha. Western Neighbor.
Nevada- Rural desert communities.
New Hampshire- A quarter I spent today.
New Jersey- Suburban New York - Stupid kids in their parents old 3 series.
New Mexico- Albuquerque, somewhere I'd love to go. I want to try the enchiladas.
New York- Large airports.
North Carolina- Asheville, other tucked away mtn. communities.
North Dakota- Too harsh of winters for me.
Ohio- Rust belt cities - crime - lots of minorities. Ruined cities.
Oklahoma- Looks beautiful. I think of the movie twister - Aunt Meg - Wakita.
Oregon- Yaquina Head Lighthouse.
Pennsylvania- Phila cheese-steak sandwich.
Rhode Island- Don't know...
South Carolina- Myrtle Beach in all of it's dirtiness.
South Dakota- Rapid City at night looking from a mountain.
Tennessee- Beautiful Nashville skyline.
Texas- Fort Worth, Mexican/TX BBQ Cuisine - wonderful place.
Utah- Metro Salt Lake and Colorado City.
Vermont- Covered bridge, autumn colors.
Virginia- Same as Vermont.
Washington- The movie 'The Ring.'
West Virginia- See Virginia. (Then see Vermont. )
Wisconsin- Door County, Cherry Orchards... beautiful, homey.
Wyoming- Beautiful country out that way.
 
Old 03-17-2008, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Cortland, Ohio
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When you think of this state:

Alabama- my mom's cousins live there
Alaska- cold and my best friend from high school lives there
Arizona- too hot for me and desert
Arkansas- hot springs
California- surfing, hollywood, my friend dave,
Colorado- mountains
Connecticut- ny commuters
Delaware- george washington crossing the delaware river
Florida- hot and humid, old people, trailers
Georgia- hot and humid, atlanta
Hawaii- islands, volcanos, expensive
Idaho- blue football turf, skiing
Illinois- chicago, obama, ferris beuller's day off
Indiana- flat, ugly, basketball
Iowa- corn fields, field of dreams
Kansas- void, although, i'm sure this isn't true, just have never been there
Kentucky- west virginia's best friend........horses
Louisiana- nola, debauchery, brittany spears
Maine- cool accents, cold, lots of trees, lobster
Maryland- baltimore, murder, dc suburbs, expensive
Massachusetts- new kids on the block, red sox, ted williams
Michigan- the university of (boo hiss!), detroit, cars, decline (similar to where i live), natural beauty
Minnesota- cold, lakes
Mississippi- mississippi burning the movie, swampy
Missouri- like ohio but hotter, river cities
Montana- big state, low population
Nebraska- flat
Nevada- las vegas, desert, ugly
New Hampshire- beautiful, trees, skiing
New Jersey- very dense
New Mexico- desert
New York- upstate decline, buffalo, city:too many people
North Carolina- my brother lives there, not as great as everyone thinks, lots of litter on the highway
North Dakota- my friend rachel lives there and it's cold
Ohio- HOME, OH-IO, buckeyes, cleveland, heart of america
Oklahoma- federal building bombing
Oregon- ducks
Pennsylvania- pittsburgh, erie, hilly terrain
Rhode Island- small
South Carolina- hot, myrtle beach, fort sumter
South Dakota- cold
Tennessee- country music
Texas- W, mexicans, cowboys, toyota
Utah- mormons, a bunch of people from ohio have relocated out there for kraftmaid
Vermont- beautiful,
Virginia- DC, expensive
Washington- seattle
West Virginia- very beautiful, cool mountains
Wisconsin- cheese-heads
Wyoming- cowboys
 
Old 03-17-2008, 11:39 AM
 
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FL- Life, sunshine
MI- White trash, toilets
 
Old 03-17-2008, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Arkansas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by yayoi View Post
AL: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
AK: Northern Lights
AZ: Grand Canyon
AR: Snake Churches
CA: Surfing
CO: Rocky Mts.
CT: Country Clubs
DE: Dupont
FL: Alligators
GA: Coca-Cola
HI: Volcanoes
ID: Potatoes
IL: Chicago
IN: Gary
IA: Corn
KS: Wheat
KY: Horses
LA: Spanish Moss
ME: Lighthouses
MD: Crab
MA: Lobster
MI: A Mitten
MN: Iron Range
MS: Gulf Coast
MO: Gateway Arch
MT: Indian Reservations
NE: Omaha
NV: Desert Wasteland
NH: Fall Foliage
NJ: Oil Refineries
NM: Sunsets
NY: Lake Effect Snow
NC: Charlotte
ND: Fargo
OH: Lake Erie
OK: Tornados
OR: Anarchists
PA: Poconos Mts
RI: Family Guy
SC: Beaches
SD: Mt Rushmore
TN: Memphis
TX: Large Belt Buckles
UT: Mormons
VT: Steeple Churches
VA: Revolutionary War Reenactments
WA: Mt. Ranier
WV: Coal Mines
WI: Milwaukee’s Best
WY: Ranchers
Where in the world did you get snake churches for Arkansas. I have lived here my whole life and I have never seen or heard of any snake churches.
 
Old 03-17-2008, 04:20 PM
 
Location: Arkansas
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Here is my list and to be fair I will only comment on states that I have first hand knowledge of.


AL: Some good southern food
AK: Snow
AR:MY HOME!!!, Diamond Mines, Wal Mart, chicken, Ozark Mountains
CO: Rocky Mts.
GA: Coke and Paula Dean
HI: Volcanoes
ID: Potatoes
IA: Corn
KS: Tornadoes
KY: Burgoo
LA: Cajun and Creole
MS: Gulf Coast, Antebellum Homes
MO: Silver Dollar City
MT: Black Foot Indian Tribe home, (part of my heritage)
NE: flat
NV: Las Vegas
NY: NYC
OK: Cherokee Nation
OR: Mt Hood
TN: Nashville, Gatlinburg, Knoxville
TX: the worst President ever
WV: Coal Mines
WY: Ranchers
 
Old 03-17-2008, 04:58 PM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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AL: Skynard, conservative
AK: Cold, big
AZ: Desert, hot, no winter
AR: Wal-Mart, country
CA: Beaches, Hollywood, national parks, super-expensive, liberal
CO: Rocky Mountains
DE: nothing comes to mind
FL: beaches, Disney, hurricanes
GA: Atlanta
HI: Volcanic beaches, super-expensive, liberal
ID: farmland
IL: Chicago
IN: racing
IA: farmland, a few moderate-sized cities
KS: farmland, country
KY: hills, country
LA: Cajuns, corrupt govt, crime
ME: Lobster, rocky beaches, cold
MD: near D.C.
MA: Boston, liberal, looks down on southern states unfairly
MI: auto industry, bad economy, crime
MN: Twin cities
MS: poverty, conservative
MO: Arch, riverboats
MT: Cowboys, open sky
NV: Las Vegas, desert
NJ: near NY, trees, crime
NM: southwest culture, native Americans, desert
NY: NYC, Long Island, lakes upstate, super-expensive
NC: RTP area
ND: nothing comes to mind
OH: bad economy, forclosures, college kids
OK: boring landscape, conservative
OR: trees, expensive, looks down on southern states, liberal
PA: Philly and Pittsburg
RI: ports with boats, small
SC: plantations
SD: Mt. Rushmore
TN: Country music
TX: NASA, energy industry, Texas Medical Center, big cities
UT: state parks, Mormons, ultra-conservative
VT: country areas, liberal
VA: near D.C., colonial America
WA: Seattle, trees
WV: coal industry, conservative
WI: cheese, beer
WY: cowboys
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