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Alabama- Forrest Gump
Alaska- Mount McKinley
Arizona- the sun
Arkansas- Bill Clinton
California- ocean waves on rocky cliffs
Colorado- Denver skyline against Rocky Mountains
Connecticut- picket fences and chairs on a beach
Delaware- George Washington crossing the river on his boat
Florida- old people playing shuffleboard
Georgia- Ray Charles eating a peach with a record player in the background
Hawaii- Diamondhead
Idaho- potatoes growing in a field surrounded by mountains
Illinois- Harrison Ford Movie: The Fugitive
Indiana- industrial parks
Iowa- cornfields
Kansas- wheat fields
Kentucky- horses on bluegrass
Louisiana- black man playing the saxophone; Zatarains commercial
Maine- fisherman in a yellow raincoat
Maryland- geese
Massachusetts- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Michigan- Tim Allen and Eminem
Minnesota- wind generators on snowy fields
Mississippi- shantyhouses and laudry in a river
Missouri- neverending trees
Montana- Robert Redford Movie: Horse Whisperer
Nebraska- Mutual of Omaha symbol; smell of pig crap at my grandma's house
Nevada- desolate desert (weird I don't think of Vegas)
New Hampshire- my uncle Maury's cottage
New Jersey- Sandra Bullock Movie: Miss Congeniality; oil refineries
New Mexico- those weird Aztec looking blanket sold at flea markets
New York- Jewish businessmen in Mercedes with "Bwooklyn" accents
North Carolina- clean ocean air
North Dakota- wastelands; endless prairie
Ohio- Steve Martin Movie: The Out of Towners
Oklahoma- the Unibomber
Oregon- Movie: The Goonies (i don't think it was filmed there though)
Pennsylvania- Tom Hanks Movie: Philadelphia
Rhode Island- Family Guy
South Carolina- swamps
South Dakota- the Black Hills; my house!
Tennessee- Graceland
Texas- Dallas skyline; the theme song to "Dallas"; oil
Utah- mountains, Mormons at my door
Vermont- cheese
Virginia- woman in a moomoo smoking Virginia Slims
Washington- Chris Farley Movie: Black Sheep; 10 Things I Hate About You
West Virginia- coal mines
Wisconsin- a cow
Wyoming- cowboy; absolute desolation; cop who gave me a speeding ticket
Pennsylvania- Oh yeah....forgot about that
New Jersey- Kevin Smith; chemical plants
Florida- Alligators; beaches
California- Mediterranean
Kansas- Tornadoes
Ohio- Cornfields
Washington- Pine trees
Maine- Rocky coast; lighthouses
Texas- Big folk
AL- for gump
AK-mountains
AZ- desert sprawl
AR - the mississippi river
CA - the coast
Co - The rockies
CT - rich people
DE - the beach
FL - Sprawl
GA - ATL
HI - star bursts (inside story haha)
ID - potatoes
IL - Chicago
IN - Indianapolis
IA - corn
KS - flat
KY - Louisville
LA - plantation houses
ME - rocky coast
MD - too many things because i live here
MA - Boston
MI - lake Michigan
MN - Minneapolis
MS - rolling hills
MO - the arch
MT - Helena
NE - scottsbulff
NV - casinos
NH - nature
NJ - the shore
NM - native American influences
NY - NYC
NC - sprawl
ND - t.r. national park
OH - Cincinnati
OK - Tulsa
OR - pines
PA - Philly
RI - mansions
SC - Charleston
SD - Pierre
TN - hillbilly golf (a put put place haha)
TX - large egos
UT - Bryce canyon
VT - nature
VA - skyline drive
WA - Olympic mountains
WV - harpers ferry
WI - nice people
WY - the drive when you saw no civilization for MILES
Alabama- Forrest Gump
Alaska- Northern Exposure
Arizona- A funny NJ.com commercial "Ah, here... pictures of ARIZONA!" Sorry, it isn't funny if you haven't seen it.
Arkansas- Mike Huckabee
California- Driving driving driving
Colorado- South Park
Connecticut- Martha Stewart
Delaware- Wayne's World scene... "Hi... I'm in... Delaware."
Florida- Long Islanders with one foot in the grave
Georgia- A midnight train
Hawaii- A luau
Idaho- the "Grown in Idaho" logo on boxes of potatoes
Illinois- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Indiana- the town in "A Christmas Story"
Iowa- corn
Kansas- Amber waves of grain
Kentucky- horses
Louisiana- bayous
Maine- lobsta
Maryland- crab cakes
Massachusetts- Revolutionary war
Michigan- rust
Minnesota- A Prairie Home Companion
Mississippi- Adam Sandler as the Waterboy
Missouri- St. Louis arch
Montana- Wide, open expanses of frontier
Nebraska- See Iowa
Nevada- Reno 911
New Hampshire- The Flume near Franconia Notch
New Jersey- The Boardwalk at the Shore
New Mexico- Native American culture survives
New York- Empire State Building lit brilliantly in blue and orange (Let's go Mets!)
North Carolina- tobacco
North Dakota- Frozen prairie
Ohio- Cedar Point!
Oklahoma- the 1995 bombing in Okla City
Oregon- Full-service gasoline (only one other than NJ)
Pennsylvania- Amish country
Rhode Island- WaterFire
South Carolina- Gullah
South Dakota- Like North Dakota but maybe a degree or two warmer
Tennessee- HUGE CHURCHES
Texas- King of the Hill, and 10 gallon hats
Utah- salty water
Vermont- Ben & Jerrys
Virginia- Doing things the way their fawwthers did them
Washington- Frasier
West Virginia- Summer teeth
Wisconsin- Cheeseheads
Wyoming- the brutal killing of Matthew Shepard
Goonies was filmed in Astoria, OR- at least part of it!
I'm not sure where it was filmed but I am pretty sure it is supposed to take place in Maine.
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