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Old 11-10-2012, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Cleveland
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Okay, set 2:
Georgia-
Idaho-
Louisiana-
Maine-
Michigan-
New Jersey-
New York-
Oregon-
Pennsylvania-
West Virginia-
Wisconsin-
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Old 11-10-2012, 08:46 PM
 
Location: Atlanta & NYC
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Georgia- Forrest Gump.
Idaho- No, you da ho.
Louisiana- Lil Wayne.
Maine- Old gay men.
Michigan- Detroit.
New Jersey- Ghetto dump.
New York-
Oregon- A never ending field.
Pennsylvania- Pointless piece of undeveloped land.
West Virginia- I didn't even know this state existed still.
Wisconsin- Nothing actually.
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Cold Frozen North
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Alabama-good ol' boys
Arizona-desert
Arkansas-Clinton
Florida-awful summer weather
Indiana-rural living
Kentucky-bluegrass
Minnesota-cold winter weather
Mississippi-see Alabama
Nebraska-wide open spaces
New Mexico-???
Ohio-big manufacturing belt
Oklahoma-tornado alley
Tennessee-country music
Washington-cool and rainy weather
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:39 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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Georgia- Peaches
Idaho- Potatoes
Louisiana- New Orleans
Maine- Crabs
Michigan- Wannabe Minnesota
New Jersey- Atlantic City boardwalk
New York- Niagara Falls
Oregon- Portland
Pennsylvania- Philly
West Virginia- Coal
Wisconsin- Wannabe Minnesota

Boom! nailed it.
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:52 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Cleverfield View Post
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of this random collection of states chosen for no particular reason?

Alabama-successful rural quizbowl
Arizona-the London Bridge
Arkansas-worst drivers outside of New Jersey
Florida-oranges
Indiana-how underrated Muncie and Fort Wayne are
Kentucky-state with most successful government-sponsored quizbowl program
Minnesota-where I would've gone to graduate school
Mississippi-Haley Barbour
Nebraska-Tom Osborne/Frank Solich
New Mexico-the awesome adobe houses in the older cities/towns/neighborhoods in the state
Ohio-the OSU Marching band
Oklahoma-Sonic
Tennessee-government funded graphing calculators for high school students
Washington-the largest Austrian School of Economics society outside of Vienna
To answer ja1myn, Minnesota has a bunch of extinct volcanoes that have been eroded away and is relatively flat.
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:58 PM
 
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Georgia-red dirt, white clay, white cotton, white Vidalia onions
Idaho-legalized topless car washes
Louisiana-Zydeco music
Maine-lobster
Michigan-lots of interior lakes, a few larger ones on the outside, the most evil state in the US
New Jersey-worst drivers in the US
New York-the Finger Lakes
Oregon-Mount Hood
Pennsylvania-the peninsula that sticks off of Erie
West Virginia-Weirton, the only US city with one pair of opposite boundaries bordering other places in the state, and the other pair (in this case eastern and western)bordering two other states.
Wisconsin-the dairy police
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Old 11-10-2012, 10:07 PM
 
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Georgia Peaches
Idaho Potatoes
Louisiana Flooding
Maine Lobsters
Michigan Deindustrialization
New Jersey Trashy
New York Statue of Liberty
Oregon Trail
Pennsylvania Fresh Prince
West Virginia Clairece Starling
Wisconsin Cheese
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Old 11-10-2012, 10:41 PM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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Originally Posted by HighPlainsDrifter73 View Post
Alabama-good ol' boys
Arizona-desert
Arkansas-Clinton
Florida-awful summer weather
Indiana-rural living
Kentucky-bluegrass
Minnesota-cold winter weather
Mississippi-see Alabama
Nebraska-wide open spaces
New Mexico-???
Ohio-big manufacturing belt
Oklahoma-tornado alley
Tennessee-country music
Washington-cool and rainy weather
Have you ever heard of Indianapolis?
Theres is nothing *Rural* about Indy.
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Old 11-10-2012, 11:15 PM
 
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Alabama-(only negative thoughts, best not posted)
Arizona- Cacti
Arkansas- Razorbacks
Florida-Valhalla
Indiana-Indy 500
Kentucky-Fried Chicken
Minnesota-Really cold, donchano..
Mississippi-(More negative)
Nebraska-I've never thought about Nebraska before...farms? snow?
New Mexico-Dual language constitution
Ohio-Pennsylvania with more abandoned factories
Oklahoma-flat, dusty, covered in tumbleweeds
Tennessee-Country Music
Washington-Big Foot
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Old 11-11-2012, 04:58 AM
 
Location: Atlanta & NYC
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Have you ever heard of Indianapolis?
Theres is nothing *Rural* about Indy.
There's nothing urban about it either.
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