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Old 09-05-2015, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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Alabama: George Wallace
Alaska: snow & cold
Arizona: old conservative transplants
Arkansas: Walmart
California: expensive (but good food)
Colorado: weed & mountains
Connecticut: between NYC & Boston
Delaware: Dogfish Head beer
Florida: crazy people
Georgia: African American mecca
Hawaii: colonized locals
Idaho: anything but potatoes
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Alabama of the Midwest (except Bloomington)
Iowa: corn
Kansas: crazy governor
Kentucky: Louisville
Louisiana: bon vivant
Maine: lobster
Maryland: crabs
Massachusetts: patriots
Michigan: American cars
Minnesota: Scandanavian culture
Mississippi: "We're not Alabama!"
Missouri: kinda Northern, kinda Southern
Montana: wide-open countryside
Nebraska: corn
Nevada: casinos
New Hampshire: election primaries
New Jersey: Italian-American mecca
New Mexico: Breaking Bad
New York: attitude
North Carolina: tobacco
North Dakota: oil
Ohio: Americana
Oregon: craft beer
Oklahoma: American Indians
Pennsylvania: old steel towns
Rhode Island: Family Guy
South Carolina: rednecks
South Dakota: that desecrated holy mountain in the Black Hills
Tennessee: country music
Texas: climate change deniers
Utah: Mormon Americans
Vermont: hippies
Virginia: blue-bloods
Washington: depressed people who drink coffee and smoke weed
West Virginia: poverty
Wisconsin: alcoholics
Wyoming: cowboys
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Old 09-05-2015, 09:40 PM
BMI
 
Location: Ontario
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Alabama: rednecks
Alaska: wilderness, cold
Arizona: Grand Canyon, Cacti, hot
Arkansas: Walmart, hillbillies
California: Hollywood, Disneyland, traffic
Colorado: skiing, John Denver
Connecticut: Greenwich Mansions
Delaware: ?
Florida: beaches, condos, gators
Georgia: Okefenokee Swamp, Sea Islands
Hawaii: hula dancing, Diamond Head, coconut palm trees
Idaho: potatoes, Craters of the Moon, Sun Valley
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Indianapolis 500
Iowa: cornfields
Kansas: flat
Kentucky: Kentucky Derby, bluegrass
Louisiana: Cajun cooking, jazz, French quarter
Maine: lobsters, north woods
Maryland: crabs, DC suburbs
Massachusetts: Cape Cod, Boston
Michigan: Detroit, car manufacturing
Minnesota: accent, cold
Mississippi: Delta Blues
Missouri: Ozarks, Gateway Arch
Montana: Going to the Sun Highway, Glacier National Park
Nebraska: Warren Buffet, Scottsbluff
Nevada: gambling, entertainment, brothels
New Hampshire: Mount Washington, White Mtns.
New Jersey: Cape May, beaches, Atlantic City
New Mexico: pueblos, adobe houses, white sands
New York: Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Adirondacks
North Carolina: Kitty Hawk, Smokey Mtns. Andy Griffith
North Dakota: Cold winters, Fargo accent
Ohio: Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
Oklahoma: speed traps on I-44, Garth Brooks
Oregon: Mt. Hood, Crater Lake
Pennsylvania: Amish, Poconos, Liberty Bell
Rhode Island: tiny
South Dakota: Badlands, Black Hills, Corn Palace
Tennessee: country music, Great Smokey Mountains
Utah: Mormons, Zion National Park, Great Salt Lake
Vermont: maple syrup, skiing
Virginia: Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia Beach
Washington: Mt Rainier, Grand Coulee Dam, San Juan Islands
West Virginia: hillbillies, moonshine
Wisconsin: cheese, beer, The Packers
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park, devil's tower, Grand Tetons

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Old 09-05-2015, 09:44 PM
 
Location: Prescott
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Alabama: Regular use of the N-word in casual conversation
Alaska: Snowbillies
Arizona: Cranky old farts who came down from the Rust Belt and brought their bigotry with them.
Arkansas: Screech owls and cockfighting (true story!)
California: Home sweet home
Colorado: Rocky Mountain High
Connecticut: Old money country club Republicans.
Delaware: Um... dairy cows? Nobody ever considers Delaware.
Florida: The weirdest, kookiest state of all.
Georgia: Big hair.
Hawaii: Take it easy brah....
Idaho: Aryan compounds.
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Boring.
Iowa: Green rolling hills.
Kansas: Flattest place on earth.
Kentucky: Horses and bourbon.
Louisiana: N'awlins!
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: John Waters
Massachusetts: The elite.
Michigan: Rust Belt.
Minnesota: Nice people with funny accents.
Mississippi: Lynchings.
Missouri: The Heartland.
Montana: Mean-ass cowboys.
Nebraska: Cattle and blizzards.
Nevada: Lived in Vegas for several years. God, where to begin?
New Hampshire: Libertarian.
New Jersey: Garbage.
New Mexico: Rural poverty.
New York: Center of the Freakin' Universe.
North Carolina: Research Triangle.
North Dakota: Sub-arctic winters.
Ohio: The Generic State
Oklahoma: I'll quote a friend from Houston. "The rest of the world thinks that Texas is full of hicks and mutants. But we here in Texas think that Oklahoma is full of hicks and mutants."
Oregon: Depression.
Pennsylvania: Cigarettes and cholesterol.
Rhode Island: Most grating accent ever.
South Carolina: Beaches.
South Dakota: Badlands.
Tennessee: Birthplace of Rock n' Roll, more or less.
Texas: Eager use of the death penalty.
Utah: Mormon Theocracy.
Vermont: Small liberal arts colleges.
Virginia: Old Southern Aristocracy.
Washington: Depressed logging towns.
West Virginia: Drunken fights, domestic violence.
Wisconsin: Cabin in the woods next to a lake.
Wyoming: Mostly empty, no jobs.

Not a bad list but I think you mixed-up Oregon and Washington!
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Old 09-06-2015, 10:24 AM
BCB
 
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Pretty acurate, though its "Carlsbad Caverns" not "Carlsbad Canyon" lol
Oh my goodness, what was I thinking?

I've even been there!
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Old 09-06-2015, 10:28 AM
BCB
 
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Alabama: rednecks
Alaska: wilderness, cold
Arizona: Grand Canyon, Cacti, hot
Arkansas: Walmart, hillbillies
California: Hollywood, Disneyland, traffic
Colorado: skiing, John Denver
Connecticut: Greenwich Mansions
Delaware: ?
Florida: beaches, condos, gators
Georgia: Okefenokee Swamp, Sea Islands
Hawaii: hula dancing, Diamond Head, coconut palm trees
Idaho: potatoes, Craters of the Moon, Sun Valley
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Indianapolis 500
Iowa: cornfields
Kansas: flat
Kentucky: Kentucky Derby, bluegrass
Louisiana: Cajun cooking, jazz, French quarter
Maine: lobsters, north woods
Maryland: crabs, DC suburbs
Massachusetts: Cape Cod, Boston
Michigan: Detroit, car manufacturing
Minnesota: accent, cold
Mississippi: Delta Blues
Missouri: Ozarks, Gateway Arch
Montana: Going to the Sun Highway, Glacier National Park
Nebraska: Warren Buffet, Scottsbluff
Nevada: gambling, entertainment, brothels
New Hampshire: Mount Washington, White Mtns.
New Jersey: Cape May, beaches, Atlantic City
New Mexico: pueblos, adobe houses, white sands
New York: Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Adirondacks
North Carolina: Kitty Hawk, Smokey Mtns. Andy Griffith
North Dakota: Cold winters, Fargo accent
Ohio: Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
Oklahoma: speed traps on I-44, Garth Brooks
Oregon: Mt. Hood, Crater Lake
Pennsylvania: Amish, Poconos, Liberty Bell
Rhode Island: tiny
South Dakota: Badlands, Black Hills, Corn Palace
Tennessee: country music, Great Smokey Mountains
Utah: Mormons, Zion National Park, Great Salt Lake
Vermont: maple syrup, skiing
Virginia: Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia Beach
Washington: Mt Rainier, Grand Coulee Dam, San Juan Islands
West Virginia: hillbillies, moonshine
Wisconsin: cheese, beer, The Packers
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park, devil's tower, Grand Tetons
You left off a big state...
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Old 09-06-2015, 11:42 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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You left off a big state...
nope, Alaska's there
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Old 09-06-2015, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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nope, Alaska's there
BCB said a state, not an ice cube.
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Old 09-06-2015, 03:48 PM
 
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Alabama: rednecks
Alaska: wilderness, cold
Arizona: Grand Canyon, Cacti, hot
Arkansas: Walmart, hillbillies
California: Hollywood, Disneyland, traffic
Colorado: skiing, John Denver
Connecticut: Greenwich Mansions
Delaware: ?
Florida: beaches, condos, gators
Georgia: Okefenokee Swamp, Sea Islands
Hawaii: hula dancing, Diamond Head, coconut palm trees
Idaho: potatoes, Craters of the Moon, Sun Valley
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Indianapolis 500
Iowa: cornfields
Kansas: flat
Kentucky: Kentucky Derby, bluegrass
Louisiana: Cajun cooking, jazz, French quarter
Maine: lobsters, north woods
Maryland: crabs, DC suburbs
Massachusetts: Cape Cod, Boston
Michigan: Detroit, car manufacturing
Minnesota: accent, cold
Mississippi: Delta Blues
Missouri: Ozarks, Gateway Arch
Montana: Going to the Sun Highway, Glacier National Park
Nebraska: Warren Buffet, Scottsbluff
Nevada: gambling, entertainment, brothels
New Hampshire: Mount Washington, White Mtns.
New Jersey: Cape May, beaches, Atlantic City
New Mexico: pueblos, adobe houses, white sands
New York: Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Adirondacks
North Carolina: Kitty Hawk, Smokey Mtns. Andy Griffith
North Dakota: Cold winters, Fargo accent
Ohio: Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
Oklahoma: speed traps on I-44, Garth Brooks
Oregon: Mt. Hood, Crater Lake
Pennsylvania: Amish, Poconos, Liberty Bell
Rhode Island: tiny
South Dakota: Badlands, Black Hills, Corn Palace
Tennessee: country music, Great Smokey Mountains
Utah: Mormons, Zion National Park, Great Salt Lake
Vermont: maple syrup, skiing
Virginia: Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia Beach
Washington: Mt Rainier, Grand Coulee Dam, San Juan Islands
West Virginia: hillbillies, moonshine
Wisconsin: cheese, beer, The Packers
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park, devil's tower, Grand Tetons
No SC?
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Old 09-06-2015, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
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Alabama: Louisiana's sports rival
Alaska: Canada
Arizona: The Spoony one
Arkansas: 2 the ranting gryphon
California: A state people are severely ignorant about
Colorado: South Park
Connecticut: Snobs
Delaware: Wait, there's a Delaware?
Florida: FLORIDA MAN
Georgia: Dixie incarnate
Hawaii: Asian natives
Idaho: Does anybody actually live here?
Illinois: Corn
Indiana: Yankees trying to be southerners
Iowa: Forgotten hill country
Kansas: Tornadoes
Kentucky: My favorite southern state
Louisiana: Alabama's sports rival
Maine: New England hillbillies
Maryland: "good lord this looks just like upstate NY"
Massachusetts: Avoid
Michigan: Where my uncle lived
Minnesota: The sawtooths
Missouri: Missouri loves company
Montana: Big sky country
Nebraska: North Kansas
Nevada: Prisons
New Hampshire: Angry rich hillbillies
New Jersey: Pine barrens
New Mexico: Old Mexico light
New York: Another state people are severely ignorant about
North Carolina: The Lazy game reviews guy is from here
North Dakota: Dakota of the north
Ohio: More yankees trying to be southerners
Oklahoma: More forgotten hills
Oregon: Beauty
Pennsylvania: Where I feel at home part 1
Rhode Island: severe case of haves and have-nots
South Carolina: Political unrest
South Dakota: Dakota of the south
Tennessee: Knoxville
Texas: West Lousiana meets eastern New Mexico
Utah: Alien landscapes
Vermont: Under-rated
Virginia: America incarnate
Washington: Volcano
West Virginia: Where I feel at home part 2 (literally my favorite state)
Wisconsin: Cheese <- not gonna lie
Wyoming: native American ghosts (no, really)

Edit: Where's Mississippi? I just copy-pasted this list, so if there is any other state missing let me know.

Mississippi: Endless forestry.
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Old 09-07-2015, 10:39 AM
 
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Alabama: College Football
Alaska: Iditarod
Arizona: Rectangular state with a desert for seniors citizens
Arkansas: Razorbacks
California: Hollywood
Colorado: Rocky Mountains
Connecticut: New York suburb
Delaware: Pennsylvania suburb
Florida: Sunshine
Georgia: Peaches
Hawaii: Surfboards
Idaho: Potatoes
Illinois: Prohibition and gangsters
Indiana: Indy 500
Iowa: Hogs
Kansas: Wizard of Oz
Kentucky: Horse Racing
Louisiana: Cajuns
Maine: Lobsters
Maryland: Chesapeake Blue Crabs
Massachusetts: The Kennedy's
Michigan: Motown Sounds
Minnesota: Midwest liberals
Missouri: Riots
Montana: Big Sky Country
Nebraska: Corn
Nevada: Desert with a casino
New Hampshire: I have to think about that one
New Jersey: New York wannabe
New Mexico: Rectangular state with a big desert and green chilli peppers
New York: Center of the universe
North Carolina: Michael Jordan
North Dakota: I have to think about that one
Ohio: Race riot capital of USA
Oklahoma: Dust Bowl
Oregon: One of those rectangular states
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Sounds
Rhode Island: Don't blink while driving through
South Carolina: Geechee
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore
Tennessee: Home of the Grand Wizard
Texas: Could be its own country
Utah: Rectangular state with Mormons
Vermont: Maple Syrup
Virginia: Birth place of Presidents
Washington: One of those rectangular states
West Virginia: Hillbilly
Wisconsin: Cheese
Wyoming: Devil's Tower
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