Which state do you tend to forget that it's a state? (best, live)

[kcee510]

In no particular order

Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
West Virginia

* by the way I know where all of these states are located and their history but these states hardly cross my mind unless they are in the national news. I live in California surrounded by 36 effing million people, sometimes you lose sight of the smaller states back east.

[Blackbeauty212]

Im going to say New Jersey.....alot of people forget that this is a state and not just a big massive suburb of Nyc and Philly with a shore...

[kcee510]

Originally Posted by Georgiafrog

For me, it has to be either Australia or Mongolia. Seriously? I don't think that I could forget that a state is a state. I'm a bit of a map geek though I suppose, but isn't our pitiful knowledge of geography part of what we are internationally ridiculed for? Here y'all are.

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I don't think people are actually "forgetting" a state, it's just states that are not on your mind too often.

[Thomas R.]

Yeah the phrasing is weird, but it seems like they're meaning overlooked states. Some states that I think are fairly overlooked are perhaps understandably overlooked as they're rather small in population.

Delaware
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota

[BVitamin]

Here's the definition of the word

1 a : to lose the remembrance of : be unable to think of or recall <I forget his name> b obsolete : to cease from doing

2 : to treat with inattention or disregard <forgot their old friends>

3 a : to disregard intentionally : overlook —usually used in the imperative <I shouldn't have said that, so just forget it> b : to give up hope for or expectation of —usually used in the imperative <as for prompt service, forget it>

Forget - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[Lovely95]

So you mean forget that the state exists or that it's so different from the rest of the country that you think it's foreign?

[Chicago60614]

I guess I could never really "forget" a state since I know them all and have visited 49.

If I had to name the most glossed over when I'm thinking about or discussing places, I suppose it would be Delaware. I just don't hear much about the state, and it's so small it doesn't really pop out at you on a map.

I know it's there, but I'm fairly ignorant as to their current issues and events.

[urza216]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

Not so fast. We'll give you Gary, East Chicago, Hammond and Whiting. Everything south of the Borman, however, stays in IN. Deal??

It's a deal.

[TANaples]

Delaware "Small Wonder" - They ain't kidding!

[TANaples]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

Where I'm originally from (Rochester), we'd say "New York City", to differentiate from the state, I guess.

they were going to New York. Duh? You ARE in New York. They meant NYC, specifically Manhattan. Just SAY it. Silly.