What state is the biggest mystery to you? - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 03-19-2006, 03:00 PM

During the course of your Internet travels, you make the acquaintance of a nice person from Thailand named Santawanjanoop Parseethanawanapattapittyparwanathanasan. Santawanjanoop informs you that he/she (you don't know if Santawanjanoop is a male name or female name) is moving to the U.S. next year, and will be living in [insert state name here]. Santawanjanoop asks you for a brain dump of what it's like to live in [insert state name here].

What state would give you the most trouble?

For me, a couple of states stand out. Connecticut is probably the most mysterious state for me. I don't know much of anything about it, and can hardly even name cities in Connecticut. Is it urban, or is it just a bunch of New York suburbs? Connecticut is kind of a black hole for me.

Another state that is challenging on a different scale is California. I know a fair amount about the state, but I can never keep all of the second-tier cities straight. Where is Santa Monica compared to Santa Anna compared to Santa Rosa compare to Santa Rosita (if there is a Santa Rosita). That state has far too many cities that start with Santa.

The other mysterious state is Delaware. I still question whether it really exists, or if it's some mythical place like Shangri-La or Cibola or Puerto Rico.

Ultra Peanut · 03-19-2006, 03:33 PM

Fun fact: Wyoming doesn't actually exist on the physical plane.

**Bugeater** · 03-19-2006, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

There are vast stretches of Wyoming that are nothing but rock-strewn wastelands. No water anywhere, nothing living.

That's for sure. We visited Devil's Tower a couple years ago, it was in the middle of one of the most desolate areas I've ever been in. The Great Salt Flats were more exciting.

big nasty kcnut · 03-19-2006, 03:43 PM

I never could tell you anything about west virgina. Might be a nice place but there nothing much i can tell you about it.

**Rain Man** · 03-19-2006, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Fun fact: Wyoming doesn't actually exist on the physical plane.

No, you're thinking of Zeeoming.

Frazod · 03-19-2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

That's for sure. We visited Devil's Tower a couple years ago, it was in the middle of one of the most desolate areas I've ever been in. The Great Salt Flats were more exciting.

If you thought that part of desolate, you should try driving on I-80 west of Laramie. There are trees and grass around Devils Tower. West of Laramie - NOTHING.

beavis · 03-19-2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

The other mysterious state is Delaware. I still question whether it really exists, or if it's some mythical place like Shangri-La or Cibola or Puerto Rico.

This would be mine. I literally don't know of anything located there. All I envision is one solitary 100 story building where records are kept on every corporation ever formed.

**chefsos** · 03-19-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by beavis

This would be mine. I literally don't know of anything located there. All I envision is one solitary 100 story building where records are kept on every corporation ever formed.

That building's only 78 stories at high tide, though.

DJay23 · 03-19-2006, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by kcnut

I never could tell you anything about west virgina. Might be a nice place but there nothing much i can tell you about it.

It's a lawless wasteland where everyone is somehow related.

Halfcan · 03-19-2006, 05:09 PM

Alaska-I would l,ike to see it before Bush drills the hell out of it to get oil, and clear cuts all the forest down.

**banyon** · 03-19-2006, 05:12 PM

I vote Louisiana. They got their own different system of laws.

JBucc · 03-19-2006, 05:19 PM

That one state up there by Maine. I don't even know it's name it's so mysterious.

**QuikSsurfer** · 03-19-2006, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

North Dakota. I'm pretty sure Canada could invade it and no one would notice.

el borracho · 03-19-2006, 06:00 PM

The drunken state. How do I always wind up in that state and who can say what happens while I'm there?

Simplex3 · 03-19-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yes. YES! That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Why is that? I envision big stands of primordial redwood forests, and uninhabited rocky beaches where Big Sur-type waves crash against the shore under the call of seagulls. North of there, people live along the Washington coast, and even the Oregon coast. South of there, people are jammed by the millions along the coastline in tiny apartments at huge prices, yet there remains hundreds of miles of uninhabited space just north of them. What's the deal? Are the beaches infested with giant, man-eating crabs? Do Bigfoot creatures rule the area? Are there dinosaurs and smilodons and California condors that swoop down and carry off struggling gold miners to their deaths? What's the deal?

One word:

Environmentalists.

Simplex3 · 03-19-2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Halfcan

Alaska-I would l,ike to see it before Bush drills the hell out of it to get oil, and clear cuts all the forest down.

Please, please tell me you're just being a dumbass.

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