What state is the biggest mystery to you?

[Rain Man]

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.

[Bowser]

[KcMizzou]

From raccoon sex to this. Only on Chiefsplanet.

[Dinny Bossa Nova]

My biggest mystery state would be that of being, because all of us are basically just students of life.

As far as states of America, do you mean the ones I can name? I just realized I can't list the names of all fifty states without a map or some other form of clues.

Dinny

[58-4ever]

Originally Posted by Dinny Blues

My biggest mystery state would be that of being, because all of us are basically just students of life.

As far as states of America, do you mean the ones I can name? I just realized I can't list the names of all fifty states without a map or some other form of clues.

Dinny

then you should deport yourself

[OnTheWarpath15]

then you should deport yourself

Hell, if that was the case, the good ole USA would be inhabited by approximately 72 people......

[Dinny Bossa Nova]

Originally Posted by 58-4ever

then you should deport yourself

I can't, I've got a hair out of place.

I can't go anywhere with a hair out of place.

Dinny

[chiefs4me]

Originally Posted by banyon

Rhode Island.

You know it's not even an Island.

What are those people trying to hide?

yep, I thought I better see if anyone posted it first, the Island part doesn't bother me as much as who lives there, and what do they do??

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

One of my favorite bits of trivia is that, during the Cold War, North Dakota had so many nukes that if it seceded from the Union, North Dakota would have become the world's third-largest nuclear power after the (rest of the) U.S. and the Soviet Union.

I'm not sure how many they've got today, but I have a feeling that Canada would probably retreat after Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Windsor, Calgary, and a few other cities disappeared in pillars of North Dakota fire.

That is very correct. Also at the height of the Cold War, my hometown (Grand Forks) was THE #1 most dangerous place to live in the entire country. If anything was going to lead us through a nuclear war with the Soviets, it would be the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

Pretty cool, I think.

[RealSNR]

WTF is up with Idaho? It's got potatoes and cities with funny names like "Boise" and "Coeur d'Alaine"

Also, it's the most oddly shaped of all the 50 states, I'd have to say.

[SLAG]

Originally Posted by SNR

WTF is up with Idaho? It's got potatoes and cities with funny names like "Boise" and "Coeur d'Alaine"

Also, it's the most oddly shaped of all the 50 states, I'd have to say.

Alaska is pretty odd shaped

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by SNR

WTF is up with Idaho? It's got potatoes and cities with funny names like "Boise" and "Coeur d'Alaine".

Missouri isn't much better with "Peculiar" and "Knob Noster".

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by SLAG02

Alaska is pretty odd shaped

Coastal areas are given a pardon. They take what mother nature deals them. There's no excuse for the disgusting shape that is Idaho.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by frazod

Why are there no major cities in northern California? Is it some uninhabitable wasteland, or have shitty weather, or what? Perhaps that's the area of the state where the normal people live, and there aren't enough of them to form a major city.

Absolutely correct, my friend. Outstanding insight from an outsider!

[listopencil]

While I'm on this thread, WTF is up with Oklahoma? It's just the crap that was left over when all of the real states where done. On the map it's like a giant hand warning you, "Keep moving, nothing to see here. Don't bother stopping."

[listopencil]

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?

Nope. It's just me, my family and my close friends. We kill all of those Southern Californians stupid enough to wander up here.