Most forgettable US State.

Omackeral

Which State of America do you think is most forgettable, uneventful or one that you just know feck all about?

I was doing a quiz on the Sporcle website yesterday and named all but one State. It was Pennsylvania. I wouldn't class it as an uninteresting one or anything, I just couldn't remember it.


As for ones I'd know little or nothing about? Nebraska would rank up there definitely.
Which of the 50* do you find unremarkable?


And no, there's not 52 before someone says it.

The Master

Canada, easy to miss all tucked away down there

dark crystal

Wisconsin. I always forget Wisconsin!

crockholm

West Virginia

The_Pretender

Alaska.

beertons

The one with Shannon Airport.

Hande hoche!

New Hampshire.

keith16

Wyoming.

Only state that ends in the letter 'G'.

Pretty crap claim to fame.

WoollyRedHat

Idaho, Rhode Island and Vermont.

kneemos

The state of it.

force eleven

North Dakota. A wasteland

e_e

Delaware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGDgc1qNCA

cml387

Penny comes from Nebrasksa, hence it's memorable.

I'd go for any state that hasn't had a song written about it.

Probably North Dakota

anncoates

Omackeral wrote: »

As for ones I'd know little or nothing about? Nebraska would rank up there definitely.

Great album, in fairness.

super_furry

Ohio. The only thing I could tell you about is that Michael J Fox had a t-shirt that said Ohio during the opening credits of Family Ties.

long range shooter

Minnesota

Dyr

Missouri

i mean at least the likes of ohio and dakota are famous for being boring kips

frag420

California...

colly_06

Maine. Had to post something there and didn't even think it was a state

dark crystal

colly_06 wrote: »

Maine. Had to post something there and didn't even think it was a state

Not a Stephen King fan I take it?

cml387

Bill Bryson on Nebraska:

“When I was growing up, I used to wonder how Nebraska came to be lived in. I mean to say, the original settlers, creaking across America in their covered wagons, had to have passed through Iowa, which is green and fertile and has, as I say, a hill, but stopped short of Colorado, which is green and fertile and has a mountain range, and settled instead for a place that is flat and brown and full of stubble and prairie dogs. Doesn’t make a lot of sense, does it? Do you know what the original settlers made their houses of? Dried mud. And do you know what happened to all those mud houses when the rainy season came every year? That’s correct, they slid straight into the Platte River.

stoneill

That one - whatjamacallit? you know the one, thingy place.

cml387

colly_06 wrote: »

Maine. Had to post something there and didn't even think it was a state

Maine have "Live free or die" on their licence plates.

Bacchus

stoneill wrote: »

That one - whatjamacallit? you know the one, thingy place.

Same here. Can never remember that one either.

Hande hoche!

cml387 wrote: »

Maine have "Live free or die" on their licence plates.

That's New Hampshire.

Omackeral

Bambi wrote: »

Missouri

i mean at least the likes of ohio and dakota are famous for being boring kips

I'll be in the cold,cold ground before I recognise Missouri

iDave

oooooh theres a New Mexico

kneemos

cml387 wrote: »

Bill Bryson on Nebraska:

“When I was growing up, I used to wonder how Nebraska came to be lived in. I mean to say, the original settlers, creaking across America in their covered wagons, had to have passed through Iowa, which is green and fertile and has, as I say, a hill, but stopped short of Colorado, which is green and fertile and has a mountain range, and settled instead for a place that is flat and brown and full of stubble and prairie dogs. Doesn’t make a lot of sense, does it? Do you know what the original settlers made their houses of? Dried mud. And do you know what happened to all those mud houses when the rainy season came every year? That’s correct, they slid straight into the Platte River.

Must have been unsettling.

dark crystal

iDave wrote: »

oooooh theres a New Mexico

Yes. Heisenberg lives there.

cml387

Hande hoche! wrote: »

That's New Hampshire.

Shows how unmemorable it is then.

Maine's is actually "Meh,whatever"

Omackeral

I suppose the thread is flawed in that if you can't remember a state, you won my be able to name it. And I'm the OP!

Anyway, Vermont

Caliden

Indiana / Arkansas

crockholm

long range shooter wrote: »

Minnesota

A lot of your people in Minnesota.

DrGreenthumb

state of amnesia

Wisconsin is one of the states I remember the most, more so because I used to love That 70s Show and would essentially shout, "HELLO WISCONSIN!" alongside the intro.

keano_afc

Delaware. Apart from Wilmington of course.

Yamanoto

long range shooter wrote: »

Minnesota

The first time I visited the State my trousers froze....while I was wearing 'em.

That's not summit you forget in a hurry.

SEPT 23 1989

Kingdom of Beaver Island

pueblo

cml387 wrote: »

Shows how unmemorable it is then.

Maine's is actually "Meh,whatever"

Maine's plates say "Vacationland' It's also known as the Pine Tree State..

Duckworth_Luas

State of Franklin, so $hit it no longer even exists!

castletownman

Montana. A massive, sparsely populated rural landscape with little by way of industry or redeeming features.

I believe it's license plates have "The Roscommon of the US" written on them.

MonaPizza

Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Indiana, both Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Wisconsin, Minnesota are all forgettable dumps. Basically any place that's not coastal or deep south. I hate rednecks but Dixieland has a bit of character and I like the black people from there. The desert states like Texas, Nevada, Arizona are crap too.

razorblunt

Vermont.

Starts with a V ends with mont how pretentious.

The Backwards Man

Puerto Rico. Everyone forgets about it, even the US government.

Jaggy

super_furry wrote: »

Ohio. The only thing I could tell you about is that Michael J Fox had a t-shirt that said Ohio during the opening credits of Family Ties.

That's a more memorable one for me, a huge amount of astronauts from there, including Neil Armstrong.

**useless fact**

Couldn't tell you anything else about it though...

MonaPizza

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Puerto Rico. Everyone forgets about it, even the US government.

It isn't a state.

P_1

castletownman wrote: »

Montana. A massive, sparsely populated rural landscape with little by way of industry or redeeming features.

I believe it's license plates have "The Roscommon of the US" written on them.

It does have a truckload of nukes though...

The Backwards Man

MonaPizza wrote: »

It isn't a state.

Virtual internet apple for you. Go to the front of the class and take a bow, my good fellow.

Yamanoto

MonaPizza wrote: »

I hate rednecks but Dixieland has a bit of character and I like the black people from there.

You should have them over for dinner, that'd be nice.

Get off my lawn!

castletownman wrote: »

Montana. A massive, sparsely populated rural landscape with little by way of industry or redeeming features.

I believe it's license plates have "The Roscommon of the US" written on them.

At least it is beautiful. Ohio is like the armpit of the US. That said, it's hard to forget a place where the river in the largest city once caught on fire.

I'll go with North Dakota for forgettable. At least South Dakota has the Badlands, Mt Rushmore, and the Corn Palace. North Dakota has...a lot of Durham wheat. :-/

Get off my lawn!

MonaPizza wrote: »

Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Indiana, both Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Wisconsin, Minnesota are all forgettable dumps. Basically any place that's not coastal or deep south. I hate rednecks but Dixieland has a bit of character and I like the black people from there. The desert states like Texas, Nevada, Arizona are crap too.

Wisconsin has amazing beer, cheese, and sausage and is the home of Harley-Davidson. Don't hate on Wisconsin. X-(