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Most forgettable US State.

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  • #182
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    MadsL wrote: »
    Flagstaff, pretty mountain town
    Williams, historic train town
    Jerome, cool former ghost town
    Winslow, bit of a dump with one of the greatest hotels in the US in it.
    Tombstone, utterly amazing place. Walking into saloons that have barely changed since Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson walked into them.

    and then there's Phoenix. :D

    It's somewhere I wish I could have spent more time, I loved all the small Route 66 towns and the real Americana feel of it. Some absolutely stunning scenery too.


  • #183
    krudler
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    Kiwi in IE wrote: »
    Arkansas and Iowa are definitely forgettable. And Michigan. I think of it as a lake and completely forget it is also a State. Utah wins though.

    I've been to Detroit, the area around Ford Field is nice and the Ford museum is cool the rest is a hole though.


  • #184
    bbam
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    Texas !
    I did some stints of work in Dallas a few years ago and it's a right ****e hole. Boring people boring landscapes and just nothing going on.


  • #185
    Capt'n Midnight
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Don't certain Texans view themselves as being a separate country? :pac:
    Nah they are just another state
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Mexico


  • #186
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    I spent 3 months travelling in the US about 3 years ago and visited 27 states. I visited some great places but also some awfully boring places when I was there. The most boring one I've been to was Indiana. I spent a day in South Bend and I was gone. I'm sure there's more to Indiana than that but it was enough for me to move on.


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  • #187
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Nah they are just another state
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Mexico

    Looked a lot different in 1821...


  • #188
    Kiwi in IE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭Kiwi in IE


    Haha I actually have no proper informed opinion on which ones are actually forgettable or not, as the only ones I have been to are California and Hawaii, I am going by which names stick in your head due to songs, movies, major cities etc. Those of you who have actually been to these places have a real idea of whether or not they are in fact, forgettable. I wouldn't have a clue.


  • #189
    LizT
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Idaho is another one you never hear much about. Next door to Wyoming I think.

    They have a potato museum, I was there.

    Minnesota has the Spam museum which is pretty cool


  • #190
    Eleysian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭Eleysian


    Missouri - "The Show Me State" (I love Kansas City)
    Kansas - "The Sunflower State" - love being out on the prairies for that brief week or two when spring or fall comes in
    Kentucky - "Unbridled Spirit" - The Old Bluegrass State
    Iowa - "The Hawkeye State" - Heart of America


  • #191
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Jamsiek wrote: »
    The only thing I remember about it is that it's always the first state for the presidential primaries.

    no its not


    New Hampshire has the First Primary


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  • #192
    wendell borton
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    She's got a birthmark the shape of Maine.


  • #193
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    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.

    Ohio has had more US presidents than any other state. Not that that means much.


  • #194
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Oregon "The Beaver State"

    *snigger*


  • #195
    Pug160
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    There are a few obscure ones. And I'm guessing they're obscure for a reason. Probably a few hidden gems here and there though.


  • #196
    WilyCoyote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    Smidge wrote: »
    Anybodies thoughts on Georgia?

    Smidge? Are you sure you're OK? :)

    Sing it Ray:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgWBN8yt_E


    and Brook Benton:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qYvMPaAEx8


    and Gladys Knight:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78-ftcqpNw


    and Reba McEntire:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcuFGxuRMZ0


  • #197
    WilyCoyote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    MadsL wrote: »
    Salpa?
    Not bad
    9/10
    would.

    Forget those base thoughts and listen to Brook Benton ....... the definitive version of Rainy Night in Georgia


  • #198
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    Idaho, potato capital or not.


  • #199
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,972 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Two Americans who used to work with me here had lived in Montana for about 20 years after moving there from California for his job.

    They didn't have many positive things to say about the place.


  • #200
    poppyvally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭poppyvally


    Washington state where it rains 9 months of the year.


  • #201
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,290 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    How could you possibly forget North Dakota but remember South Dakota?


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  • #202
    [Deleted User]
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    How could you possibly forget North Dakota but remember South Dakota?

    It has Mount Rushmore!


  • #203
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    pickarooney wrote: »
    How could you possibly forget North Dakota but remember South Dakota?

    Take me back to the black hills
    The black hills of Dakota...


  • #204
    Jamsiek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Jamsiek


    poppyvally wrote: »
    Washington state where it rains 9 months of the year.

    It has Seattle though and it's been very dry this past year


  • #205
    ProfessorPlum
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    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.

    I've I friend from Ohio. Tells me that Ohio has produced more astronauts than any other state. People from Ohio really, really want to get away.


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