What is your fave US State?

[GypsyGoth]

Out of the 50 of them which one do you like the best? (Not necessarily one you've travelled to).

[King Gizzard]

Illinois for Chicago
Washington for Seattle

[MTVN]

Colorado, admittedly mainly because I've been there a couple of times and support all their sport teams, but I like it's Western culture and also all the snow and ski resorts that are dotted around. Of the ones I've not visited I find the Southern states the most interesting; Mississippi, Alabama etc.

[Smithy]

New York

[Ninastar]

MD :love:

[GypsyGoth]

Which one is MD?

And I think I like Alaska the best, the place seems breathtaking and really vast :love:

[Omah]

Mississippi by Bobbie Gentry

[Redway]

California. For obvious reasons and otherwise.

[Ninastar]

Which one is MD?

And I think I like Alaska the best, the place seems breathtaking and really vast :love:

maryland bitch

[GypsyGoth]

Oh right :laugh:

[Alf]

Louisiana
Tennessee
Illinois

For their contributions to music

[lostalex]

MD :love:

The Maryland flag is my favorite.

http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst032.gif

[Ninastar]

The Maryland flag is my favorite.

http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst032.gif

It's a bitch to draw.

Thanks for posting it though, brought back a ton of memories. Odd how one simple image can do it.

[lostalex]

My favorite state is my home state Virginia

Here's some fun facts about Virginia:

Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.

The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.

Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.

Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.

Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

Arlington County was originally part of the ten-mile square parcel of land surveyed in 1791 to be part of Washington, DC. The U.S. Congress returned that portion of the land to the "Commonwealth of Virginia" following a referendum among its citizens.

Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

Six Presidents' wives were born in Virginia: Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Edith Wilson.

Seven Presidents are buried in Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taft and Kennedy.

The present state capital in Richmond was also the capital of the Confederacy.

The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg is the second oldest in the United States, it was founded in 1693.

The State nickname is "Old Dominion".

The State flower is not really a flower, but the blossom of the dogwood tree, which is also the state tree.

The first peanuts grown in the United States were grown in Virginia.

http://www.world-wide-gifts.com/images/large/acrylic-fridge-magnet-united-states-of-america-virginia-state-flag.jpg

[GypsyGoth]

Isn't that the quote on the flag that Booth said when he shot Lincoln?

[lostalex]

Isn't that the quote on the flag that Booth said when he shot Lincoln?

yup. Death to Tyrants.

The phrase was recommended by George Mason to the Virginia Convention in 1776, as part of the commonwealth's seal. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia shows Virtue, spear in hand, with her foot on the prostrate form of Tyranny, whose crown lies nearby. The Seal was planned by Mason and designed by George Wythe, who signed the United States Declaration of Independence and taught law to Thomas Jefferson.[5] A common joke in Virginia, referencing the image on the seal and dating at least as far back as the Civil War, is that "Sic semper tyrannis" actually means "Get your foot off my neck."

-wikipedia

[GypsyGoth]

Get your foot off my neck :laugh2:

[Drew.]

never been to America but California looks really nice

[Jake.]

Loved Florida when I went there :love:

[Niall]

Florida. I've been there so many times, and every single time I've adored it. :lovedup:

[Kizzy]

Sic semper tyrannis... I really like that, I think we should adopt that motto here :)
I have never been to America, I hear kansas is safe again? :)

[reece(:]

Nevada :love:

[Shaun]

I'd like to go to loads of them tbh... Louisiana, Colorado, California, Oregon and New York the most.

[Glenn.]

Florida because I've been there and love it so much.

There's a lot of places I'd like to see in America. Colorado, California, New Orleans, New York.

[swinearefine]

Oregon and Washington. I've never been there, but I love the landscape and weather and the liberal attitude a lot of people seem to have. Plus I hear Portland and Seattle are two of the most vegan-friendly cities in the country. Of the state's I've been to I like Massachusetts the most. Boston's a really fun city and all of my family lives there.

[Gstar]

New York (obviously)

2nd choice would be Atlanta :love:

[AnnieK]

I loved New York and also stayed for a year in South Carolina and spent a lot of time on the coast in North Carolina so love those states for some great memories. Would love to visit Nevada and always wanted to go to Louisiana

[SharkAttack]

The entire Northwest is absolutely beautiful, especially the west coastal areas near Vancouver, Canada, down through Oregon. Think: rain forest and granola, and hikers. Having to leave there was very difficult.

2nd, New England. Just all of it. Good access to Montreal, the Atlantic, and great seafood, not to mention the dramatic Autumns.

3rd, California, because it has a north and a south, and almost too many things to do. It's ridiculously amazing. I would push it to number one in an instant, but I'm nostalgic. Where we are now is nowhere I've been in my life, and it's amazing, and I feel spoiled to the point of throwing up. ... Florida was very beautiful for the year I spent there, but too many snakes, and lizards, and, hell, I don't like it that humid weather all the time with the hurricane season(we got 3 of them on our stay there!.) Walk to the market less than a mile away meant having to change clothes as soon as you got home. Heh heh.

Final answer: California. Runner up: Seattle or West Washington state.

Edit: for those of you considering Nevada, my sister-in-law has been living there for a substantial amount of time with her family, and when we suggest we come visit them, she blasts that idea and they're usually on their way to us in about an hour. ;) Just sayin.

[Beastie]

Hawaii :love:

[Me. I Am Salman]

New York
It seems amazing & I have relatives that live there too.

[joeysteele]

Probably most of them, I would have to say California since I have been there as a child and I have an Aunt and Cousins who live there now.
It is where I will be heading once I finish Uni this year,hopefully I will see some other States then too.

[GiRTh]

I've been to New york and Florida and loved it but the state I'm most intrigued by is the Lone Star state - Texas. It seems like a amazing place.

[Kazanne]

New York,Iowa ,Galveston and Florida

[swinearefine]

New York,Iowa ,Galveston and Florida

:suspect:

[Niamh.]

Oh hhhmmm, I have 3, out of the ones I've been to - Hawaii, cos it's like heaven on Earth, out of the ones I want to go to - Seattle because my favourites bands came from there and New Orleans, Louisiana for the Mardi Gras Festival

[Shaun]

looks like some of us need to look up what is and isn't a US state :idc:

[Niamh.]

Seattle, Washington* ..............excuse my ignorance

[Apple202]

Washington

[Shaun]

Seattle, Washington* ..............excuse my ignorance

not just you *shaking fist emoticon that we really should have added by now*

[Apple202]

:suspect:

Iowa's a state.. Galveston isn't though

[nicole_burks]

New York (obviously)

2nd choice would be Atlanta :love:

Atlanta is not a state :idc:

[Livia]

Colorado
Washington
Arizona
New York
Maine... in that order.

[sooty]

I have never been to America (USA)

However when I have a chance, I would love to visit New York and Georgia for various reasons. (all based on films I saw:hugesmile:)

[Brother Leon]

Massachusetts for sports purposes. Florida and Maryland (Bodymore Bitchass fools) in general.

Going Florida or Vegas when 21..that would be the first time I go to the states.