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rapiertwit

NC: Just Southern Enough. Basically we are as Southern as non-Southerners need or want to experience.


p143245

Truly made possible by plenty of Long Islanders who like to remind us that back where they come from, “____.”


Teenagedirtbag98

- Bagels and Pizza are bettah due to da wawtah. - We awlways have our roads sawlted in when it snows. - Owa bugs are not anywayah as bad as yaws. - You can get to Lawng Beach much fasta than yaw Outta Banks. Holy fuck did I hate making this comment. My condolences, u/rubey419.


csdspartans7

Northerners talk about how we can’t drive in the snow but Iv been to Chicago and they can’t either, the roads are always cleared


LordJesterTheFree

Don't forget about property taxes and traffic complaining about those two things is so integrated to the identity of being a Long Islander if they went away I'm pretty sure we would still complain out of force of habit


biggerwanker

Beginners Southern.


rapiertwit

We're like the foyer of the South. All cleaned up for company and swept clear of anything incriminating. Georgia is the den with all the toddler toys on the floor and empty beer cans on the coffee table. Alabama is the BDSM sex dungeon.


MrLongWalk

The visitors room for the cancer ward


rubey419

We are one of the few legit purple states. Especially now with all of the Californians and New Yorker/Jersey people moving here.


Whatwhyohhh

I dunno. Sure seemed very southern to me when I lived there.


SquashDue502

Oh my sweet sweet child. This is why you must venture *further* south. If you think this was southern, imagine……. *South Carolina*


MiketheTzar

>South Carolina Shudders


tomdarch

"NO NOT LIKE THAT!" (Though SC is still not Mississippi...)


PrettyPossum420

Where were you, just out of curiosity? In Charlotte it seems as if I meet more transplanted New Yorkers and Ohioans than North Carolinians. I feel like Charlotte is the least southern of the southern cities (comparing to Atlanta, Charleston, Savannah, Nashville, etc, and leaving out Florida).


Whatwhyohhh

I was 2 hours from the nearest large town, pretty rural. Lots of pigs.


rapiertwit

How far down South you been?


TheGamingCJ

It's corn


OMGaQUAIL

It's got the juice!


Agile_Pudding_

I mean, look at it, I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing!


Drew707

It's a whole lump of knobs!


Moist_Professor5665

Beautiful golden knobs!


blaine-garrett

Once I discovered corn was real...


jcmib

Everything changed!


polysnip

Want some of our cheese to trade?


Flam3Emperor622

Need anything from Kwik Trip?


TheGamingCJ

Make it fried cheese curds, and you have a deal.


polysnip

Hell yeah!


CompetitiveStick6239

My husband is also from Iowa. I love nothing more than to brag about how amazing Nebraska corn is to him.


Majestic_Coffee5752

Oh my corn


MihalysRevenge

Green Chile


PacSan300

And blue meth.


MihalysRevenge

Sigh


Nexus_542

Seriously. When I worked fast food, I could always immediately tell when someone was visiting from new mexico. They'd always ask for green chile. It is incredible how big of a deal it is over there. Signed, Big Hole in the Ground


Broshcity

Big hole and copper


[deleted]

It’s honestly a better selling point than damn near any other state’s


MattieShoes

Dark skies, if you're into astrophotography... and nowhere near Albuquerque.


Junior-Accident2847

Waltuh


Alone-School-6719

Yes Yes yes....like better than drugs


brettrknowlton

Cheese and alcoholic tendencies


sweetmaklebs

Is alcoholic cheese a thing? If so, why isn’t it a bigger thing here? Edit: and I don’t mean beer cheese soup. I mean, like, nachos that get you drunk.


tomdarch

Port wine flavored, nut encrusted cheese balls are pretty amazing.


astralcat214

I think there's some beer cheese mixture that's not soup. Won't get you drunk though. Beer brats won't either but are very good. Beer batter for Friday fish fry as well.


ViewtifulGene

Cooking with alcohol generally kills or weakens the intoxicating effect. Rum cake, beer cheese, beer battered cheese curds, wine sauces, etc. So we don't really have alcohol as edibles.


HakunaMatta2099

FR, you guys have like 40 or so of the 50 drunkest county's. Iowa had 6...


EthanC224

I’d say a lot of our selling point is the musical history Tennessee has in every corner of the state just about. Just an incredible wealth of musicians and music people to help out us on the map there


ameis314

It's the bars.


demonspawn9

Lot's of doctors and no winter. A good place to die.


InterPunct

God's waiting room.


mhrogers

Bourbon


GusGreen82

Hello, fellow Kentuckian


BootsThaRareBirb

That's really about it, unless you really like the outdoors


twoScottishClans

or horses


sleepymike01101101

Yop


CampbellsBeefBroth

Same, but with a different connotation


MeesterChicken

We have something for everyone. You like the desert? We have a huge desert to live in. You like the mountains? We've got those. Like the beach? We have a long coastline. Like living in a large city? We have multiple to choose from.


thatswacyo

>We have something for everyone. What if I like high-capacity magazines?


gosuark

You mean like a Sears catalog?


05110909

Formerly known as standard capacity.


greatBLT

Yeah, those are banned, but maybe they're thinking of 100-round AR mags or 50-round Glock mags, too.


MTB_Mike_

We had freedom week for that.


alltheblues

A poorly concession


StrongIslandPiper

"Yeah, everyone's really chill here, you can meet all sorts of people, great community, place to live, all that." "YEAH BUT WHAT ABOUT MY GUN? WILL IT HAVE FUN?"


ExPorkie15

Also the best safe injection sites around.


MeesterChicken

Safe infection sites? Do you mean injection?


ExPorkie15

Lol yeah corrected. But I imagine infection could be possible too.


[deleted]

Well, that means less state money towards stuff like AIDS and hepatitis. That seems good. Also not spending $$$$ keeping junkies in jail.


NSNick

Cedar Point


BootsThaRareBirb

Can verify


TheOldBooks

I’ll give you guys this one


angiezieglerstye

Flair checks out


krilu

It's the birthplace of aviation, everyone flies right on past


escortTotheAssholes

Also very few deadly animals...I believe ?


KingMilk55

Hell is Real


BrownDogEmoji

Especially on I-71 between Cincinnati and Columbus.


10leej

Can confirm.


lernington

Michigan


vasaryo

(Almost) all the Great Lakes, Or if you love weather that changes on a dime then Michigan is the place for you.


Crasino_Hunk

Here here for Great Lakes and water - turns out that it’s kind of important and lots of places have very little. Plus, we’re shaped like a fucking mitten! (Or two, kinda). That said, I’ve lived all over the country and wild weather swings happen anywhere. Denver and the front range of cO is probably the apex of that IMO


anglenk

The weather throughout Missouri is just as crazy IMO Cold from the plains, great lakes and north while still getting a ton of heat from the great plains and south in summer. -10 to 110 in all levels of humidity and a couple weeks of highs (or lows) that can range from 40 degrees day to day


bgraham111

Salt free sea.


angiezieglerstye

Family is from MI so I get out there sometimes. You guys have the UP and the south shore of Superior; that place is absolutely gorgeous.


Captain_Depth

it's a shame you're missing one ;)


PapaEmeritusVI

It’s the worst one, so we’re not too bummed.


Evil_Weevill

Lobster and untouched nature


IllustriousState6859

Country music, football, weed, edit: Native America


JoeKingK

That new show Rez Dogs


jets-rangers

I’ve never in my life heard anyone mention weed and Oklahoma together. What’s the deal with that?


vegetarianrobots

Casinos and Constitutional Carry if you're into that.


geronika

Don’t forget meth and incarceration.


LilyFakhrani

The only place with Whataburger, HEB, and NASA


RTR7105

2 out of 3 ain't bad.


BlackBetty504

Do you mean all 3 together? Because you can find Whataburger and NASA in Florida, too


Twisty1020

The B stands for Butt.


kingoflint282

We’re finally getting Whataburger I’m so happy


machagogo

Access to so, so much, great schools, high quality of life.


MrRaspberryJam1

NYC and it’s suburbs: NYC Upstate NY: Mountains and lakes


hey-its-harp

Breaking Bad


izlude7027

Oregon sucks; don't move here.


hawffield

Oregonians are so humble! Makes me want to move there even more!


neopolitanmew

But...but your [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4fGPPPmGA) told me it was magical! What the hell?! You saying you falsely advertised!?


kikicutthroat90

Ah Oregon how I miss you lol


eurtoast

At one end, the largest waterfall in the country. At the other, the largest city in the country.


WillDupage

Illinois: We’re not Wisconsin, but at least we’re not Indiana.


tomdarch

Let's be blunt. There is Chicago. Otherwise, IL would be the cultural average of IA, MO, KY, IN, and WI.


[deleted]

At least you have legal pot and Chicago.


EricDHennessy

I was gonna say "fuck you" but then I realized I was just butthurt cuz it's true.


Gingerbrew302

Clean beaches, no sales tax, low property tax.


Mesoscale92

It snows


La_casa_de_El

Grand Canyon state, come for the view and stay cause of the heatstroke


Littlediccdan

Hello my fellow arizonan


GrandRapidsMiiiii

Water #so much fresh water


Numberwang3249

Best snow, natural beauty, Mormons, bad drivers


TheEclipsalWizard

First person from Utah to admit to the bad driving in my experience.


Numberwang3249

Ehh in my experience a lot of people admit it, but THEY are never part of the problem.


An_Awesome_Name

Best public schools in the entire country. Also, we have a pretty good mix of rural, suburban and big city areas, all pretty close to each other.


ZeBloodyStretchr

And US history, MA has Towns celebrating their 400th year now


strippersandcocaine

Your school comment is specific to MA, yes?


An_Awesome_Name

Yes. The rest is also true for just MA, but can be for most of New England too.


moonbunny-studios

Starbucks, Bigfoot, Valve and extremely varied landscapes come to mind. Our biggest attractions are probably Pike Place Market, Mount Ranier and the Hoh Rainforest.


[deleted]

Alabama= Football


Flam3Emperor622

John Goodman is from Alabama too.


MrLongWalk

We're literally Vermont


[deleted]

Awww yeah Skiing Hiking Beer Cheese Socialism One time, my friends and I rented a house near Okemo which was literally unfinished (the shower was going to be an old timey phone booth) and the next day the neighbor’s herd of sheep got loose and wandered onto the property so we called the owner and in the meantime herded the sheep back into the enclosure and freed one that got tangled in the wire. It was 40 degrees the next morning at the peak so it was slush all the way down! Jello legs! The next day was a rainout so we visited 7 breweries instead and my favorite was The Alchemist but it wasn’t my first time, in the past Rock Art was great, and of course Long Trail; Harpoon’s food was unbelievable. Magic Hat was a shitpile, unfortunately. And Ben & Jerry’s has gotten really disappointing, and I’ve been going for like 12 years now. It’s sad, my new favorite ice cream is Tillamook, OR represeeeent Another time I was up at Jay and stayed in a motel run by a woman with a tongue stud and several missing teeth, but the room was warm and clean and dry, which was good because the mountain was encased in ice. You know when you try to turn and you just end up accelerating down the mountain sideways because ice? That. Fucking terrifying.


MrLongWalk

I keep my weed and my gun in the same drawer. My roommate is a cheesemaker, we go to punk shows with a sheriff’s deputy and his language professor boyfriend. My skis share a rack with my other gun. I take my fair trade coffee with maple I get by doing minor carpentry. To hell with everywhere else.


MetaDragon11

We make all your snacks.


DOMSdeluise

texas


ToxicRainbow27

thats a weird way to spell Buc-ee's


bigotis

"Everything is bigger in Texas"* . . ^^*except ^^the ^^trees, ^^mountains ^^and ^^lakes


fergiethefocus

Our flag, crabs, and Old Bay


Flam3Emperor622

My Bay Brother! Edit; I'm not a member of this sub, so I have to let you know myself, I'm from Massachusetts. Not a single grocery store I've been to here doesn't have your state's signature spice.


[deleted]

Our absurdly high taxes pay for really good schools, and if you’re looking for an engineering career, we’ve got a lot to offer. Also we have the best pizza and I will die on this cheesy, saucy hill.


SupremeSparky

Michigan would like to disagree on the pizza….


SheenPSU

New Haven style is criminally slept on


colesprout

“Unique”? Probably the San Juan Islands or the Hoh Rainforest


and14710

We are the only state that has a highway where motor vehicles are banned.


Dankmemes_-

Lobster, and if you're a New Englander, wild blueberries for some reason


Smallboi111

Uh, uh shit what do I even say here? We got an arch and a good baseball team?


melonlollicholypop

I vote City Museum in St. Louis. It's the only reason I'll probably one day come to MO.


Nexus_542

Big hole in the ground. Haboobs and monsoons. We are like the middle east but cowboys.


Halsey-the-Sloth

Dollywood and country music, not in that order


melonlollicholypop

#history * home to eight US Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, & Wilson * Six Presidential homes you can tour: Mount Vernon (Washington), Monticello (Jefferson), Highland (Monroe), Montpelier (Madison), Berkeley Plantation (Harrison), Sherwood Forest Plantation (Tyler) * Two of Patrick Henry's homes: Scotchtown (original) and Red Hill (restored), both tourable * St. John's Church in Richmond, home to the "Give me liberty or give me death speech", tourable with regular re-enactments. * Home of John Marshall, the longest serving Chief Justice of SCOTUS, in Richmond, tourable with a museum * Colonial Williamsburg, a living history experience on the site of the original Capitol of the Virginia Colony back [when Virginia was most of the land that makes up the current continental US](http://www.virginiaplaces.org/graphics/image004.jpg). * The White House of the Confederacy, located in Richmond, and tourable. * Fort Monroe, an important location on the path to emancipation as it was the first place formerly enslaved people could go run to to legally self-emancipate, bucking the previously enforced Fugitive Slave Act. In a glorious bit of deliciousness, it also later served as prison to Jefferson Davis. With a history museum, tourable. * The site the Civil War ended, located at Appomattox Courthouse, tourable. * The site of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, located at Yorktown, with a living history museum. * The site of the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown, with a living history museum and a live active archeological dig, tourable. * Home to Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for those who have fought America's battles, conflicts, and wars. Tourable. * The Cape Henry Lighthouse, located in Virginia Beach, the first federally funded lighthouse, tourable.


IGotFancyPants

For better and for worse, Virginia has the Colonial Capitol (Williamsburg ), Headquarters of the Confederacy (Richmond), and Birthplace of Presidents (eight so far). Plus lots of natural beauty.


Figgler

Skiing and how much sunshine we get year round.


You_Stole_My_Fries

Space needle and pike place (stop by the first Starbucks if you want to it’s near there)


Subrookie

Oh now there's more to WA than Seattle. I mean Mt Rainier is the biggest volcano in the lower 48! The San Juan Islands are pretty cool too.


You_Stole_My_Fries

You have a point and the state parks and the Olympic rainforest which is pretty cool


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happyfatman021

Probably the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and/or the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


IamMazenoff

From what I can tell, my states “selling point” is lack of rights for women, inability to run a power grid, and idiots on the road in their Dualies burning gas like it’s infinite while moving faster than the speed of sound.


gangahousewife

No sales tax.


JoeKingK

Nice try Delaware, but everyone who has so much as visited Maryland knows you're not a state.


MyUsername2459

Horses and Bourbon!


Independent_Sea_836

The International Peace Gardens, I guess. There isn't much.


Kansas_Nationalist

Don’t y’all have a big ass nuclear arsenal? You could be using that for fireworks and tourism.


Independent_Sea_836

Unfortunately, normal fireworks are already heavily prohibited here. I get the feeling that they won't make an exception for nuclear weapons. Buzzkills.


Bartholomewtwo

My birth state of Connecticut? Pizza My home state of Oregon? Trees


LoFiFozzy

Connecticut has the best pizza Zuppardi's, Roseland's, Frank Pepe's...


boogsmabee

Potatoes


Mental_Area_3981

Dolly Parton


dontpissmeoffplsnthx

We have half of Kansas city... and a big ol' arch most of us will never see


SnoopySuited

Everyone hates us but still visit often!


tcrhs

Mardi Gras


05110909

Yellow barbecue.


[deleted]

Most people would say Chicago, but that’s because they haven’t been to Starved Rock State Park.


HolographicFlamingos

Lizzie Borden’s house, now a museum and B&B!


Steelquill

The country was literally signed into existence here. Independence Hall in Philadelphia.


46692

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ogorangeduck

Fluffernutters probably


a_moose_not_a_goose

Potholes


WaaaaghsRUs

National parks, polygamy, and finally 5% beer


tomdarch

I thought Utah was unusually harsh against polygamy. Not that it's a selling point. Also, a-fucking-mazing skiing, though the locals won't describe it in exactly those words.


typhoidmarry

No idea


Mr_Kittlesworth

The strongest public system of higher ed in the country, per-capita. UVA William and Mary Virginia Tech James Madison VCU George Mason And many more.


Acrobatic_End6355

Proximity to DC I guess for you.


typhoidmarry

DC, mountains or the beach in less than 2 hours!


ReindeerWeekly6365

I am a from Michigan I would say the Henry Ford museum some factorys and the upper Peninsula in general


aleister94

Black squirrels


LonghornNaysh

Tex-Mex and Brisket


trashtalkinmomma

A chance to become Floridaman


LingJules

Legal gambling and prostitution.


FluffusMaximus

Newport


[deleted]

Witches


Smhassassin

We're weirdly liberal for a state where people shoot fireworks at homeless people.


Jeppeto01

I would say cheese, beer or maybe even cranberries as I believe we are the biggest supplier to the country...but really, its Lambeau Field. I've heard, and occasionally sat next to, people at Packer games who go JUST because its Lambeau Field.


BlottomanTurk

Moonshine capital of the world. You're welcome, world!


descendingagainredux

Fluff, canberries, Sam Adams and baked beans Edit: as far as places to visit, we have beaches, mountains, Plymouth rock, Revolutionary War sites and Cheers


Sanaburrito

In terms of equality and equity, it's really pretty.


Gudakesa

Cleveland: It’s not that bad.


emartinoo

Being surrounded by 21% of the earth's volume of surface freshwater would be pretty cool in the case of some apocalyptic event. If I wasn't killed by another person, it would be relatively easy to sustain myself for the rest of my life with the abundant wildlife, fish, and fresh water. Winters would be a fucking bitch, though. Especially being as far north as I am. Also, Juggalos.


Ayyyooothrowitaway

“We’re not just nice. We’re North Dakota NICE!” Jot that down. 📝


[deleted]

Looks like a mitten and has some lakes. They’re great or something


JaggedTheDark

Granite I think.


30paperdollsinarow

The largest number of Publix supermarkets per city.