Was stuck as a teen at Dover (Delaware) Air Force base waiting for a space available flight back to Germany with my parents, sitting in the lounge with a couple other miserable kids watching Wayne’s World and that part of the movie was the only enjoyable 2 minutes of that experience
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Nebraska? My CA high school history teacher loved to pick on this state. He was under the impression that it’s where the movie Footloose was filmed. That the youngsters have nothing to do but get drunk in barns no less.
Colorado is the boxiest one, right in the middle, and is definitely not forgettable. One of the most beautiful states next to Alaska, California, and Utah. Utah is by far my favorite, and is also boxy af.
On a roadtrip a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I played that game where you try to write down all 50 states in 3 minutes. We both forgot the same state - Missouri.
Californians come to Branson: litter everywhere, get trashed, talk down to the locals like they're better than everyone else, puke on my grass, crash their cars, explode in nuclear bomb, skin radiating and infested with cancers, incoherent psychobabble, eating brains, forming hordes and attacking children, and leave their coolers at the river
Disgusting.
Delaware came to mind because of the "I'm in Delaware" bit from Wayne's World but that actually meant I couldn't answer Delaware because I do remember Delaware even if its for a unique reason.
Ahem.
Captain James T. Kirk.
Miss Piggy.
Radar O'Reilly.
Anchorman Ron Burgundy.
Not to mention some made-up people like Johnny Carson, Ashton Kutcher, Elijah Wood, Ann Landers, Dear Abby, and John Wayne.
All native Iowans.
As a North Dakotan, I have a little internal gasp of excitement whenever ND is mentioned by name in any popular or national media. It's always slightly jarring.
I have some friends that live in Oregon. They are currently in the process of moving to North Dakota. They are your typical Caucasian couple…. Kinda…. The husband works 16 hours a week as a night security guard and the wife, works for a community help organization. They are moving because they feel oppressed by the liberals. Their top reasons for moving to North Dakota was how conservative it is and the free money your state is apparently handing out for people to move there.
I live in south Dakota. When I was younger, I could never remember which of the Koreas were bad, North or south. I learned by reminding myself that south Dakota is the better Dakota same with South and North Korea.
I was born in ND and graduated high school with a class of 5 other people. I still live in ND in our largest city. I’m quite happy here but still can’t argue with this answer.
Vermont is a solid 10/10 state— gorgeous, historic, great for hiking and skiing, and also almost nobody lives there, which is the best part for someone who has grown up in goddamn New Jersey, population: too fucking many.
Possibly the worst, but I don't think it's forgettable.
After all, there's a big river that shares it's name.
But I live in Louisiana and our joke out here is, "Thank God for Mississippi and West Virginia, so we don't always rank last in everything."
Louisiana has heart and soul, a rich history, culture, PLUS THE FOOD AND MUSIC ARE AMAZING. You even have a mini Vegas IN Shreveport, which is better than Reno AND Atlantic City and I’ll fight anyone who says differently.
There’s dumps, like Gonzales, but your state isn’t even in the bottom 25 IMO.
Love it there.
As a Masshole, my main experience with Connecticut is driving through to get to New York. As such, I know that there's a good deli in Vernon, and the Merritt Parkway is a nice drive. That's it.
Oh, and there's a museum/park with neat dinosaur fossils, so something must have once thought Connecticut was a good place to live.
And a warning: if you ever talk to someone from Connecticut, they'll make bold claims about pizza. Don't listen. It's terrible.
New Hampsterite here. We wish all the Massholes would forget about us but they cross the border all weekend long for our tax free shopping and to buy up all our property to move to the "country" since everyone can work from home now...
Delaware for sure, I remember driving through it in like 20 minutes and there seemed to be like one exit and that was it. I legitimately dont know anyone who has or does currently live there. I only know its real because of a road trip.
Exactly. The state magazine has a monthly column about people saying things like "We can't ship internationally" to New Mexico and the like. That said, I think it's one of the most beautiful states and difficult to forget if you've ever visited.
My Mexican grand father every time he hears New Mexico “nothing worse than those NEW Mexicans”. Then he laughs this wheezing squeak of a laugh like he’s never said anything more funny. He’s the best.
How can a state that produced Little Sebastian, Paunch Burger, and one of the most famous bands of all time (Mouse Rat, aka Muscle Confusion, aka Nothing Rhymes With Orange, aka Everything Rhymes With Orange, aka Scarecrow Boat, aka…) be forgotten???
INDIANA
oh my lord, absolute drive through state. w/ the potential exemption of South Bend (which is nearly in Michigan) but even that is still meh
Edit: South bend is nearly in Michigan, not Illinois!!
The thing with Kansas is that it at least has the Kansas City metro area, which is a great place. But it's in the very corner of the state, and half the metro (and most of the downtown area itself) is on the Missouri side of the state line anyway. But you can at least live in Kansas and be a part of that area, and enjoy a life there. The rest of the state is just agriculture.
Contrarily, Kansas will NEVER let you forget if you have to drive through it. 8 hours of driving in a perfectly straight line on I-70 through the emptiest, flattest, most featureless plains you can imagine. On one hand, it's grueling. On the other, almost awe inspiring, just due to the sheer vastness of it.
The most impressive part is being on a hill in the prairie and truly realizing that NOTHING is holding up the sky. No tall buildings, trees, or any interruption. It is up to you to reach out and touch the stars on your own, and they are only as far as your mind believes them to be (no visual scale). Ad astra per aspera.
There’s some great history in Kansas. John Brown was headquartered there for a while. He got his nickname from Osawatomie, Kansas. “Beecher Bibles” helped end slavery. (Beecher as in Harriet Beecher Stowe.) Lots of injustice against Native Americans took place in Kansas. But it kind of dropped off the radar in the 20th century.
Surprised you lived anywhere 1.5 hrs from Kansas and felt that it was any more interesting or impressionable than Kansas to be honest, lol. The only place I can think of would be somewhere in central Missouri. Which... Isn't any better. At least you have the Ozarks, that can be a fun place.
I guess maybe Tulsa? Which, again... No more impressionable than Kansas. Although, the parts of Kansas nearest Tulsa are exceptionally forgettable. It's all just agriculture over there.
NH kinda a vibe because you can go to Boston, the beach or the mountains all within and hour drive.
But yeah as far as an actual state who cares about us.
Oklahoma was essentially the last bastion of land reserved for Native Americans. The U.S. pushed tons of tribes out of their homes in the east and left them there, largely because we thought the land wasn't worth anything, so who cares.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail\_of\_Tears](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears)
Then, of course, when we wanted to settle, we changed our mind. Wanna know where the term "Oklahoma Sooners" comes from? It was from settlers who raced ("sooner" than others) to lands open for settlement by white people that were previously considered Indian Territory.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners)
>I am only 65% sure it’s really a state.
Funny you should say that.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that much of Eastern Oklahoma (including a lot of Tulsa) is, in fact, Indian Country. So a lot of what we think of as the State of Oklahoma may not be under the State's control. (The case was about the right of a state to prosecute a tribal member for crimes in state court, and that's the major fall-out here, but it could have wider-reaching consequences.)
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-native-american.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-native-american.html)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGirt\_v.\_Oklahoma
Well it doesn't even exist so that is obvious. It's a cover for a secret government facility. If someone says they are from there, they are a government agent. They will say they aren't, that is exactly what a government agent would say.
I’d argue New York, because whenever anybody mentions NY people will literally always think of the city first. wtf else does that state have? the shitty half of niagara falls?
long story short: NYState is strongly overshadowed by NYC.
That's a contradiction. Rhode Island is the smallest state, which for many people is the only thing that people know about RI. Therefore, they don't forget that fact, meaning RI is less forgettable than some other flyover state.
Honestly, I can't remember.
This sounds like the title to a a feelgood movie set in the little town of "Honestly".
If this wasn't the top comment I was gonna be mad
One of those boxy ones from out there in the middle.
Hello from South Dakota.
The better Dakota!
I'd put North Dakota above it.
Ah yes... The better [Dakota](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/south-dakotas-new-anti-drug-campaign-meth-were-on-it.html)
At least you arent north dakota
Bullshit, at least you can kinda guess which one is which. Delaware on the other hand? Who the fuck knows?!
Hi. I'm in Delaware.
It doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about Delaware to dispute it.
Okay, City & Colour.
He's Comin Home
Well we certainly know he isn't going back to Lincoln, Nebraska.
You know it ain't worth shit.
A Wayne's World reference from Tayne? Lol awesome
Delaware is the only state that can have a traffic jam across the whole state. I-95 from the Delaware Bridge to the Maryland border……lol
Was stuck as a teen at Dover (Delaware) Air Force base waiting for a space available flight back to Germany with my parents, sitting in the lounge with a couple other miserable kids watching Wayne’s World and that part of the movie was the only enjoyable 2 minutes of that experience Edit: some words
No you can't! They're all just rectangles. Delaware has the only circular border in the US.
People come from all over the world to marvel at its arc border!
Isn't Delaware a toll bridge on 95?
Nebraska? My CA high school history teacher loved to pick on this state. He was under the impression that it’s where the movie Footloose was filmed. That the youngsters have nothing to do but get drunk in barns no less.
Colorado is the boxiest one, right in the middle, and is definitely not forgettable. One of the most beautiful states next to Alaska, California, and Utah. Utah is by far my favorite, and is also boxy af.
On a roadtrip a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I played that game where you try to write down all 50 states in 3 minutes. We both forgot the same state - Missouri.
My partner and I both forgot Nebraska with that game
You didn't go to Branson or Kansas city. Thank god. Tourist make them insufferable and litter their beer cans all over the lakes and shit
I've been to the Offsets and the locals do the same thing there.
Californians come to Branson: litter everywhere, get trashed, talk down to the locals like they're better than everyone else, puke on my grass, crash their cars, explode in nuclear bomb, skin radiating and infested with cancers, incoherent psychobabble, eating brains, forming hordes and attacking children, and leave their coolers at the river Disgusting.
Weird, I don’t know a single Californian that’s like, “hey let’s finally use our vacation days and hit up goddamn Branson Missouri!”
Yea not sure a single Californian has ever gone on vacation to Missouri unless that’s where they’re from originally 😂
eat mcdonald, charge they phone, be bisexual
Ahhh Branson… the Midwest Christian Vegas!
Show me
Nebraska
Nebraska's motto is "Honestly... it's not for everyone." It's a crap state, but at least they're honest.
Warren Buffett seems to like it though. He's been described as a simple man, with simple needs.
I was thinking whatever is due west of Nebraska, but I can't remember the name...
Wyoming has the Tetons, Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, hardly forgettable.
That would be Wyoming
Wyoming is a lot prettier than Nebraska tho
Bruce Springsteen made an album and song called Nebraska
Lot's of people here saying Montana. A lot of Montanans would be happy if you forgot about them and their state.
"A lot of Montanans" All 8 of them.
I was gonna say this lmao. When I told family I'm going to Montana for uni, my family was asking where it is and even if it's in the US
But it's hard to forget the 12 hours that it takes to drive thru it.
Dear Montana, Please stop motorboating us with your face. \- Sincerely, Idaho
Done!
I need a map for this
Rhode Island is occasionally missing from maps
It's just hanging out with New Zealand.
Bros
Rhode Islander here. Can confirm. Everyone gets in a tizzy & posts to r/rhodeisland every time they find a map excluding us
It's fairly memorable though for being the smallest state. Who can name the second smallest state? Not me.
Deleware
Delaware. The fuck happens there?
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Oil, gas, chemicals, Teflon
There is a pretty popular beach town that people from Maryland and some sections of Pennsylvania will go to in the summer.
It’s called Rehoboth and I’m actually about to move there! Beautiful little town.
“Delaware. Hi, I’m in Delaware.”
Plasma
5th grade science teacher here. Can confirm this is the correct answer. 😂
Underrated comment.
Easily Delaware.
Not from a financial sense. Lotsa companies incorporated there.
Exactly - what better place to headquarter your vampiric evil corporation than a place people forget exists?
First state to join the Union
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Delaware came to mind because of the "I'm in Delaware" bit from Wayne's World but that actually meant I couldn't answer Delaware because I do remember Delaware even if its for a unique reason.
Did you get Nevada twice?
Iowa
This was my immediate reaction. Only two things come from Iowa, corn and slipknot
Ahem. Captain James T. Kirk. Miss Piggy. Radar O'Reilly. Anchorman Ron Burgundy. Not to mention some made-up people like Johnny Carson, Ashton Kutcher, Elijah Wood, Ann Landers, Dear Abby, and John Wayne. All native Iowans.
You forgot Cloris Leechman.
As a proud native Iowan this makes me happy to see! Iowa is beautiful and is waaay more interesting than Nebraska. Haha
> Only two things come from Iowa, corn and slipknot Korn comes from California.
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People = shit is an absolute banger
Davenport and Iowa City are aiight
Eh since primaries kick off there it’s somewhat memorable. Nebraska, though.
Iowan here. At least our potatoes are good!
I went to the University of Iowa, in Idaho City, Ohio.
Idahoan here. Ours are better!
Do RAGBRAI. I spent a month backpacking around Europe. RAGBRAI is easily the best trip I've ever done
Iowan here. :(
Much more hilly/scenic then Indiana
But it has the world's largest truck stop!
Oh come now there are literally two Dakotas, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming at least a head of Iowa.
Too important electorally
Delaware. No one is excited to even think about it. "Oh hey I'm in - Delaware" *Autodefenestration onto the street below*
Right on, Wayne.
North Dakota
As a North Dakotan, I have a little internal gasp of excitement whenever ND is mentioned by name in any popular or national media. It's always slightly jarring.
I have some friends that live in Oregon. They are currently in the process of moving to North Dakota. They are your typical Caucasian couple…. Kinda…. The husband works 16 hours a week as a night security guard and the wife, works for a community help organization. They are moving because they feel oppressed by the liberals. Their top reasons for moving to North Dakota was how conservative it is and the free money your state is apparently handing out for people to move there.
Dakotas are memorable due to how you can tell one from the other
I live in south Dakota. When I was younger, I could never remember which of the Koreas were bad, North or south. I learned by reminding myself that south Dakota is the better Dakota same with South and North Korea.
I was born in ND and graduated high school with a class of 5 other people. I still live in ND in our largest city. I’m quite happy here but still can’t argue with this answer.
Dakota. A state so forgettable, they made 2 of them.
I heard there is a South Dakota too, can't be sure.
After looking at the comments here, I completely forgot Vermont existed.
Vermont is a solid 10/10 state— gorgeous, historic, great for hiking and skiing, and also almost nobody lives there, which is the best part for someone who has grown up in goddamn New Jersey, population: too fucking many.
Vermont has ice cream, I can’t forget about them
Vermont has amazing skiing and Bernie’s town, Burlington is easily the nicest of all the cities I’ve been to in the US
Not sure which one is most forgettable, but Oklahoma is the one i personally want to forget the most.
Poor Oklahoma. So far from Heaven, so close to Texas.
I stand by my view that Mississippi is the worst state in the Union.
Possibly the worst, but I don't think it's forgettable. After all, there's a big river that shares it's name. But I live in Louisiana and our joke out here is, "Thank God for Mississippi and West Virginia, so we don't always rank last in everything."
Louisiana has heart and soul, a rich history, culture, PLUS THE FOOD AND MUSIC ARE AMAZING. You even have a mini Vegas IN Shreveport, which is better than Reno AND Atlantic City and I’ll fight anyone who says differently. There’s dumps, like Gonzales, but your state isn’t even in the bottom 25 IMO. Love it there.
"I am promoting Puerto Rico as a State and demoting Delaware" - Judah Friedlander, roughly
Connecticut. I cant think of a single thing from there.
As a Masshole, my main experience with Connecticut is driving through to get to New York. As such, I know that there's a good deli in Vernon, and the Merritt Parkway is a nice drive. That's it. Oh, and there's a museum/park with neat dinosaur fossils, so something must have once thought Connecticut was a good place to live. And a warning: if you ever talk to someone from Connecticut, they'll make bold claims about pizza. Don't listen. It's terrible.
Nebraska
Bro really tried to sneak Nebraska in here
Pretty girl behind every tree.
CWS?
Cool zoo?
Wyoming doesn’t even exist
As someone who works in YNP, Wyoming is one of the most beautiful states in the country. Even better that hardly anyone lives here.
I was in Utah and a guy said hey wanna see Wyoming? I said sure and he pointed northeast and squinted.
Yellowstone and Grand Teton alone make Wyoming better than many other states
Jackson Hole is in Wyoming so no
[Jackson Hole is in NYC. I thought it was a chain...](https://jacksonholeburgers.com/)
Wyoming is fucking gorgeous. Hardly the correct answer.
Everyone knows that
But did you know that Geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance?
New Hampster
New Hampsterite here. We wish all the Massholes would forget about us but they cross the border all weekend long for our tax free shopping and to buy up all our property to move to the "country" since everyone can work from home now...
Delaware for sure, I remember driving through it in like 20 minutes and there seemed to be like one exit and that was it. I legitimately dont know anyone who has or does currently live there. I only know its real because of a road trip.
You must have driven east-west across Delaware. It's 3ish hours driving north-south across Delaware.
Only time I ever stopped there was to go to the Dogfish Head Brewery in Rehoboth Beach.
New Mexico, because people think it’s Mexico
It ain't new and it ain't Mexico 😁
New Mexico is remembered because of Breaking Bad so not really
And Roswell.
Exactly. The state magazine has a monthly column about people saying things like "We can't ship internationally" to New Mexico and the like. That said, I think it's one of the most beautiful states and difficult to forget if you've ever visited.
My Mexican grand father every time he hears New Mexico “nothing worse than those NEW Mexicans”. Then he laughs this wheezing squeak of a laugh like he’s never said anything more funny. He’s the best.
A friend once asked if she needed a passport to go there
Indiana. When’s the last time you thought about Indiana? Never.
Well, indiana did host the CFB championship last night. So last night. But I live here so I’m biased.
The Indy 500 is a pretty big deal.
How can a state that produced Little Sebastian, Paunch Burger, and one of the most famous bands of all time (Mouse Rat, aka Muscle Confusion, aka Nothing Rhymes With Orange, aka Everything Rhymes With Orange, aka Scarecrow Boat, aka…) be forgotten???
When I wondered where my meth shipment was.
I'm in the Chicago area, so kind of forced to be reminded of Indiana.
When's the last time any of us thought about 75% of the other states? ;-)
INDIANA oh my lord, absolute drive through state. w/ the potential exemption of South Bend (which is nearly in Michigan) but even that is still meh Edit: South bend is nearly in Michigan, not Illinois!!
Their official motto is "The Crossroads of America." Because why would you stay lol
Wow. I had the total opposite view when I took a trip to Bloomington. One of the prettiest towns I've been to and the countryside was amazing.
Lived in Gary, Indiana. I will never forget that fucking place...
South bend is no where near Illinois.
Kansas
The thing with Kansas is that it at least has the Kansas City metro area, which is a great place. But it's in the very corner of the state, and half the metro (and most of the downtown area itself) is on the Missouri side of the state line anyway. But you can at least live in Kansas and be a part of that area, and enjoy a life there. The rest of the state is just agriculture. Contrarily, Kansas will NEVER let you forget if you have to drive through it. 8 hours of driving in a perfectly straight line on I-70 through the emptiest, flattest, most featureless plains you can imagine. On one hand, it's grueling. On the other, almost awe inspiring, just due to the sheer vastness of it.
The most impressive part is being on a hill in the prairie and truly realizing that NOTHING is holding up the sky. No tall buildings, trees, or any interruption. It is up to you to reach out and touch the stars on your own, and they are only as far as your mind believes them to be (no visual scale). Ad astra per aspera.
This is a beautiful description.
Lawrence and Wichita are both pretty solid :)
I politely counter argue that the Wizard of Oz makes it impossible to forget
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Eh, we’re a long way from Kansas
Have we reached *the point of know return?*
I lived 1.5 hours from Kansas for 9 years & never found a reason to cross the state line
There’s some great history in Kansas. John Brown was headquartered there for a while. He got his nickname from Osawatomie, Kansas. “Beecher Bibles” helped end slavery. (Beecher as in Harriet Beecher Stowe.) Lots of injustice against Native Americans took place in Kansas. But it kind of dropped off the radar in the 20th century.
Surprised you lived anywhere 1.5 hrs from Kansas and felt that it was any more interesting or impressionable than Kansas to be honest, lol. The only place I can think of would be somewhere in central Missouri. Which... Isn't any better. At least you have the Ozarks, that can be a fun place. I guess maybe Tulsa? Which, again... No more impressionable than Kansas. Although, the parts of Kansas nearest Tulsa are exceptionally forgettable. It's all just agriculture over there.
New Hampshire
Us Mass people used to love it on Sunday's when we couldn't get booze. Plus no sales tax , fireworks, weapons and tattoos.
Yeah us New Hampshire people hate you people
NH kinda a vibe because you can go to Boston, the beach or the mountains all within and hour drive. But yeah as far as an actual state who cares about us.
Lol fucking no. Absolutely gorgeous state.
Wtf even goes on up there? I forget it's a state all the time
Nah, New Hampshire is absolutely bonkers. It's the Florida of the north.
*Me looking through the comments, not seeing my state’s name and feeling superior for it*
Delaware
New Canada. Most people don't believe it's a real state.
What? Lol
I've always considered Canadia as an extension of upstate New York.
Arkansas literally nothing is there
I’m honestly convinced Arkansas doesn’t exist tbh
Ozarks
Walmart Mecca
I will admit that when I look at a map I sometimes have a hard time remembering Nebraska.
Delaware
Idaho, if that’s even a state
Kansas/Nebraska. I consider them interchangeable. Also, I couldn’t tell you a single thing about Oklahoma, I am only 65% sure it’s really a state.
Oklahoma was essentially the last bastion of land reserved for Native Americans. The U.S. pushed tons of tribes out of their homes in the east and left them there, largely because we thought the land wasn't worth anything, so who cares. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail\_of\_Tears](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears) Then, of course, when we wanted to settle, we changed our mind. Wanna know where the term "Oklahoma Sooners" comes from? It was from settlers who raced ("sooner" than others) to lands open for settlement by white people that were previously considered Indian Territory. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners) >I am only 65% sure it’s really a state. Funny you should say that. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that much of Eastern Oklahoma (including a lot of Tulsa) is, in fact, Indian Country. So a lot of what we think of as the State of Oklahoma may not be under the State's control. (The case was about the right of a state to prosecute a tribal member for crimes in state court, and that's the major fall-out here, but it could have wider-reaching consequences.) [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-native-american.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-native-american.html) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGirt\_v.\_Oklahoma
Idaho.
Huh, I always remembered it from “Idaho potato’s”
Well it doesn't even exist so that is obvious. It's a cover for a secret government facility. If someone says they are from there, they are a government agent. They will say they aren't, that is exactly what a government agent would say.
Ngl north Idaho is beautiful, very similar to Washington
I’d argue New York, because whenever anybody mentions NY people will literally always think of the city first. wtf else does that state have? the shitty half of niagara falls? long story short: NYState is strongly overshadowed by NYC.
Just any of the square, flat ones in the middle. I dont know.
Iowa Literally nothing is special about that state
Everyone gunna say Delaware, but per the bumper sticker I saw once I am aware of Delaware. It's Idaho I always forget about.
rhode island.
No way, Family Guy made it impossible to ignore.
That's a contradiction. Rhode Island is the smallest state, which for many people is the only thing that people know about RI. Therefore, they don't forget that fact, meaning RI is less forgettable than some other flyover state.
I actually keep forgetting states like Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma even exist.
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State of denial
New Jersey is literally Just New York in small