# Bumper sticker that best represents your state/area **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 9, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227 "2021-10-09T22:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/1 "2021-10-09T22:57:25Z")
Is there a bumper sticker that best represents your state/area? Like for NH, the “This Car Climbed Mt Washington” sticker is ubiquitous. South Dakota has “Where the Heck is Wall Drug?” For MA, my home state, my first guess would be either a Red Sox sticker of some sort, or a Cape Cod Canal Tunnel joke sticker. So, what are the definitive bumper stickers that define your region? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/2 "2021-10-09T23:23:36Z")
For New Jersey I see “Exit 0” bumper stickers fairly often which considering my username is extra good. Also that is the exit on the Garden State Parkway for Cape May and means vacation on the Shore. The other one is “Jersey Strong”, but I think that one is a little off. We also see a Big Red “R” a lot for all the Rutger’s alumni, students and their parents. Occasionally seen, “Welcome to New Jersey, NOW GO HOME”. Very Jersian. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/3 "2021-10-09T23:48:46Z")
“Washatonians Don’t Tan — They Rust” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/4 "2021-10-10T00:17:33Z")
Probably a sticker from Cedar Point Amusement Park, or a new one for the Cleveland Guardians. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/5 "2021-10-10T01:38:01Z")
For AZ, sadly, the most representative sticker right now is TRUMP 2020. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/6 "2021-10-10T02:23:56Z")
“Keep Tahoe Blue” stickers are pretty common around here. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/7 "2021-10-10T13:03:00Z")
For Missouri, it’s, regretfully, mostly Keep America Great or Make America Great Again or TRUMP 2024 or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/8 "2021-10-10T14:29:56Z")
Not our best rep but I see less trump and more guns [https://i.ibb.co/hMPczDx/B0127178-51-F9-4-B6-D-856-E-26-EA39-D64848.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/hMPczDx/B0127178-51-F9-4-B6-D-856-E-26-EA39-D64848.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/9 "2021-10-10T14:50:27Z")
Not a bumper sticker but an actual license plate.\* [![](http://s.ecrater.com/stores/337073/55b4d5793c6bb_337073b.jpg) ](http://s.ecrater.com/stores/337073/55b4d5793c6bb_337073b.jpg) \*not the official plate though; you have to pay a premium for it. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/10 "2021-10-10T15:32:13Z")
For North Carolina, the oval black-and-white OBX (for “Outer Banks”) stickers: > **[What does the OBX sticker stand for?](https://obxstuff.com/blogs/guides/obx-sticker-stand)** > > If you have been in a car for any significant amount of time in the last two decades, you’ve probably seen a black and white sticker with the letters “OBX” on it. > You may be wondering, what the heck do those three letters mean and stand for? > The... ---
**Author:** ![Redcanoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@Redcanoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redcanoe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/11 "2021-10-10T15:43:21Z")
“Stumps of mystery, an Oregon experience.” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/12 "2021-10-10T16:31:16Z")
“Ohio - the best looking state” ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/13 "2021-10-10T17:17:41Z")
Probably this: [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/7434544/r/il/97be7f/3183259040/il_794xN.3183259040_1klo.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/7434544/r/il/97be7f/3183259040/il_794xN.3183259040_1klo.jpg) Not my car. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/14 "2021-10-10T17:31:06Z")
Finger Lakes! I see these stickers quite often too [![](https://i.ibb.co/121S5Dx/DF79999-A-DAAF-4511-8-AC5-622-EF8-A60-C8-F.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/121S5Dx/DF79999-A-DAAF-4511-8-AC5-622-EF8-A60-C8-F.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/15 "2021-10-10T17:42:10Z")
I live in Los Angeles, and I can’t think of a single bumper sticker that actually “represents” my area. The one I see most often, though, is the COEXIST one where the letters in the word are actually religious symbols. See that one a _ton_. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/16 "2021-10-10T20:01:59Z")
I just saw one of those today for the first time. “Virginia is for lovers” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/17 "2021-10-10T20:22:16Z")
One bumper sticker I see a lot in my area is MONTAUK: THE END. Montauk is at the eastern end of Long Island and 90 miles / 2 hours from where I live. It’s a popular and unspoiled vacation spot but not that easy a drive, a lot of it is on a 2 lane road running through small towns with a 40 mph speed limit. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/18 "2021-10-11T01:44:18Z")
I thought of another one for MA. The ACK oval sticker represents the airport code for Nantucket Island, and the MV sticker for Martha’s Vineyard are extremely popular. I guess the CC sticker for Cape Code is pretty common but the other two are more iconic. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/19 "2021-10-11T01:51:15Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Like for NH, the “This Car Climbed Mt Washington” sticker is ubiquitous. Also for NH anything with a profile of the Old Man of The Mountain–a stone formation that unfortunately collapsed in 2003. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old\_Man\_of\_the\_Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227/20 "2021-10-11T12:23:02Z")
Florida: Still seeing a lot of Trump stickers, and not a day goes by that I don’t see a Confederate flag. However, I do see “Coexist” as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-that-best-represents-your-state-area/952227.md?page=2)