# Is there a Doper in every state? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316 "2014-10-03T23:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/61 "2014-10-04T15:02:25Z")
I’m in Washington too, but c’mon, former neighbors in RI, chime in! We aren’t a suburb of NY! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/62 "2014-10-04T15:46:54Z")
Looks like we’re missing Dopers from the following states: Delaware Hawaii Kentucky Mississippi Montana Nebraska North Dakota Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming missred from Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/63 "2014-10-04T16:53:56Z")
Somehow I left Washington and Wisconsin off my last update- careless cut & paste I guess. Here’s the updated list: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin I hope I got them all this time! Here’s what’s missing: Delaware Hawaii Kentucky Mississippi Montana Nebraska North Dakota Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Vermont West Virginia Wyoming ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/64 "2014-10-04T16:58:02Z")
I think Jonathan Chance is from SC. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/65 "2014-10-04T17:08:12Z")
Permission to start a poll? I’d like to do it as a public one, but that right there probably cuts out at least 25% of the lurkers… ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/66 "2014-10-04T17:19:56Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Permission to start a poll? I’d like to do it as a public one, but that right there probably cuts out at least 25% of the lurkers… Absolutely, go right ahead! I was thinking of starting a thread to see how many countries we could get. I still might but if anyone else wants to, feel free (I’m lazy). Edit: **John DiFool,** If you start a poll could you include a link to this thread? I’d still like to get someone from each state to post here. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/67 "2014-10-04T20:12:51Z")
I’m in Rhode Island. There’s at least two other RI posters. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/68 "2014-10-04T23:35:47Z")
Here’s Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/69 "2014-10-05T02:38:06Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Permission to start a poll? I’d like to do it as a public one, but that right there probably cuts out at least 25% of the lurkers… Indiana here, already represented… just thought I’d toss that out to participate before making a small suggestion. If/when a poll is done, add the District of Columbia. Yeah, not a state, but a pretty significant part of the US. There’s gotta be at least one user in DC. Maybe also an option for US citizens abroad (can think of several users here). It’d give a more thorough view of where US-based users are. (I guess you could also add Puerto Rico and the outlying territories, but I imagine they might not be hotbeds of SD users.) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/70 "2014-10-05T02:49:40Z")
The poll is already up (in IMHO); [here’s a link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736331). ---
**Author:** ![FatOrangeCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@FatOrangeCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatOrangeCat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/71 "2014-10-05T03:51:50Z")
I was born in South Dakota, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/72 "2014-10-05T05:09:50Z")
Another Californian here. _ **GO GIANTS!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/73 "2014-10-05T05:36:27Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I hope I got them all this time! > Here’s what’s missing: > > Delaware > Hawaii > Kentucky > Mississippi > Montana > Nebraska > North Dakota > Rhode Island > South Carolina > South Dakota > Vermont > West Virginia > Wyoming Does it count if I just cross the river and post from Vermont? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/74 "2014-10-05T06:34:52Z")
In every state? How about in every state in every _country_? That’d be a far more representative poll. It really shits me to tears when you US posters seem to assume that the board is made up solely of US posters. Or maybe I’m just uber shitty tonight…but sheesh. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/75 "2014-10-05T09:39:21Z")
Aloha from Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/76 "2014-10-05T10:27:39Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > In every state? > > How about in every state in every _country_? That’d be a far more representative poll. It really shits me to tears when you US posters seem to assume that the board is made up solely of US posters. > > Or maybe I’m just uber shitty tonight…but sheesh. > > :dubious: I don’t think anyone posting on this board for more than 20 minutes assumes every poster lives in the US. But surely it’s obvious that the US has the highest density of posters - after all, this is an English-speaking board based (to the extent that anything internet-based can claim a physical home anywhere) in the US, and is an outgrowth of a newspaper column from the US. Anyway, a lot of countries don’t even have “states.” Provinces, maybe. And how likely is it that we’ll be able to come up with posters in every subnational division of any countries except the US, Canada, and maybe one or two others? Highly unlikely. But since you insist, I’ll start: I live in DKI Jakarta. There, one province down, 33 to go. I’m sure we’ll have representatives from the rest in no time! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/77 "2014-10-05T11:41:06Z")
Updated list: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin We’re up to 40. Still looking for: Delaware Mississippi Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Carolina South Dakota Vermont West Virginia Wyoming > [@gigi](#): > > Does it count if I just cross the river and post from Vermont? 🙂 No, but for a willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty I can bestow upon you the Bumbershoot Award for Valor. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/78 "2014-10-05T11:46:11Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > In every state? > > How about in every state in every _country_? That’d be a far more representative poll. It really shits me to tears when you US posters seem to assume that the board is made up solely of US posters. > > Or maybe I’m just uber shitty tonight…but sheesh. > > :dubious: If you think I assume that the board is made up solely of US posters, you’re wrong. I already said I was thinking of starting a similar thread to see how many countries we could get. There’s nothing preventing you from starting a thread like that. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/79 "2014-10-05T11:51:37Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > In every state? > > How about in every state in every _country_? That’d be a far more representative poll. It really shits me to tears when you US posters seem to assume that the board is made up solely of US posters. > > Or maybe I’m just uber shitty tonight…but sheesh. > > :dubious: Queensland here. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/80 "2014-10-05T13:22:50Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > In every state? > > How about in every state in every _country_? That’d be a far more representative poll. It really shits me to tears when you US posters seem to assume that the board is made up solely of US posters. > > Or maybe I’m just uber shitty tonight…but sheesh. > > :dubious: Representative poll of what? OP was curious about American posters. If someone is curious about posters from other countries, let them ask that question. It’s a good one, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316.md?page=5)