# The most boring U.S. state **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262 "2019-12-22T22:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/1 "2019-12-22T22:57:09Z")
My opinion, North Dakota. Flat. No activities or any tourist destinations there. Some people also say Connecticut or even Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/2 "2019-12-22T23:25:56Z")
Met some folks in Colorado who would drive non-stop from West Virginia every year for vacation. Their advice was to do Kansas at night so you couldn’t see how boring it was. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/3 "2019-12-22T23:28:19Z")
Wyoming: Nothing there but bugs and oil rigs. And when you’re traveling through it, make sure you have bug-cleaning windshield wiper fluid in your car. You’re gonna need it. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/4 "2019-12-23T00:13:25Z")
> [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](#): > > My opinion, North Dakota. > > Flat. No activities or any tourist destinations there. I know at least one person who would argue with you about that. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where the prairie meets the Badlands. plus a lot of historical sites and museums. And there’s Fargo, where people talk funny. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/5 "2019-12-23T00:18:23Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Wyoming: Nothing there but bugs and oil rigs. And when you’re traveling through it, make sure you have bug-cleaning windshield wiper fluid in your car. You’re gonna need it. Nahh, Yellowstone alone is more interesting than the 5 most boring state combined. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/6 "2019-12-23T00:29:04Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Wyoming: Nothing there but bugs and oil rigs. And when you’re traveling through it, make sure you have bug-cleaning windshield wiper fluid in your car. You’re gonna need it. [What,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Range#/media/File:GreenLakesWY.jpg)[are](https://www.flickr.com/photos/clinteverett/33783493438) [you](https://gypsyguide.com/tour/yellowstone-grand-teton/) [kidding](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-river-rafting-shoshone-river-red-rock-canyon-cody-wyoming-usa-23314830.html) [me](https://www.outsideonline.com/2329411/why-its-time-rethink-climbing-ban-devils-tower)? My vote is Kansas. Never been there, but some geographers published an IgNobel study that compared the topological profile of Kansas and a breakfast pastry, and proved that Kansas is, indeed, flatter than a pancake. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/7 "2019-12-23T00:40:20Z")
Kansas? Really? Nah, Kansas is a wonder of overstimulatuon compared to Nebraska, but honestly the truth is Indiana is the most boring state And Kansas really ain’t very flat except for the western most small portion, Oklahoma and Nebraska are way flatter ---
**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:** [December 23, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/8 "2019-12-23T00:51:30Z")
Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/9 "2019-12-23T00:55:08Z")
My vote goes to Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/10 "2019-12-23T00:58:41Z")
Oklahoma. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/11 "2019-12-23T01:00:11Z")
No matter where you go, that place is what you do with it. You take yourself with you where ever you go. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/12 "2019-12-23T01:05:36Z")
My only experience with Kansas is I-70 but it seems pretty freakin hilly compared to Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/13 "2019-12-23T01:07:59Z")
> [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](#): > > Some people also say Connecticut or even Ohio. I have to agree with Connecticut. (I’ve sat in the gate area at Chicago Midway, waiting for the Southwest flight to Hartford-Bradley to board, and absolutely _amazed_ that they’re able to find 200-odd people who _voluntarily_ want to fly to Connecticut. And they do this every day. Amazing, ain’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/14 "2019-12-23T01:08:36Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > No matter where you go, that place is what you do with it. You take yourself with you where ever you go. But you can’t get there from here. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/15 "2019-12-23T01:10:03Z")
It’s a toss-up between Indiana and Delaware. The only purpose of Indiana is to fill the gap between Illinois and Ohio (sorry, Mayor Pete). And Delaware is… just Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/16 "2019-12-23T01:18:49Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Idaho. I’d counter with the Sawtooth Range, Snake River Canyon and Lake Pend Oreille. It may be boring socially, but otherwise, nah. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/17 "2019-12-23T02:11:33Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My vote goes to Delaware. I hear there is a screen door factory to tour there. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/18 "2019-12-23T02:46:11Z")
Kansas-Nebraska get my vote, albeit West Texas and most of Oklahoma are in the running. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/19 "2019-12-23T03:02:19Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > No matter where you go, that place is what you do with it. You take yourself with you where ever you go. How very Buckaroo Banzai of you. I challenge you to keep that sense of wonder and indomitable spirit on a ten-hour drive through the rural high plains. My vote is Nevada, for the vast, _vast_ majority of it which isn’t Las Vegas and the immediately surrounding area. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262/20 "2019-12-23T03:04:25Z")
I nominate Iowa. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262.md?page=2)