# Which state is best represented on the board? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 30, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568 "2003-08-30T03:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/1 "2003-08-30T03:54:15Z")
And before anyone gets clever, by “best represented”, I mean “has the largest number of members”. Yeah, I could of said that in the thread title…but I didn’t. 😛 The reason I ask is due to the fact that I seem to see a greater number of “locations” indicating Texas (or some derivation thereof). So, can one of the staff or a more techno-savvy member come up with the answer? BTW, I’m from the Lone Star state myself. P.S. Ever notice that you can put a _secret message_ in each of your posts? Go to your profile and input your message in the “homepage” section. It remains unseen until someone parks their cursor over the “www” button under your post. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/2 "2003-08-30T05:45:33Z")
My money is on Chicago or New York. My ‘state’ has a grand total of 3 dopers. Only two of which are ‘active’ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/3 "2003-08-30T06:13:07Z")
'Cause Chicago isn’t a state, you’d lose half your dosh right now, **Lobsang**. 🙂 We could guess all over an IMHO thread. There was once a couple of threads where Dopers registered their locations and were pinpointed on a map. Would that help? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/4 "2003-08-30T06:31:05Z")
[ul]😛 [sup] **The state of ignorance.** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/5 "2003-08-30T07:37:41Z")
a big fat huge :smack: in the eye! (I was tired. very tired) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/6 "2003-08-30T12:25:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\* > P.S. Ever notice that you can put a _secret message_ in each of your posts? Go to your profile and input your message in the “homepage” section. It remains unseen until someone parks their cursor over the “www” button under your post. \*\* 😕 What are talking about? Does it matter what browser you use? I’ve tried several differnt messages and none do what you just said. In fact, when I remove the http from it, the www button disappears from my posts. I’m on IE6, Win98se ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/7 "2003-08-30T12:30:56Z")
And with a real page inserted, it says “Visit NoCluBoy’s homepage!” Oh well, sounded interesting anyways… ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/8 "2003-08-30T14:33:40Z")
I think Tennessee would be pretty far up there. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/9 "2003-08-30T21:15:00Z")
Berkshire ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/10 "2003-08-30T21:28:05Z")
I don’t think there’s any way to even approximate an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/11 "2003-08-31T02:25:29Z")
Well when I hold the cursor over their www, I see: [http://you](http://you) have found the secret message./ in that little grey area right above my start button. ;p /Shadez ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/12 "2003-08-31T04:08:50Z")
ah… I was reading the text balloon thanks **Shadez** ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/13 "2003-08-31T05:44:29Z")
This map in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=63615) is a little outdated, but it gives you an idea of where the US Dopers are concentrated. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/14 "2003-08-31T22:56:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > **And before anyone gets clever, by “best represented”, I mean “has the largest number of members”.** I have three penises, but I suspect that isn’t what you were asking for either. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/15 "2003-09-01T00:31:32Z")
You know, I always wondered about the number of Tennesseans on this Board. To the best of my knowledge, _The Straight Dope_ has never been published in _any_ Tennessee newspaper, _ever_. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/16 "2003-09-01T00:51:53Z")
Ohio seems to be pretty well represented also. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/17 "2003-09-01T06:28:34Z")
Statistically I bet VT does all right. We’ve got between 700 and 800 thousand residents, and I can think of at least five posters off the top of my head, and I know there are more than that. Let’s say there are 10 active VT posters. That’s more than one in every 10,000, not bad IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/18 "2003-09-01T06:38:58Z")
Best represented by percentage of population? Or, by sheer numbers? Texas has not had, to the best of my knowledge, the benefit of a column started in a rather obscure northeastern publication, yet we’ve still mustered what I’d estimate to be several hundred Dopers. * * * Your Humble Texan, Ringo ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/19 "2003-09-01T19:56:31Z")
If we’re going by number of posters per person who has electricity in their home, I think South Carolina is near the top. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568/20 "2003-09-02T01:55:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*You know, I always wondered about the number of Tennesseans on this Board. > > To the best of my knowledge, _The Straight Dope_ has never been published in _any_ Tennessee newspaper, _ever_. 😕 \*\* I’m surprised by the number of dopers from Australia and New Zealand - as far as I know _The Straight Dope_ hasn’t been published in any papers down under either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568.md?page=2)