# Wyoming is a big square state out west

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-is-a-big-square-state-out-west/465576>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 28, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-is-a-big-square-state-out-west/465576 "2008-09-28T14:05:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-is-a-big-square-state-out-west/465576/41 "2008-09-29T05:04:35Z")

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> [@Bobotheoptimist](#):
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> Pretty much anything east of the Mississippi. And that one with all the lakes. I know it has a lot of lakes, that a lot of people from there move to Colorado and refuse to discuss the place once they escape.

Why do I get the feeling that your connection with Minnesotans has more to do with _Prairie Home Companion_ than actual emigrants from the state? 😛

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-is-a-big-square-state-out-west/465576/42 "2008-09-29T05:19:50Z")

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I first thought the state I knew least about would be one of the small-population ones. But of the bottom 15 or so, it turns out I’ve visited 12 and look forward to visit ing 3 more. Probably Kansas, then, or maybe Arkansas.

> [@Lama\_Pacos](#):
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> Also, runner-up status goes to Delaware, for being so unimportant while perched literally on the doorstep of superstar states like Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

New Jersey is not a superstar state. New Jersey is where the superstar states are buried in shallow graves.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-is-a-big-square-state-out-west/465576/43 "2008-09-29T05:49:15Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> North Dakota is flat, dry farmland with a Sioux reservation or two. Nothing has ever piqued my curiosity enough to find out more.

And for most of the last 60 years, was the world’s third largest nuclear power.

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-is-a-big-square-state-out-west/465576/44 "2008-09-29T13:24:58Z")

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> [@bibliophage](#):
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> New Jersey is where the superstar states are buried in shallow graves.

No, New Jersey is where the superstar states are buried in the concrete foundations of the Meadowlands Arena.

Jeez, the level of ignorance about NJ is just astounding sometimes!

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