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.
The Carolinas, I can’t think of a single thing about them except their capitals.
Wyoming, on the other hand, is a very interesting state with many exciting things to do and see. It also is big enough to have an awful lot of very uninteresting places as well.
I know all of the Northeastern and Southern states quite well with the exception of Delaware. We have had debates whether it is a real state and no one could provide conclusive proof. That one is a mind-screw. I can place all of the states on a map but Kansas and Nebraska leave me hanging for anything but saying they are generic midwestern states. I have some general ideas about Idaho and Wyoming. I always imagine that they are much prettier and exotic than most people think.
I haven’t been to the northeast but Connecticut does not resound with me at all. The only thing that I can recall is some building in Hartford collapsing with too much snow on the roof.
I shouldn’t be talking since I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Missouri yet.
I know everything about every state.
Well, not really. But since I tend to violently assault anyone who contradicts me on a point of fact, people usually say “Whatever, dude,” when I make an erroneous assertion. This makes playing Trivial Pursuit quite peaceful (for me).
Me too. Didn’t think about it until you mentioned it. Maybe it’s that far off everyone’s radar. 
Ozarks, Show Me, Arch, Lewis and Clark.
Ouch. Well we do have Branson, home of washed up or never were performers 
North Dakota is flat, dry farmland with a Sioux reservation or two. Nothing has ever piqued my curiosity enough to find out more.
While predominately a Wyoming phenomenon, note that the park leaks into both Montana and Idaho.
I’ll give you Delaware, but you lose some Doper cred… there have been several “I don’t know anything about Delaware” threads where First State Dopers chimed in. Maryland, though… it’s got the 5th-highest population density in the US, and I-95 runs right through it. Two NFL teams and an MLB team have stadiums in the state.
For my part, the Dakotas might as well be wall to wall marshmallow fluff - I’ve never been there and probably won’t ever go. I was going to say Wyoming, but then I remembered that I have actually spent a night in Wyoming. I don’t remember anything about the trip other than seeing a road sign indicating that I was near my destination. If the Dakotas are even remotely as forgettable, I’ll skip 'em.
Interesting. I just moved to Vermont, and it’s understandable why no one knows much about it. It’s TINY. The largest city only has 40,000 people. It has the second smallest population of any state - the smallest, by the way, is Wyoming.
However, it’s amazingly beautiful here, so feel free to continue not thinking about us. We Vermonters like our space.
Connecticut is one of the richest states in the U.S. if not the absolute richest. Some of the most powerful people in the U.S. live in Greenwich. However, that is the part of Connecticut that is basically a bedroom community to New York City. Connecticut is technically one of the 6 New England states but, even given its strengths, most people don’t treat it like the rest of New England. Parts of Connecticut are gorgeous but other parts or shitholes. Hartford is never a place you want to go on vacation and you probably wouldn’t want to visit it either. Yale is located in Connecticut but it is in New Haven which is generally a shithole outside of campus as well.
I can’t name a city in Arkansas. All I can think of related to Arkansas is Bill Clinton, and I don’t think he’s especially representative.
Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to live in Vermont. I did it for a year starting in 1996. Circumstances forced me to leave but I left kicking and screaming. It is an interesting place. The people are friendly and I can’t imagine a place with true general stores these days. The one I went to always had two rifles for sale, ready to order sandwiches if you knew how to ask at the counter, one pair of boots in some sizes, and three or four movies to rent on a given day. It is a gorgeous and interesting place. I lived in a 4 bedroom house on 40 acres for $300 a month. There was no address. There was one phone but nobody I asked knew the number and one TV station that shut off at 11 pm. I stayed there by myself for 4 months rarely going anywhere except to the general store to get supplies every few days. Sometimes I think I liked it a little too much ala The Shining.
I was mostly kidding Shagnasty. I just thought this thread was more about making fun of other states. I’m capable of using google and wikipedia.
Another for North Dakota. I have been in South Dakota, though. It’s…you know, there. I went to Wall Drug (meh) AND the Corn Palace (awesome). But North Dakota? Nothing. The only thing that comes to mind is that episode of The West Wing where the North Dakotans want to change their name to just “Dakota” and because no one else wants to go to North Dakota and talk to them about it, they send Donna there to listen to them. Which, you know, when you get Donna as your White House rep, you know you’re not very high up on the list of priorities.
I’ve been to North Dakota. I hate to picture what is north of there.
Yep. Sounds familiar. We’re not quite that rural, but we do have our general store across the river that makes a kickass steak and cheese. The first time we walked in, Joe, the owner, gave us his life story and welcomed us to the area. It’s great here.
All I know of Saskatchewan is that it’s just like North Dakota, except bigger and colder.
For me, the most insidiously murky state is Missouri. I mean, obviously Wyoming, the Dakotas, et al are unnoteworthy-- that’s practically what they’re known for. But Missouri I literally can’t even picture. There’s an arch… and that’s about it. Does it look like a prairie? Appalachia? Do the people there talk like Southerners? Like Midwesterners? The whole thing is a big question mark to me.
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. Actually, I think from a New Englander’s point of view, Delaware is kind of the Mason-Dixon line of whether or not states are memorable.